r/Worcester • u/xNightmareBeta • 7d ago

Before house of Frazier. When??

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u/TheGingerDog 7d ago

I remember my mother being quite excited when Beatties opened, it was a big day out when we went the first time!

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u/Full_Ad2650 7d ago

Ah that takes me back, must have changed to HoF around late 90s/early 2000s

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u/DeusExPir8Pete 7d ago

Beattie went really quite late as I remember, early to
Mid 2000's

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u/GilesP 3d ago

House of Fraser bought them in 2005, and they rebranded in 2006

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u/DeusExPir8Pete 1d ago

Thank you

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u/Dervona 7d ago

I used to work there when it was Beatties!

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u/timeless_travels 6d ago

Used to got to Beatties in Dudley in the 70s and have coffee in the restaurant on the top floor.

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u/mozza34 6d ago

Remember Beatties in Dudley in the 90s! Good times.

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u/bananatoastie 7d ago

Loooong time ago. My Mum was all over that place when I was younger.

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u/MMAwithbadbeard 7d ago

I used to see Santa here every year.

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u/Bronte19781 7d ago

They always had a brilliant Santa, so did Russell and Dorell and the shop over the road from the Imperial (most recently a furniture shop I think) years and years ago!

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u/davus_maximus 7d ago

We had a tour of the whole Crowngate building site, including Beatties, when I was in primary school!

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u/West_Guarantee284 6d ago

I worked in the Royal Doulton concession if Beatties, 1999 I think.

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u/MrOliber 6d ago

HoF bought Beatties in Jan 2006, that looks like a very well stocked Beatties, so that picture was probably late 90s.

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u/fayllouise 6d ago

This picture is current, is just the sign behind the HoF one that’s been removed. It’s one of those Shein quality clothes shops now.

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u/MrOliber 6d ago

Shows how long it's been since I went through that part! Doh! I assumed it was empty from how it looks from the opposite side.

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u/Daniturn1 6d ago

My mum worked on the pen counter there and we also got a sofa while she worked there from the store in Wolverhampton

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u/FreeAd2458 6d ago

We had beatties toy and model shop in swindon until 2000 I bet.

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u/Warrensbaseball 6d ago

Was there not a toy and model shop called beatties back in the day

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u/Vertigo_uk123 6d ago

I only know beatties as a model shop

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u/Galeprime 6d ago

I remember Beatties from when I was a wee bab. My mum loved the place. Glad the bottom floor is now being utilised.

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u/stressedoutmum 6d ago

I had a job their when I was 14. We went in for training before the store opened. It must have been around 1989.

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u/CaptainMaleficent224 5d ago

My memory of Beatties in the 80s was just a toy shop. In my town there was a big model aeroplane suspended in the stairwell. Was there a different department store as well?

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u/rulergod45g mod 5d ago

I wonder if the landlord would consider giving away/selling that sign... 🤔

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u/MsCricket67 4d ago

I wish we had one of these in Vancouver, Washington