IT'S Christmas shopping season, so we thought we'd have a look through our archives to see some shops and shop keepers from the past.

Which one of these do you remember?

South Wales Argus: BH 22.11.02 FLORIST Pic-Bill Hart Story-Lesley Flynn  APBH0123H02-florist   Celebrating 20 years in business at Four Seasons florist, Abergavenny, Keith and Carol White raise glasses outside their shop on the day of celebration. APBH0123H02

Celebrating 20 years in business at Four Seasons florist, Abergavenny, Keith and Carol White raise glasses outside their shop on the day of celebration in 2002

South Wales Argus: NEWPORT RFC

Newport mascot Tommy the Tiger tackles Newport star Jason Forster at the opening of the Newport club Shop in the Kingsway Centre in 2000

South Wales Argus: BH 1.10.02 IMPACT CAFE Pic-Bill Hart Story-Andy Doyle PFP_BH_53_02 Chris Daniel, right, snips the ribbon to officially open the Impact shop in Broad Street, Blaenavon. Chris is the Torfaen Action Team project manager. The shop offers a friendly

Chris Daniel, right, snips the ribbon to open the Impact shop in Broad Street, Blaenavon. Chris is the Torfaen Action Team project manager. The shop offers a friendly environment were people can also seek advice and help with job search and the preparation of CVs. The shop also features an extensive range of hand-made cards. The shop in Blaenavon is the 10th Impact shop in South Wales. Picture dated 2002

South Wales Argus: BH 2.5.03 BOOKTOWN pic Bill Hart story Adrian Osmond PPBH783H03-booktown   Preparing booktown: Artist Tony Lismore doing sign-writing on a window of the children's bookshop in Broad Street, Blaenavon. PPBH783H03

Artist Tony Lismore doing signwriting on a window of the children’s bookshop in Broad Street, Blaenavon. Picture from 2002

South Wales Argus: PRICE

Ryder Cup debutant Phil Price at the reopening of the golf shop at the Celtic Manor Resort in September 2002

South Wales Argus: JANET WILLIAMS RETIRED
SWA PIC PETE DASH 23.08.03
NEWSAGENT JANET WILLIAMS TAKES TIME TO READ THE REGUS ON HER LAST DAY IN THE SHOP IN CRUMLIN AFTER THIRTY YEARS
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Pictured in 2003, newsagent Janet Williams who is set to retire reads the Argus on her last day in the shop in Crumlin after 30 years

South Wales Argus: ARGUS/STEVE PHILLIPS 18.11.02 GINO ALONZI (CORRECT - CHECKED PERSONALLY) WHO HAS RETIRED AS A BARBER FROM HIS SHOP IN STATION ROAD CAERLEON

Gino Alonzi retired from his barber shop in Station Road, Caerleon, in November 2002

South Wales Argus: ARGUS-MARK  REPORTER-GL  13-01-03
COPY PIC OF DAISY CHAIN FLORISTS IN TREDEGAR 
LIONEL AND GLENYS GWILIM OF DAISY CHAIN FLORISTS IN TREDEGAR HAVE WON THE BEST SHOP DISPLAY IN THE WALES IN BLOOM COMPETITION

Back in 2003 Lionel and Glenus Gwilim, of Daisy Chair Florists, Tredegar, won the Best Shop Display in the Wales in Bloom competition

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Roger and Ruth Brown in 2008 in their famous shop Browns chatting to a customer. The building where Brown’s was housed has been used in the popular Netflix series Sex Education

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George Spencer in his general electrical shop in Commercial Street, Blaenavon. Picture dated 2011