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Does anyone remember the shop in Grange Road (bit up from were Boots is now-on the same side).It came up in a conversation the other night.It seemed to sell all kinds of things (Homeware,toys, etc).It had either steps or an esculator that went down into the basement.Somebody said Grand Fare but I cant remember now.It was there in the late 70s early 80s.I remember it used to have round security cameras in the ceiling.

TJ hughe's

I think I know which one you mean - there was a basement, and a top floor (which sold bedding and things). I remember those camera's vividly! I'll ask my mum what it was called.

Thanks Dave

It was grand fare??? I think!

tj's with acafe upstairs.

remember it well, there was a little cigerette kiosk at the main entrance.

definitly grandfare, tjs did have cafe upstairs but this was grandfare. Think it was also called QS for a while as well.

Wouldnt this be where Iceland is now? As you walked in you had to either go upstairs or downstairs, there was no ground floor.

it was T J Hughes and when they moved to the precinct it became Grandfare.I used to get my ciggies from there. I remember the cameras when it was TJs and there was no ground floor, only a basement and upstairs.

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Grange Road topic

where Iceland is there was TJS and before that Owen Owen
hope this helps

I remember it when it was QS.

great pic Derek.I dont remember Grange Road just the paved area like it is today!

Remember it as TJ's before they moved to where they are now.

When it was Grandfare, there was also a butty bar built into the entrance, must of been 1986 when I was on a YTS, used to go there regularly ... as I had a bit of a thing for the girl that made the butties.

Yts lol! Was on 1 of them at a place in cammel laird.

same here!
nice pic derek what year was that?

pic 1970
just move the mouse over a pic and the nameof the file shows

In the early 60's I'm almost sure it was called Grahams.

it was definitely grandfare i remember goin there when i was a kid

The shop was built in 1959 for Owen Owen, the drawing below is from the opening advert (they probably used a drawing because the building wasn't complete when the advert was prepared).

T.J.Hughes was, at this time, owned by Owen Owen and at some time in the 1960s it was re-branded as a T.J.Hughes store (this was sometime before 1968).

The shop closed when the precinct opened in 1975 and after this the building had several occupiers on short term leases. until it was demolished.

If we are talking about t j hughes (where Iceland is now)
In the 60s Owen Owen used to be there
sorry pic not too clear from 1960's something street directory
1916 there was a chapel there

Yea Y.T.S I remember it well £29.50 for a full weeks work then going out to Reflections (Central Hotel) and the Jimmys to spend it all.Them were the days (not a care in the world!) lol.

I went when that opened, I am sure it was Elsie Tanner and Len Fairclough who opened it.