An occasional series, following the family across the city centre in pursuit of two tops and a pair of boots.
We began on Market Street, and proceeded by degree into the Arndale, and out again into St Ann’s Square.
And as you do, I reflected on the swift changes in retail fortunes, which offered up a few new shops, the loss of some favourites and those that never seem to disappear from the streets.
At which point I could claim that this was part of that big project to record the shops
in town over five decades, and with that in mind, I should dig out my old pictures, of Chelsea Girl, Lewis’s and On the Eighth Day, but they are all lost deep in the recesses of the collection.
Which I suppose is another way of saying I can be as careless with our recent past as anyone.
In my case I wish I had been more active with recording Oldham Street and what is now the Northern Quarter during the 1970s and 80s, and also persevered with the photo sessions around St Ann’s Square and King Street before they became pedestrianized.
But I didn’t, so instead I shall just leave it at the three.
Location; Market Street, and St Ann’s Square
Pictures; Uniqlo, Market Street, French Connection & Moss Bros, 2019, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
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| Uniqlo, Market Street, 2019 |
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| French Connection, St Ann's Square, 2019 |
And as you do, I reflected on the swift changes in retail fortunes, which offered up a few new shops, the loss of some favourites and those that never seem to disappear from the streets.
At which point I could claim that this was part of that big project to record the shops
in town over five decades, and with that in mind, I should dig out my old pictures, of Chelsea Girl, Lewis’s and On the Eighth Day, but they are all lost deep in the recesses of the collection.
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| Moss Bros, St Ann's Square, 2019 |
In my case I wish I had been more active with recording Oldham Street and what is now the Northern Quarter during the 1970s and 80s, and also persevered with the photo sessions around St Ann’s Square and King Street before they became pedestrianized.
But I didn’t, so instead I shall just leave it at the three.
Location; Market Street, and St Ann’s Square
Pictures; Uniqlo, Market Street, French Connection & Moss Bros, 2019, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
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