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Look back: Cardiff Christmas sales

A nostalgic look at January sales in Cardiff from our image archives.

Saffron Jenkins

Saffron Jenkins, InYourArea Community

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Look back: Cardiff Christmas sales

Pictured above, the first into the sales in Next, Queen Street, Cardiff on December 27, 1996 (image: Media Wales)

Way before internet shopping and supermarkets existed, this is how we used to do our post-Christmas bargain hunting in Cardiff.

One Cardiff store started a sale in men's clothing but the queue was almost entirely of women who came to buy for hubby, sons or even boyfriends on January 12, 1950 (image: Media Wales)
Bargain hunters queued outside David Morgan's for the sales on December 27, 1987 (image: Media Wales)
This Cardiff shopper proved that the only place to keep a jacket is on your back, December 27, 1988 (image: Media Wales)
Bargain hunters wait at the pay desk in Debenhams store, Cardiff, on the first day of their sale December 27, 1989 (image: Media Wales)

The prospect of nylons proved an irresistible attraction when a clearance sale opened at Seccombes stores in Queen Street, Cardiff on January 1, 1951 (image: Media Wales)
Some of the first shoppers choosing their rugs and carpets at James Howells on January 12, 1959 (image: Media Wales)

Dunn and Co, Cardiff, January 10, 1997 (image: Media Wales)
Waiting for the shops to open on Queen Street, Cardiff in the 1990s (image:Media Wales)

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