Lawsons to be sold

[Argylegames]

There is no next generation to take over.

Family-run Lawsons puts Devon shops up for sale after 120 years

The managing director says she hopes someone will take over the stores and keep them open.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Quinny]

Ah, that's a shame. My first Saturday job was in the hardware section at the Plymouth store back in the mid-80s.

 

[Shadowknight]

The train set!
It always seemed that whatever new thing you were into it was on a shelf near the train set.

 

[Argylegames]

Christmas wonderland every year - the ground floor window, then the trains etc. upstairs. I was really sad when I heard the Plymouth store had closed.

 

[Argylegames]

From https://www.lawsonshop.co.uk/plymouth/

Lawsons began trading in Plymouth city centre in 1904, when Company founder Tom Lawson opened his first shop in 13 Frankfort Street, supplying tools to the dockyard and apprentice craftsmen.
In March 1941, Lawsons was completely destroyed by bombing during the Blitz, and the shop was temporarily moved to 7 Compton Street where the business expanded into selling cutlery and toys. When Plymouth was finally rebuilt in 1952, Lawsons relocated to 71 New George Street. The store featured a model railway display which many customers still remember fondly today.

In 2003 Lawsons moved from the New George Street property, relocating nearer to Drake’s Circus Shopping Mall. The new site was 13 Cornwall Street,

 

[(I'm)Stranded]

Used to get my Subbuteo teams there in the late 60s! They had every team you could think of !!

 

[Quinny]

Used to get my Subbuteo teams there in the late 60s! They had every team you could think of !!

Dukla Prague away kit?

 

[(I'm)Stranded]

Half man half biscuit!!

 

[Mike E]

Used to get my Subbuteo teams there in the late 60s! They had every team you could think of !!

Used to love that shop, every penny I saved went towards buying a new subbuteo team and with some of the other local kids we had our own Ist Division, only about ten or so teams, in which Argyle had an a, b, and c team 😎

Was mesmerised by the train set, and you could buy anything to make one. A kid down the road from us built a train set with his dad and used go into Lawsons nearly every weekend to buy sheets of brickwork paper to make model buildings and little bags of green dust for grass.

Different world to what kids have today.

 

[West Norwood Green]

Sad news indeed. As a Totnes lad, on the occasions I get back to the old town, it is always a comfort to see Lawsons still there, as one of the few remaining High Street retailers from my childhood. Also, as I'm often drawn in to spend a few quid! Let's hope a suitable buyer is found and all shops continue trading

 

[Argylegames]

Was mesmerised by the train set, and you could buy anything to make one. A kid down the road from us built a train set with his dad and used go into Lawsons nearly every weekend to buy sheets of brickwork paper to make model buildings and little bags of green dust for grass.

Different world to what kids have today.

You can still get all of that stuff, all online specialists these days.