HOW MANY DO YOU REMEMBER?
■ Transport your mind briefly back to 1985 and see how many of these Eldon Square stores, cafes, pubs and outlets you remember. Many have disappeared over the last four decades.
APOLLO BLINDS, home furnishings; ARGOS, catalogue showroom; ARTHUR WRIGHT, drapery; BAINBRIDGE, department store; BARRATT’S, shoes; cash dispenser; BEAVERBROOK’S, jeweller; BILLY BUNTER, restaurant; BODY SHOP, skin and hair care; BOOKLESS, fruit and veg; BOOTS, pharmacist; BRIDE, bridal wear; CANTOR’S, furniture store; CARRICK’S, coffee shop; CHARLES CLINKARD, shoes; CHELSEA GIRL, female fashion; CIGARETTE CENTRE, discount cigarettes; COLLIER’S, male fashion; COMPUTER SHOP, technology; CONCOURSE NEWSAGENT, newspapers; CORDWAINER’S, pub; DETROIT, male and female fashion; DEWHURST, butcher; DIXON’S, photography/hi-fi; DIXON SPORTS, sports equipment; DOLCI’S, shoes; DOLLOND & AITCHISON, optician; DON MILLER’S, hot bread kitchen; DOROTHY PERKINS, female fashion; DUNN & CO, menswear; ELDON COFFEE SHOP, cafe; ERNEST JONES, jeweller; ETAM, female fashion; FENWICK, department store; FIRST STOP CAFE, cafe; FOCUS, shoes; FOSTER’S, male fashion; FUDGE KITCHEN, confectionery; GEE 2, male fashion; GEORGE AND DRAGON, pub; GREENMARKET, indoor market; HABITAT, furniture; HALLMARK, jeweller; HARTONCLEAN, dry cleaners; HINTONS, supermarket; JACKSON, male fashion; JUST IN CASE, handbags; KEEN JEANS, fashion; KEW HOUSE, cooked meat; K-SHOES, shoes; LADY AT LORD JOHN, female fashion; LAWLEY’S, china/glass; LEISUREWORLD, computers/games; LEVEY’S, wallpaper/paint; LONDON GIRL, boutique; MARKS & SPENCER, department store; MARSHALL SHOP, tobacco; MISS SELFRIDGE, female fashion; MOTHERCARE, children’s goods; NEEB, power supplier showroom; NORTHERN GAS, power supplier showroom; NORTHUMBERLAND ARMS, pub; NOW, fashion; OLYMPUS, sportswear; PAPER PLACE, cards; PAUL GARVEY, music; PAUL’S, boutique; PETER BROWN, male fashion; PETER LORD, shoes; PHOTOQUICK, photobooth; PLUS FOUR, male/female fashion; RADIO RENTALS , television; RAMSAY’S, bakery; RAVEL, shoes; RECREATION CENTRE, sports centre; RICHARDS, female fashion; ROSEBYS, linen; SALISBURY’S, luggage; SARAH’S, restaurant/coffee shop; SAXONE, shoes; SEWING & KNITTING CENTRE, wool; SKIRROW’S, cafe; SMC, male fashion; SNOB, female fashion; SOCK SHOP, fashion; SPRING, dry cleaner; ST ANDREW’S, newsagent; ST PATOU, male fashion; STRAND, cards; THOMAS COOK, travel agent; THOMAS HUNTER, wool, THORNTON’S, confectionery; TIMPSON’S shoes/shoe repairs; TIPTOP, general store; TOP SHOP/TOP MAN, fashion; VIRGIN RECORDS, music; WALKER & HALL, jeweller; WALLIS, female fashion; WATCH IT, jeweller; WEBSTER’S, book shop; WH SMITH, newsagent/books/ music; WIMPY BAR, restaurant; ZALE’S, jeweller.