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Came across a packet with a Tip Top label on it today. They had a shop on Headingley Arndale Centre, I rembember them as an early pound shop. ANyone else remember?Also I noted that Headingley Wilkinsons still has the original Hillards red on the stair handrails.    

I think there used to be a Tip Top on Kirkgate where Superdrug is now. I might be wrong but I thought it was similar to Superdrug.

According to this Superdrug bought Tip Top in 1988http://www.superdrug.com/page/superdrughistory

iirc there was a Tip Top in Crossgates Arndale too, though I could be mixing it up with Saacroft Centre for the same era.i had no idea Superdrug bought them out.

There used to be a Tip Top on duncan street near to the junction with briggate.

And one on Armley Town Street.

There was one in Wakefield too, at the bottom of KirkGate, opposite the old ABC cinema (Was previously, or afterwards??, 'Av-A-Ganda')

I'm going to be mostly useless if anyone asks me for recollections of Leeds as I can't even recall Tip Top shops! With apologies for going a bit off thread but I do recall there used to be a Grandways on New York Road that I think may have been one of the earliest low prices supermarket type stores. It was demolished for the construction of the Inner Ring Road. If I recall correctly (and that may be in doubt!) during the road construction at or near where Grandways was a large underground chamber was found that may have been a forgotten air raid shelter. If I'm right I wonder if it is still there or filled in?

Leodian wrote: I'm going to be mostly useless if anyone asks me for recollections of Leeds as I can't even recall Tip Top shops! With apologies for going a bit off thread but I do recall there used to be a Grandways on New York Road that I think may have been one of the earliest low prices supermarket type stores. It was demolished for the construction of the Inner Ring Road. If I recall correctly (and that may be in doubt!) during the road construction at or near where Grandways was a large underground chamber was found that may have been a forgotten air raid shelter. If I'm right I wonder if it is still there or filled in? Leodis has pictures of a 'subway/culvert' under construction which we.ve mentioned but I don't think we ever exactly placed - maybe this is part of it? Fine Fare Crossgates was the first Leeds supermarket, also ...somewhere....in another thread    

Crazy Jane wrote: iirc there was a Tip Top in Crossgates Arndale too, though I could be mixing it up with Saacroft Centre for the same era.i had no idea Superdrug bought them out. There was definitely one at Seacroft Centre for some time - upstairs near McColls.