03-09-2007, 22:21
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Re: Big D already closed?
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Originally Posted by K.S.H
I didn't know that either, was it 3 tier then or did Asda build the ramp and the upper floor?
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When that building (which burnt down) changed from selling cars to be the 1st ASDA, I was a new housewife and shopped there. That ramp from the kiosk foyer area up to the supermarket shelved area was designed for cars and it took some skill to stop a fully trolley from taking off at speed on its own.
The racks of shelving were placed very close together and if 2 people stopped to select items opposite each other there was a traffic jam of people behind them. Shopping there was a nightmare but because it was the cheapest in town, everybody did.
The name ASDA was originally Associated Dairies - a farmers co-operative.
PS the bingo hall was a coop furniture saleroom
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Last edited by MargaretR; 03-09-2007 at 22:27.
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