IT was almost an essential item in the 1960s and 70s but has long disappeared from the high street.
This week in Looking Back, we are remembering the Green Shield Stamp.
Warrington’s shop was based on Buttermarket Street, opposite the old Odeon cinema in the building which now sells school uniforms.
Margaret Hall, from Great Sankey, worked there for more than eight years, six as manager.
She said it was a wonderful company to work for.
She added: “The shop was where you redeemed your Green Shield Stamps which you received with purchases you made for petrol or other groceries for a large ranger of gifts.
“You could even save up for a car if you collected enough.
“Our shop won The Best Shop Trophy for the district six times while I was there and some of us are still friends.
“I worked there until it closed in the late 1970s. It was a great place to work.”
The Green Shields Stamp shop
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