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Can anyone please give me a full list of the original stores in the Arndale when it opened in 1987?.

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no

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shutup flashy

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make me darling

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If you could perhaps enlighten us as to why you would like the information, then someone may just oblige.
Forgive me for saying this, but you seem to have something of an obsession with retail outlets.

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Okay Margaret;

Its because I like retail outlets.

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That's what shoplifters say.

After they've been caught stuffing a frozen chicken down their underpants.

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Garinda I am NOT a shoplifter!!!.

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There was that nice little shop, no longer there, selling....er.

It's on the tip of my tongue.

They had those things, in their window.

Called....er.

Whoops.

No.

It's gone.

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Please explain what you mean G.

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If you read it again, properly, you'll see I never said you were.

:rolleyes:

Are those people, that some rude idiots call 'dummies', and who live in shop windows, your 'special friends'?

You knew there are all kinds of nasty bugs and diseases, you can pick up fron licking the glass in shop windows?

Better tell your 'special friends' too.

Best do it when the security guards are on their break though.

;)

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No B.

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What is your aim Bee ?? Constant inane & irrelevant questions, what are you after proving ? The constant repetition is a little tiresome now & all you're doing is making yourself disliked & alienating many on here, mate, you need to buck up & stop being so petulant.

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Why D?

:D

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Not you an' all ??? :s_aim1:

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Did you know, the word Arndale is derived from the combined names of Arnold and Chippendale?

Why would they do that?

What was wrong with Chippenold?

'Just popping down the Chippie, to that shop, whose name I've forgotten.'

Arndale Centre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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i remember there being a british gas shop

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Yeah heres a report on it;
FIVE YEARS AGO: Showroom to close (From Lancashire Telegraph)

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Wasn't there also a Dixons and John Menzies?

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yes

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So....can anyone remember any other shops there?.

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Bon Marche has been there since the beginning of time as has H Samuels (i think) there was a veg shop in there at one point, Our Price, Adams, i was young when the Arndale opened so can't really remember many more original shops

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Well according to his profile our B comes from Ossy, to me Outer Mongolia would be nearer the mark

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Was the Veg shop called Thompsons???.

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Was Iceland a Bejam when it opened???

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Is the pope a catholic

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Nope, we never had a Bejam...it was always Iceland.

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I don't remember things that are of no importance to me....why clog up vital brain space with stuff like this?

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Now if you had asked if he is a Christian we could have had a debate :rolleyes::D

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So....what was where Textiles Direct is now???.

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Toys are us

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Really jaysay?.

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really

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They should rename the centre

Hyndburn Rise Shopping Centre

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Why

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Because that's the result he's getting from the people on here ! :rolleyes:

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So it can be like Nelson.

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your dafter than me ha ha buzzin about n things:D

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Why would it want to be like Nelson? Nelsons a right hovel

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The Electricity Showrooms who relocated from Broadway;)

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If my memory serves me rightly it was Wilsons who had the veg shop. It was next door to what was the Electricity Showroom;)

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Burtons, Stead and Simpsons, Mothercare, John Menzies, Ethel Austin, Superdrug, Iceland, Norweb, Wilsons, Dixons, Currys, ourprice, Oddies (the was a butchers as well), Colourvision, Bon Marche, Timsons there was a posh hi fi shop, JT Taylors, Pocket Phone shop, Claires Accessories And some others I can't remember Max Speilman I think

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WOW - now I won't die wondering:rolleyes::D
and neither will Bee

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I had a Saturday job at Stead and Simpson LOL

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Did they have mobile phones in those days ? or was 'Pocket Phone' something else :confused:

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I vaguely remember going into the Arndale and buying a charger for a 'half brick size' mobile phone:)

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Ya didn't have one of them did ya Margaret:cool:

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:rolleyes: no she didn't John, she just bought the charger for the sake of it :rolleyes:


;)

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It was my ex partner's - I 'inherited' it when we parted in 2002. It had lain in a drawer for a while. I resurrected it.

It had a 'rubber duck' ariel.
I only replaced it about 18months ago.

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A picture of that stuck in your ear would be priceless Margaret:D

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I think it is now, "Phones 4U".

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thought the first part of what they/we call the "Arndale" was built in the early 60s when they filled in the sunken gardens , and the shops/arcade at the rear were just an extension/lean-to of an existing structure ,
So am I right in thinking all the shops on Broadway lower down than the Odeon/Pickwick and the shop that later became Wardleworths new bookshop on the corner of Union st. including Woolworths and Marks and Spencers are part of the 'Arndale' ........ don't think we had 'Cell Phones/Mobiles' in those days.

Happen I've been away to long and getting things mixed up ;) :D

wonder if the Evening Telegraph has a link to Accringtons sunken gardens :rolleyes:

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Was there REALLY a Mothercare in Accrington Arndale?!?.

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yep

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http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...57-a-3204.html there yeh go steely a pic of em.;):)

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Yes you could have purchased a regular supply of dummies Bee to keep you happy, if you'd have been around:rolleyes::D

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I think he might be a retail analist lol. Or should that be analyst?

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Really?!?, Was there a Currys:confused::confused::confused:. Where was it:confused::confused::confused:.

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In the Arndale

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Do you think that B is 'Daddy L' on a wind up??????

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Well its somebody buzzzzzzzing about taking the pish:D

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Really ?!? And didin't Currys used to be on Broadway ?

This is jolly exciting stuff . :eek:

And what were all the shops on Peel Street called before they messed it up ? :hidewall:

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Shussssssssh, there's already a thread on that JCB;)

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Is there an Arndale in Arnside?

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100% certain it aint.

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Is it not called a Mall?
Do you know what shops are there G?

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Ooops ! :eek:

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Currys and Dixons were both in the Arndale at the same time. Not sure which way round, but one was where New Look is and one was where Bodycare is (I think).

Thaink there was also a butchers next to Oddies...you could walk through.

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Dixons is where New Look is and Currys (i think) is where Bodycare is:alright::alright::hidewall::hidewall:.

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Please don't encourage him, he's bad enough already:rolleyes:

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What is colourvision???:confused::confused::confused:.

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It wa actually Colorvision and was a TV shop

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antimyopia:cool:

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What shop is it now?!?:confused::confused::confused::hidewall:.

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Was it where the cobblers is now? or maybe there's still an empty unit next to the cobblers?

There was also a hairdressers in that area on that side (where I got my first salon grade hairdryer from at 18 in 1990);):rolleyes:

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Do you remember what the butchers was called Rastus?:confused::confused::confused:;).

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L. Iver's.

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Na you are wrong there G it was S.I.R. Loin I'm told they did a great steak:D

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I thought it was M. Ince and sons.....:D:D:D

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Not sure if the ethel Austin shop is opening up again as Branded Clearance or is that what the name was already ?

Gibsons sports on Braodway is closing down

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Surprised Gibsons hasnt closed down before now, it dear in my opinion.
Still not good though another empty shop.

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Textiles Direct across from Iceland has a closing down sale on..........sorry bee fer stealing yer thunder.:D

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No Cashy, it is a 'Clearing Out' sale.......I don't think they are closing(but I am happy to be corrected if anyone knows different), because the one in Bury had the same sign up at their window too.
There is a crafts shop opening soon......next door to where the junk jewellery shop was......let's see how long it lasts, eh?

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ah trust me to cock it up.:D still suppose the boss will be happy, after what i told her.:D

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It is always a good move to make the boss happy......more men should learn this ........preferably as boys:)

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Hey Margaret just think how us boys think about ya, it was one of us boys that designed the kitchen sick unit with recessed plinth so you can get closer to the sink when washing up:D:D:D

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Gibsons hasn't been the same since it was sold by the original owners, when they first open their shop was the first shop after the bridge on Blackburn Road, used to mate out with the owners son Mick Gibson, who took over running the shop from his dad, in the 70's

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Arthur Gibson and family lived (next door to me) at 15 Hornby St during my childhood.
It was the home of Arthur's aunt, so it was at a time when the family was experiencing more humble beginnings.

I recall Arthur's active participation in golf - which was regarded as a rich man's pursuit at the time. I feel reasonably confident that those golfing connections are what led to the sports shop business.

His son Michael did 'play out' with us other kids on the street.
I recall him as a tallish, pale, very blond, sensitive lad. I have not met him since those childhood days.

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Oh that really wasn't necessary for you to go to all that trouble John........I have a dishwasher. OK, it is a bit of an antique.......1943 model to be precise......hard to get spares for it now....a bit obsolete. It is called Dave:D

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Thanks for reminding me of Micks father, couldn't remember Arthur to save my life, and your right about the Golf Margaret, he was a very prominent member at Accrington Golf Club in the sixties, and Michael(was quite tall and blonde Margaret) became a very good golfer too, when I knew them they lived on Mayfield I think, but I haven't seen mick for years now

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I can remember somebody trying to turn me into one of them, it didn't work;):D

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Currys (I think) used to be where Bodycare is now.

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Weren't they built later on?.