Bon Marche

visited here often with nanna and mother,they tend to be for the older lady but are trying to cater for the younger person,thier clothes are always good quality whitch is what a penioser whants as they cannot afford to be buying all the time,staff are always friendly as i imagine they get some right akward old dears in a nice welcoming place to go

i only walk past this shop as the clothes i’ve seen through the window are more for the older lady than young, clothes are priced very fairly though…

This is a shop that I’d never have thought of going into until I was waiting for a lift one day and called in for 5 minutes just to pass the time.

It’s actually really good.

They focus on more classical styles, but not to the extent that it’s all old-fuddy-duddy styles. A lot of their clothing is pretty fashionable, but not to the extremes that you get in Top Shop and the likes, more like BHS or M&S.

If you look at everything as a whole, the range of clothes isn’t that great, but if you take an individual pair of trousers or jacket or something and assess it on it’s own, you can usually do something with it.

Prices are excellent, especially when there’s a sale discount. Not quite Primark, but much less that M&S. They also have a reward points scheme which I joined but promptly lost the card for, so I don’t know if it’s any good or not!

They do size 8-24, so larger ladies can benefit from most of their ranges, and the sizes are actually quite generous. Much cheaper than Evans, but just as good quality and most of the styles are more suitable for the fuller figure - no lycra boob tubes or hot pants!

Great for work clothes, trousers, casual tops and the likes. I probably wouldn’t go there if I was looking for a special outfit, but for day-to-day items it’s worth a look.