Smirking_Saint Posted 31 March, 2011 Posted 31 March, 2011 Used to be the place to be back in the day apparantly. However, is about to be bulldozed. Not that it massively effects me, anyone know whats going on the site ??
dune Posted 31 March, 2011 Posted 31 March, 2011 The Anchor was always a good pre match watering hole. Good newspaper clippings on the walls.
Smirking_Saint Posted 31 March, 2011 Author Posted 31 March, 2011 Is it actually going to be a morrisons ?? Seems a strange place to put one.
Smirking_Saint Posted 31 March, 2011 Author Posted 31 March, 2011 Heard through work that it is going to be demolished, not got any links, I can ask a few questions tommorow if you want to know anything. I don't know whats going to be built there yet, but I am sure I will find out soon enough.
dickyhale Posted 31 March, 2011 Posted 31 March, 2011 http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8933583.Plans_to_knock_down_shopping_centre_welcomed/
dune Posted 31 March, 2011 Posted 31 March, 2011 Is 'The Royal Oak' going too? It'd have to be going i'd have thought as it's part of the structure.
Smirking_Saint Posted 31 March, 2011 Author Posted 31 March, 2011 As far as I know the Royal Oak is still open, still can't see what they would get from building a Morrisons ? Is it really an ideal location for a supermarket ?
dune Posted 31 March, 2011 Posted 31 March, 2011 http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8933583.Plans_to_knock_down_shopping_centre_welcomed/ Have you got any Morrisons down South? They are the best supermarket imo - loads of fresh produce. I'm very partial to their fresh cream victoria sponges.
Smirking_Saint Posted 31 March, 2011 Author Posted 31 March, 2011 Yeah, in Totton. Pretty decent shop TBH and usually has a decent amount of offers on it. I still like Tesco's though.
Saintandy666 Posted 31 March, 2011 Posted 31 March, 2011 I'm amazed it lasted this long in all honesty.
Hatch Posted 31 March, 2011 Posted 31 March, 2011 http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8933583.Plans_to_knock_down_shopping_centre_welcomed/ cheers for that, a colleague at work was looking at buying commercial property down that road just the other week, I advised against it, due to the fact it is a sh"thole. The agent never mentioned any of this, the ****, he must have known.
Saint-scooby Posted 31 March, 2011 Posted 31 March, 2011 East street is a bit of a dead end, surprised Debenhams is still going. There are loads of new flats being or have been built around that area, so I guess they all need loo roll and milk.
teamsaint Posted 31 March, 2011 Posted 31 March, 2011 wasnt the green shield stamp place down there ?
Saint-scooby Posted 31 March, 2011 Posted 31 March, 2011 wasnt the green shield stamp place down there ? I believe it was, Brentford Nylons was there too
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 31 March, 2011 Posted 31 March, 2011 wasnt the green shield stamp place down there ? Green Shield was across Queensway, on the northern corner of East St & Queensway. Brentfords was close in that part of East Street also.
scotty Posted 31 March, 2011 Posted 31 March, 2011 Green Shield was across Queensway, on the northern corner of East St & Queensway. Brentfords was close in that part of East Street also. The last specialist organ shop (fnarr fnarr) in southampton was in the east street centre, teville organs. I'm gland theyve gone.
hamster Posted 31 March, 2011 Posted 31 March, 2011 East street is a bit of a dead end, surprised Debenhams is still going. There are loads of new flats being or have been built around that area, so I guess they all need loo roll and milk. moving to Bargate I've been told
hamster Posted 31 March, 2011 Posted 31 March, 2011 Something very big development wise could be imminent I suspect. Queensway is a prime site for 'luxury apartments' reckon. Maybe the council is finally getting it's arse into gear?
BadgerBadger Posted 1 April, 2011 Posted 1 April, 2011 Expect the Oak and the Anchor to stay - the high rise is staying. My memories of East Street shopping centre will always be Tandy - the music shop, whatever it was/is called - cheap jewellers and a pet shop stuffed fulled of lizards, oh and the chavs and drunks
LGTL Posted 1 April, 2011 Posted 1 April, 2011 moving to Bargate I've been told That is probably an even worse location for them!
scott_saints Posted 1 April, 2011 Posted 1 April, 2011 Expect the Oak and the Anchor to stay - the high rise is staying. My memories of East Street shopping centre will always be Tandy - the music shop, whatever it was/is called - cheap jewellers and a pet shop stuffed fulled of lizards, oh and the chavs and drunks My god. Half Price Jewellers. Was a disgusting place.
Saint-scooby Posted 1 April, 2011 Posted 1 April, 2011 moving to Bargate I've been told Well Bargate is almost closed now, just the odd shop down below and shakeaway, they can't be making much rent there now, all those Goths will be homeless
saintfully Posted 1 April, 2011 Posted 1 April, 2011 Used to always go to Nicks (?) 'restaurant' outside East Street Centre before matches for a fry-up with my Dad, then head into shopping centre to look around 'Past-times II' for some weird toys??? Have I just had false memory syndrome or am I remembering this correctly??
latter day saint Posted 1 April, 2011 Posted 1 April, 2011 Something very big development wise could be imminent I suspect. Queensway is a prime site for 'luxury apartments' reckon. Maybe the council is finally getting it's arse into gear? i worked in Debenhams over 8 years ago and there was talk of this back then. moving to the Bargate was mentioned, as was taking over what is now Primark from M&S when they moved to WestQuay. apparently Debenhams was offered a move to WestQuay but turned it down.
ribbo Posted 1 April, 2011 Posted 1 April, 2011 cant see them knocking the whole of east street centre down, what will happen to capital house?! probably just a reshell and some more fruit and veg (and somewhere closer for the drunks to stock up)
toofarnorth Posted 1 April, 2011 Posted 1 April, 2011 i worked in Debenhams over 8 years ago and there was talk of this back then. moving to the Bargate was mentioned, as was taking over what is now Primark from M&S when they moved to WestQuay. apparently Debenhams was offered a move to WestQuay but turned it down. Are they not building the third phase of west quay soon. Would be the obvious home for debenhams if they are.
Saint_Jonny Posted 1 April, 2011 Posted 1 April, 2011 I sometimes park in lime street car park on match days, so I guees I wont be able to do that anymore... Not the end of the world really is it. Glad the royal oak will still be open though.
Hatch Posted 1 April, 2011 Posted 1 April, 2011 Debenhams have still got 20+years on the lease at where they are now. Unless they decide to cut their losses and just leave, they should be there for a long time yet.
Dr Who? Posted 1 April, 2011 Posted 1 April, 2011 My god. Half Price Jewellers. Was a disgusting place. Elizabeth Duke!!! Lovely chunky gold necklaces an rings!! lol
ecuk268 Posted 2 April, 2011 Posted 2 April, 2011 Comet started in East Street. At the time, their prices and range of goods were way better than anyone else.
Patrick Bateman Posted 2 April, 2011 Posted 2 April, 2011 No way!!!! Not another f*cking supermarket!!!! East Street was awesome, I used to love the Toy Shop when I was young, also Tandy was good and there was a really good music shop there too. I remember being young, possibly 5 or so and the place being really busy and my parents letting me buy a small toy in the toy shop. I also remember my parents visiting the weird tower block with the outside stairs ( http://www.yourlocalweb.co.uk/images/pictures/02/61/east-street-shopping-centre-capital-house-25422.jpg ) and buying a stereo system in about 1979 ... anyone know what shop was in there?? Is that building going too? Oh well, I suppose it is all a waste of space and a supermarket there would rejuvenate that area and East Street and encourage people to walk past all the small shops on that road ... not sure there are many left mind you!?
harvey Posted 2 April, 2011 Posted 2 April, 2011 There was a record shop at ESSC at one time..........the thing was that that the chap who ran it had one of those eyes that didn't look at you when you were talking to him. I think it was his left eye.
Secret Site Agent Posted 2 April, 2011 Posted 2 April, 2011 I remember it well. Comet, Tandys, the weird book shop, the bike shop upstairs which had a repair area the you got to by the fire escape at the back. I remember me and DickyHale getting chased out of there for winding up a security guard and having a few knee tremblers after hours in the car park with some young ladies. Also Christmas **** up in the Royal Oak when i was at the tech college. Happy days.
carljack Posted 2 April, 2011 Posted 2 April, 2011 I remember it well. Comet, Tandys, the weird book shop, the bike shop upstairs which had a repair area the you got to by the fire escape at the back. I remember me and DickyHale getting chased out of there for winding up a security guard and having a few knee tremblers after hours in the car park with some young ladies. Also Christmas **** up in the Royal Oak when i was at the tech college. Happy days. Ah yes! there were some girls on the hairdressing course who did a turn after a session in the Royal Oak.
LGTL Posted 2 April, 2011 Posted 2 April, 2011 I've only ever known it as an absolute hole. Shops don't stand a chance down there what with Above Bar and West Quay, nobody ever bother venturing that far.
scotty Posted 2 April, 2011 Posted 2 April, 2011 Used to always go to Nicks (?) 'restaurant' outside East Street Centre before matches for a fry-up with my Dad, then head into shopping centre to look around 'Past-times II' for some weird toys??? Have I just had false memory syndrome or am I remembering this correctly?? Nicks is still there, dont know about past times tho. The shops in there changed with monotonous regularity.
Jonnyboy Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 Well Bargate is almost closed now, just the odd shop down below and shakeaway, they can't be making much rent there now, all those Goths will be homeless My art student mate has an exhibiton running in there for the next month. They definitely cant be making much money...
Jonnyboy Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 I remember it well. Comet, Tandys, the weird book shop, the bike shop upstairs which had a repair area the you got to by the fire escape at the back. I remember me and DickyHale getting chased out of there for winding up a security guard and having a few knee tremblers after hours in the car park with some young ladies. Also Christmas **** up in the Royal Oak when i was at the tech college. Happy days. Just my luck, only time ive been in the oak was a work do and i had to watch a male stripper.
Golden Balls Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 http://www.invest-in-southampton.com You'll find all the info here of planned developments
sammysaint Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 Hopefully bargate will become a better shopping centre then and be up there with the mall aka marlins, most people on go to west quay and don't bother going any where else i remember marlins centre being the place to go but now it's full of shops but hardly any people.
Secret Site Agent Posted 4 April, 2011 Posted 4 April, 2011 Ah yes! there were some girls on the hairdressing course who did a turn after a session in the Royal Oak. It was the secretaries and catering for me. I always remember one year there was a girl I fancied that didn't turn up, I got rat faced and I ended up with this Big Boned Girl from the catering course who had a crush on me. She seemed quite shy to begin with, but at the end of the night she ended up big boned in another way. I remember it as the dirty security guard caught us at the back where the loading area is claiming that 'Some one reporting what looked like a dead body' and I waved my member at him and asked him if it looked like rigor mortice had set in. My mates tooks the ****, but the bird I was after would not, and never did, what my xmas encounter did for me. Still, happy days. I just feel that it was mis-managed once the likes of the ocean villiage and Bargate Centre opened. It needed stores that appealed to locals as well as the Saturday shopper. And it closed to early as well, with the security throwing you at at just on 5.30. Also it was nothing but a playground for the kids, (me included). An arcade would ahve made a mint there I rekon. And it was ideally placed for a video rentals, with Kingsland Estate next door, and St. Marys over the road. At that time the only choices were either Six dials on the crap one in St Marys, or going all the way to Portswood to Blockbusters. At least until Video to go opened.
Kingsbridge Saint Posted 4 April, 2011 Posted 4 April, 2011 Many a lazy Friday afternoon wiled away playing Bingo down there. lol.
ThreeSixty Posted 5 April, 2011 Posted 5 April, 2011 My favourite part about Southampton is how we never improve shopping malls and just stick a new one up every now and then. Would welcome a Morrisons, the short lived glory of the one in portswood made it my favourite supermarket.
Red_No_7 Posted 6 April, 2011 Posted 6 April, 2011 had a wander around the east st centre a little while ago, and it's amazing how many shops(empty ones) there are in there! top trainers was ace, and i can remember when it was the ONLY centre in town and busy...ish
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