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Simon_SW17 wrote:Yes it was T K Maxx before it moved to David Morgan.
I'm trying to imagine what's left of Queen's West inside the building. I imagine most of the space has been used in the conversion to shop units but I'd love to have a nose around.
I remember the opening of the centre, it was very modern with glass lifts and the longest escalator in Europe, much excitement. Roy Castle was the celebrity who did the opening! There was an Athena, Hudson + Hudson and the food court on the 2nd floor but I'm struggling to recall what else was in there. It was 29 years ago scarily
It was the longest glass-sided escalator in Europe. No idea why I remember that caveat.
My favourite shops in Queens West were a couple of independents doing something no one else was doing. Major League sold merchandise relating to the big American sports. Then a little bit later there was a weird shop that was split between grunge music and import video games. At that point it was the only place you could buy Japanese and American cartridges. Plus they were the only shop around to have the ill-fated 3DO console ahead of its limited UK release.
Edit: think the grunge/games shop was called Live Wire.