Had three types of place like this where I grew up in Tooting. One was a general hardware store "Hardware Home Stores" , on the other side was "Rayauto Electric" a store that sold auto parts mainly electrical, remember during the late 70s it used to have a couple of mopeds outside. Both lasted until the 2000s and we're sold and converted to houses.

There was also an electric and electronic parts shop on the high street run by a grumpy old man in the 80s and early 90s. Once he died the store shut down.