MANY of us are starting to think about Christmas shopping - some of us have finished already.

But so many of the shops we used to rely on for our gifts have disappeared from our High Streets.

With that in mind, we asked Chronicle readers what shops they missed from Bangor, Caernarfon and Anglesey's High Streets.

Woolworths and Debenhams were the shops most missed, but others had fond memories of Castel Bakery, BHS and Laura Ashley.

What Chronicle readers said they missed in the run up to Christmas 2022:

  • Diane Lock: "All of them !!!!!"
  • Iris Jones: "Castle Bakery worked there early 90's my son loved the sausage rolls."
  • Helen Flinn: "Woolworths and Debenhams!"
  • Carolyn Chafer: "Definitely Debenhams."
  • Bethan Wyn: "Debenhams and Woolworths."
  • Joyce Owen: "Yes Woolworths and Debenhams, loved those shops."
  • Rhian Russell: "Debenhams." 
  • Mary King: "Woolworths, loved that place."
  • Rosalinde Patfield: "Yes, Woolies and Debenhams."
  • Ursula Harford Stephenson: "Really miss Debenhams."
  • Sue Howarth: "Ann Summers." 
  • Elena Groza: "Poundstretcher and Debenhams."
  • Bettina Quartermain: "Woolworths, got every thing in there."
  • Val Ag Al Williams: "Debenhams."
  • Holly Owen: "Debenhams."
  • Sian Hughes: "Debenhams, still miss Woolies."
  • Alison Blackstone: "Debenhams."
  • Averil Roberts: "Debenhams."
  • Gareth Parry: "Sammys + Cob records."
  • Sue Field: "Debenhams."
  • Suzanne C Oliver: "Debenhams."
  • Iris Pritchard: "Debenhams."
  • Anthony Pendlebury: "Woolworths."
  • Sioned Williams: "Woolworths, Debenhams."
  • Claire Gibson: "Debenhams."
  • Diana Roberts: "Debenhams."
  • Linda Hughes: "Debenhams."
  • Mor Meurig Owen Rowlands: "Ann Summers."
  • Gwenda Moss: "Debenhams, Woolworths, Pound Stretcher
  • Mandy Roberts: "Woolworths and Debenhams and BHS."
  • Linda Steele: "Woolworths and Matalalan and pound strec."
  • Andrew Higgins: "Castle Bakery."
  • Eleanor Goad: "Debenhams."
  • Lorna Davies: "Laura Ashley, their clothes were amazing."
  • Paula Maund: "Debenhams."
  • Kenneth Challis-jones: "The old post office in Rhosneigr."
  • Philip Williams: "Johnny sixpence."
  • Sue Roscoe: "Top Shop."
  • Dianne Summers: "All gone, nothing here."
  • Rhian Brown: "TBH Laura Ashley for small gifts."
  • Ken Lewis: "Anne Summers."
  • Beth Owen: "Ethel Austin."
  • Dennis Owen: "Ann Summers." 
  • Carys Thomas: "Debenhams and Woolies."
  • Gary Roberts: "Woolworths and Our price! But now with the internet not many think about the physical feeling of going to a shop and purchasing a physical item."
  • Sue Roscoe: "Debenhams."
  • Caz T Jones: "Debenhams."
  • Joanne Ellis: "Debenhams."
  • Pete Davies: "Debenhams."
  • Catherine Peacock Leggett: "Debenhams."
  • Llinos Jones: "Woolies and Bwise."
  • Steve Heritage: "Woolworths."
  • Barb Devlin: "Woolworths."
  • Susan Woodward: "Littlewoods."
  • Margaret Ann Owen: "Laura Ashley."
  • Gloria Carr: "C&A."
  • Emma D Davies: "C&A."
  • Novi Hughes: "Woolies." 
  • Wayne Mackers McIntosh: "In Bangor...most of them..."
  • Marian Florence Dawtrey: "Debenhams and its nice toilets."
  • Marian Florence Dawtrey: "Woolies!" 
  • John Blythin: "Burton tailoring."
  • Elizabeth Burrows: "Pound stretchers as well."
  • Elizabeth Burrows: "C&A and British Home Stores."
  • Colin Meek: "99pLand."
  • Helen Gough: "Woolworths, Debenhams and BHS."
  • Wendy Challis-jones: "Still miss woolies."
  • Terry Owen: "Debenhams, miss trying cologne before you buy a big bottle in case you didn't like it." 
  • Howard Bosworth: "The High Street doesn't exist in most towns now."
  • Dai John Robs: "Always Woolworths."
  • Amanda Jane Young: "Woolworths."
  • Nia Lloyd Roberts: "Woolworths."
  • Dawn Agnese: "Woolworths."
  • Beryl Bryant: "Woolworths."
  • Dewi Jones replied: "Pick 'n' Mix."
  • Gaynor Williams: "Woolworths."
  • Sylvia Spence: "Debenhams."
  • Carole Humphrey: "John Lewis."
  • Salvatore Spiteri: "Woolworths."
  • Margaret Owen: "Debenhams."
  • Barbara Tidball: "Debenhams."
  • Maureen Jones: "Debenhams."
  • Anne Williams: "Debenhams."
  • Robin Owen: "Debenhams, HMV and Netto. The only thing worth filling big pockets with in Woolies was picamix."
  • Loubie Lou: "Debenhams."
  • Alison Jones: "Debenhams!"
  • Michelle Clarke: "Woolworths."
  • Anne Horton: "Debenhams."
  • Liz Owen: "Debenhams."
  • Siân Griffiths: "Woolworths."
  • Lesley Jones: "Debenhams."
  • Morwenna Jones: "Debenhams."
  • Keith Hall: "Debenhams."
  • Olwen Jones: "Debenhams."
  • Ruth Yarwood: "Woolworths and BHS."
  • Bethan Williams: "Woolworths."
  • Rosie Owen: "Debenhams."
  • Shirley Williams: "Debenhams."
  • Sonia Jones: "Woolworths."
  • Sandy Williams: "Woolworths."
  • Bethan Styles: "Woolworths."
  • Enid Roberts: "Debenhams."
  • Carys Parry: "Debenhams."
  • Jude Bridgwater: "Debenhams."
  • Geraint Wyn Jones: "Woolworths, Debenhams."
  • Teresa Sankey: "C&A."
  • Sandra Parker: "Debenhams."
  • Gaynor Ann Griffiths: "Woolworths."
  • Lynn Evans: "Debenhams."
  • Bruce Davenport: "Woolworths."
  • Clair Roberts: "Top Shop." 
  • Anita Roberts: "Woolworths."
  • Annwen Owen: "Woolworths in Caernarfon."
  • Sarah Roberts: "Woolworths."
  • Mike Ryan: "Nice N Naughty."
  • Sarah Williams: "Woolworths."
  • Charlotte Ellen Griffiths: "Debenhams."
  • Wynne Lewis: "Woolworths."
  • Geraint Wyn Jones: "Burtons."
  • Carol Duncalf: "Woolies."
  • Mike Young: "Woolworths."
  • Dylan Hughes: "Woolworths."
  • Donya Legge: "Woolworths."
  • Andrew Owen?: "Post offices."
  • Mark Young: "Woolies."