“Whoever said that money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping.” - Bo Derek
INTRODUCTION
Start the session by asking who likes to go shopping? Who hates it?
Who prefers shopping on line?
Discuss how going shopping has changed over the years, e.g. individual stores on the high street versus supermarket shopping.
Think about how we pay for things. Who still carries their money in a purse or wallet? When is the last time you wrote a cheque? How have costs changed?
Ask people what their favourite shop is and why?
IDIOMS
Complete the following phrases together ...
The butcher, the baker and CANDLE STICK MAKER
Window SHOPPING
Go on a shopping SPREE
Let's splash OUT
Buy One Get ONE FREE (BOGOF)
Shop 'til you DROP
It's a rip OFF
Over PRICED
What a BARGAIN
Value for MONEY
Cost an arm and a LEG
Bargain HUNT
Shop AROUND
Pay your WAY
Special OFFER
Closing down SALE
Round 1. The High Street
1. Shops that have disappeared. Complete these shop names?
- C&.
- B..
- Dix...
- Block......
- Toys . ..
Can anyone think of any others?
2. Complete these old fashioned sweet names?
- Gob ........
- Flying .......
- Hum....
- Fruit .....
- Black .....
Can anyone think of any others?
3. Complete these high street shop names?
- Fish......
- Green......
- News.....
- Super......
- Off .......
Can anyone think of any others?
4. How did the milk used to get delivered (Name the vehicle)?
Did anyone have any other home deliveries?
5. What is being delivered here? Where did the man put the delivery?
6. Identify these four supermarkets?
7. SONG. 'Grocer Jack', Keith West - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMEK4VJtlsA
Who is the DJ introducing this performance?
Round 2. Money
8. What year was decimalisation?
What was it like to learn a new currency?
9. Name these coins (including their nicknames)?
10. Name this machine?
11. How did we used to weigh things?
12. Identify the people who currently feature on our £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes?
13. Which high street store did 'Green Shield Stamps' become?
Who remembers collecting books of stamps?
14. SONG. 'Money Money Money', ABBA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETxmCCsMoD0
What is the currency in Sweden?
Round 3. TV
15. Name the TV show?
Name the store?
How did Mrs Slocombe refer to her cat, Tiddles?
TV intro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz6wvKUsP6M
16. Name the TV show?
Complete these character names:
- Meg ..........
- Amy ......
- Shugie .....
- Sandy ...........
- ..... Hawkins
TV intro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wwSLsuF2HI
17. Name the TV show?
And the two comedians?
'Dead Parrot' sketch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnciwwsvNcc
TV intro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AxiATxLofk
18. Name the TV show?
Name the sketch?
Here it is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNTM9iM1eVw&t=2s
19. Name the TV show?
Name the two actors?
TV intro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XThIHwxc1nY
20. Name the TV show?
Name the two actors?
'Blackberry' sketch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI&t=6s
21. Name the TV show?
Name the presenter?
Complete the catchphrase - "Let's go wild .. ... ......"
22. VIDEO CLIP/SONG. 'Morecombe And Wise' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFgdhZGLJrY&t=5s
Watch the video first ...
What did they 'have' for breakfast?
Round 4. My Top 10 Most Memorable Adverts
Identify what is being advertised, then watch the adverts...
Name the dried food?
Name the chocolate bar?
Name the box of chocolates?
Name the drink?
And the two actors?
Name the bread?
Name the telephone book?
Name the man/author?
Name the blend of tea?
What is being advertised?
And by whom?
Name the cat?
What is being advertised?
Who took his pants off?
Who sang 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine'?
Round 4. Music
Choose a couple of songs to play for a singalong...
33. From which type of shop would you have brought eggs and dairy produce?
34. From which type of shop would you have brought clothes from?
35. From which type of shop would you have brought diamonds from?
36. Complete the names of these high street banks which no longer exist?
- Abbey ........
- Bristol & ....
- Mid....
- Northern ....
- TS.
37. From which type of shop would you have brought a loaf of bread from?
38. From which type of shop would you have brought boots/
39. From which type of shop would you have brought flowers?
40. From which type of shop would you have brought cigarettes from?
41. From which type of shop would you have brought cockles and mussels from?
42. 'Ernie', Benny Hill - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e1xvyTdBZI&t=2s
What was the horse's name?
PRACTICAL ACTIVITY
You are planning a visit to your local market.
Write a shopping list of things you would need for a fancy meal.
Set a price limit of say £50.
Or, you could bring in a shopping bag of various items and have members put them in order from lowest to highest price items. Put a price sticker on the bottom of each item for the reveal.
Make sure one of the items can be opened and eaten with a cup of tea.
ANSWERS
1. - C&A
- BHS
- Dixons
- Blockbuster
- Toys R Us
2. - Gobstopper
- Flying Saucer
- Humbug
- Fruit Salad
- Black Jack
3. - Fishmonger
- Greengrocer
- Newsagent
- Supermarket
- Off Licence
4. Milk Float
5. Coal Bunker
6. Morrisons
Sainsbury
Asda
Tesco
7. Dave Lee Travis
8. 1971
9. Farthing, Ha'penny, Penny (Coppers)
Thruppence
Tanner (Six pence)
Bob (Shilling)
Florin' (Two shillings)
Half Crown (Two and a half shillings)
Crown (Five shillings)
10. Cash Register
11. In pounds and ounces
12. Winston Churchill
Jane Austen
JW Turner
Alan Turing
13. Argos
14. Swedish Krona (It has not yet taken on the Euro)
15. 'Are You Being Served?' / Grace Brothers / "My Pussy"
16. 'Crossroads'
- Meg Richardson
- Amy Turtle
- Shugie McFee
- Sandy Richardson
- Benny Hawkins
17. 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' / Michael Palin & John Cleese
18. 'The Two Ronnies' / Ronnie Corbett & Ronnie Barker
19. 'Open All Hours' / David Jason & Ronnie Barker
20. 'The One Ronnie' / Ronnie Corbett & Harry Enfield
21. 'Supermarket Sweep' / Dale Winton / "Let's go wild in the aisles!"
22. Grapefruit, Toast, Eggs (Omelette), Pancakes & Sausages
23. 'Cadbury's Smash'
24. 'Milky Bar'
25. 'Milk Tray'
26. 'Cinzano Bianco' / Joan Collins & Leonard Rossiter
27. 'Hovis'
28. 'Yellow Pages' / J.R. Hartley
29. 'PG Tips'
30. 'Mild Green Fairy Liquid' / Nanette Newman
31. Charlie
32. 'Levi's 501' / Nick Kamen
33. Grocery Store
34. Draper's or Haberdashery
35. Jewellery
36. - Abbey National
- Bristol & West
- Midland
- Northern Rock
- TSB
37. Bakery
38. Shoe Shop
39. Florist
40. Tobacconist
41. Fishmongers
42. Trigger
