That's a shame; another name to add to the list of memories? I count myself lucky to remember the days of walking into the local camera shop, picking up a bulk roll of Barfen E6 slide film, or an E6 developing kit, perhaps a spare spiral for my Paterson System 4 tank, or a couple of those little square-shaped 500ml Paterson B&W developer and fixer bottles, and/or a quick browse of the second hand shelves to see if they had any lenses or cameras I could afford on my £5 Saturday job wages.
Mind you, having said that, these days we have digital imaging (inc film scanning and image editing), computers and the internet; and the sort of film cameras we could once only dream of owning are now within our budget (or at least they were a year or so ago!), so I think we're probably better off over all if I'm honest about it. Still miss Kodachrome though!
Anyway, back to Chris' original questions... rather than colour print film, for which cheap processing is easily available, how about trying some of the new Ektachrome slide film, and once you've nailed the exposure, try an E6 developing kit? They used to be more simple than C41 process, and there's nothing quite like seeing a photo you've taken projected 10 feet wide on a suitably white painted wall (or strategically purchased white window blind!
) in the comfort of your own home.