Past Times

Past Times
Public company
Industry Retail
Successor WHSmith
Founded 1987
Defunct 2012

Past Times was a United Kingdom high street retailer, specialising in gifts, as well as retro goods. In 1986, it was established as a mail order company, by John Beale, who was also the developer of the Early Learning Centre.[1] In June 1987, the company opened the first branch in Oxford.

In January 2012, the firm went into administration, and in March 2013, the brand name was bought by WHSmith. [2][3][4][5]

References

http://web.archive.org/web/20060406224117/http://www.past-times.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10101&currency=GBP&country=UK&langId=-1&catalogId=10352

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