Andrew Simpson: The lost space age cafe .... of The Corn Exchange

Sunday, 31 August 2025

To be strictly accurate the lost space age cafe stood in the centre of the Triangle.

And for those of a certain age the Triangle was the failed shopping out let in what had been the Corn Exchange.

Now l have written about the Corn Exchange, it's successor the Triangle and the food emporium which now occupies the interior.

And if you want more there are plenty of sites which will tell the collective history of all three.

But now l am interested in the space age pod in the centre of the hall.

It was home to Cafe Nero and was accessed by a rickety bridge.

I loved it but it was doomed with the last make over.

And now l wonder it's fate.

Answers on a used Cafe Nero loyalty card.

Location; somewhere

Picture; the space age cafe, 2015 from the collection of Andrew Simpson