The community say goodbye to a long-serving store as all branches close their doors for good.

The familiar BHS store name was founded back in 1928 and became a household name but after years of struggle the chain is now closing its doors for good.

Philip Duffy and Benjamin Wiles, Joint Administrators of BHS, informed employees on July 25 the remaining stores will commence closure sales with the final closing date being August 20.

The store in St Peter’s Street in St Albans is due to close this Sunday – eight days after the final closing date.

Sir Philip Green, who owned BHS from 2000 until 2015, has been under criticism from MPs for allowing the chain to go into administration.

Sir Philip vowed to sort out the pensions “mess” that followed the collapse of the retailer in May.

At the beginning of August, the two committees - Work and Pensions and Business, Innovation and Skills - accused the entrepreneur of seeking to blame anyone but himself for the firm's failure.

Some members of staff have been working with the store for almost 30 years but others have only been working as a summer job whilst they study.

The collapse, with more than 11,000 job losses, is the biggest in the British retail sector since the demise of Woolworths.