All the shops that were in the Broadmarsh Centre when it opened

The remains of the Broadmarsh Centre could be seen by some as a grim metaphor for Nottingham in 2024. The city we all love is skint and despite a lot of effort, the remnants of the hulking great building looms over one of the main pedestrian gateways into the city.

We thought we'd look back at the Broadmarsh Centre's glory days, when it first opened in 1974 and the official launch party for the city's exciting new shopping experience a year later. The opening ceremony was performed by the Duke of Gloucester - outside Dolcis - on March 25 that year. Dolcis . Fun fact: Dolcis was one of the first UK retailers to use the Electronic Point of Sale system - basically the first mainstream computerised system for selling items in shops.

Gordon Scott . This famous Nottingham store originally opened in Friar Lane in 1964, before moving to the Broadmarsh Centre in the 1970s, and then on to Lister Gate in 2011. It was, of course, home to Charlie the Chimp, the mechanical monkey in the shop window that fascinated / freaked out generations of young children.Luminare .

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