[WillPS]

Regret is a funny way of positioning it really.

I have very fond memories of department stores I was visited as a child - most are no longer trading so they are just memories now.

Do I regret that there's no longer a demand for them? Nah, what's the point? They were businesses primarily and public services secondarily.

People, including me, are still buying/consuming broadly the same stuff - they're just not doing it in department stores.

Same applies. March of progress etc.

If I'm completely honest the really interesting era of television ended maybe 20 years ago when most ITV regional identities disappeared.