Just look at the photo above, taken at Bellman’s department store in Brighton in June 1956.

Sales will always attract a crowd.

So with shops across the city doing their best to tempt in customers, what better time to look back at some of the city’s most beloved businesses?

These fascinating photos from The Keep archive in Falmer show some of the stores Brighton has lost over the years.

A Co-op now stands where Bellman’s once stood in London Road.

January sales in Bellman's, most likely in 1956. Photo: East Sussex Record Office/The Keep

A vast department store, it sold everything from groceries to toys and records before, during, and after the Second World War.

Its January sales were especially popular, as the above photo shows.

Founder Sydney Bellman also opened shops in Hove and Crawley.

Four years after his death in 1969, the store closed and became a Fine Fare supermarket.

Scott’s Radio, seen demonstrating newfangled televisions below, was also beloved in the city.

Televisions are demonstrated at Scott's Radio in August 1956. Photo: East Sussex Record Office/The Keep

Based in Boundary Road, Hove, it sold radios, record players, and vinyl.

And below you can see stationery shop John Beal and Son in East Street Brighton.

Boasting a large pen department, the store also sold records downstairs.

The pen department of John Beal and Son in East Street, Brighton. Photo: East Sussex Record Office/The Keep

It is hard to imagine the number of beloved businesses which have come and gone over the years.

Surely there are dozens of fascinating stories to be told of many of the people who owned them.

If you know the stories behind any of these businesses or others close to your heart, email samuel.brooke@theargus.co.uk

The Keep archive is closed until further notice and unable to process photo orders. For more visit thekeep.info.