These famous names together boasted several thousand stores across the UK at their peak.
While those shops may be gone, their legacy is not forgotten.
Some of these businesses still trade online, while others have vanished completely, but they are the brands Britons are keenest to see return to the high street.
Liquidation Centre has analysed search data to determine the brands consumers most want to make a comeback.
Debenhams tops the list, with a monthly average of 415,000 online searches, while the other most-missed brands include Woolworths, Dorothy Perkins, BHS and Toys R Us.
Below are the lost shops UK consumers would most like to see reopen, with pictures showing them as we remember them, from the 1960s to the noughties.
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1. Debenhams are celebrating their 23rd anniversary, pictured are staff who have been there since the opening in 1985, from left, Wendy Stretch, Christine Kershaw, Versha Chauhan, Lorraine Despard, Sandra Dean and Louise Airy
Debenhams staff celebrate the anniversary of their store in the noughties. The last Debenhams stores closed in 2021, but it has been named as the brand UK shoppers would most like to see return to the high street. | National World Photo: Donna Clifford
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2. Debenhams sales
Debenhams store manager Graham Dickinson pictured during the sales in 2009 | National World Photo: Martin Bostock
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3. Debenhams cafe
Debenhams was popular not just for the fashion, homeware and other goods it sold, but also for its in-store cafes and restaurants where many shoppers refuelled and rested their feet. Pictured here is the Style Restaurant at Debenhams in 2008. | National World Photo: Mark Pearson
4. Dorothy Perkins
Dorothy Perkins exited the British high street in 2021 but its absence has been keenly felt. It was named in a recent survey as the second-most-missed brand. | National World Photo: Louise Hutchinson