Editing General store (section)

====In popular culture====
Many British television and radio series, especially [[soap operas]], feature corner shops or village shops as cornerstones for community gatherings and happenings. A prominent example is the village shop in [[Ambridge (The Archers)|Ambridge]], the fictional village in the [[BBC Radio 4]] series, ''[[The Archers]]'', (1950–present). The [[ITV1]] soap opera ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (1960–present) has featured a corner shop since the first episode; originally owned by [[List_of_Coronation_Street_characters_(1960)#Florrie_Lindley|Florrie Lindley]], it was later acquired by [[Alf Roberts]] the grocer, and after his death in the late-1990s was bought by [[Dev Alahan]], reflecting this common change in British culture to Asian shopkeepers. The dying days and changing culture of the traditional British grocer were explored to great effect in the [[BBC]] TV comedy series ''[[Open All Hours]]'' (1976–1985), set in the real suburb of [[Balby]] in [[Doncaster]]; the shop front used for the street scenes in the series does actually exist in the area and is now a hairdressing salon. The [[BBC Scotland]] comedy series ''[[Still Game]]'' has a corner shop as a recurring location where characters can meet and gossip; the actor who plays its owner, Navid Harrid ([[Sanjeev Kohli]]), plays a similar role as Bangaram in the Radio 4 comedy series ''[[Fags, Mags and Bags]]'' which is set entirely in Ramesh's shop.

The band [[Cornershop (band)|Cornershop]] in part base their image on the perception that many convenience shops are now owned by British Asian people. In terms of British popular culture, these media representations give some idea of the importance attached to local shops in the national psyche and as a mainstay of community life.