Hello.
I saw a post on this sub that had pictures of the old InShops and it was bringing up a lot of old memories. I want to ask if it's possible to find pictures of how the Victoria Shopping Centre looked before it was demolished and rebuilt into the Victoria Square we have today? Maybe someone has some photos or videos?
I used to go their all the time with my grandparents whenever we went shopping.
My memory of how it looked is pretty blurry but I do remember the old entrance.
I remember the old Grand Stand and that shop with red and yellow sign that sold vintage clothes, combat/camo gear etc as you walked towards the Old Entrance.
The entrance was at the corner of two smaller roads. There were two sets of sliding doors and I'm pretty sure there were crane machines in between those sliding doors and i remember dark red coloured carpeting around there. You'd hear the crane machines play music when you walked past them. Passing the sliding doors I believe Poundstretcher was on the left hand side i cannot remember what else was there but I remember a seating area with white/beige chairs at the end of the corridor where it turns into an L shape. Those seats were in that left hand corner.
The other set of doors went out into Chichester Street and there were shoe menders and keymakers beside those doors too.
Can anyone remember this place like I do
or maybe find any photos?
It's a memory itch I really need to scratch
by fireinabottle