What was there before Borders?

Post by **cnosni** » Mon 12 May, 2008 1:49 pm

kierentc wrote: i was just looking on leodis...apparently muji has been there since at least 1999. blimey.most of the leodis pictures of that junction focus on the lewis' and the odeon buildings, sadly Muji was Dixons

kierentc · Post by **kierentc** » Mon 12 May, 2008 1:58 pm

cnosni wrote: Muji was Dixons i can't believe mujis has been there getting on for a decade. i thought it had only been there a few yearsis that a sign of getting old? <sob>

ablaze · Post by **ablaze** » Mon 12 May, 2008 4:17 pm

ok here's another one for you all - when was the first mcdonalds launched in leeds?thanks for all the info!

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Mon 12 May, 2008 4:29 pm

cnosni wrote: kierentc wrote: i was just looking on leodis...apparently muji has been there since at least 1999. blimey.most of the leodis pictures of that junction focus on the lewis' and the odeon buildings, sadly Muji was Dixons It was a 'cheap' shoe sop after Dixons, not [edited for content] stuff either. You could get a pair of Doc Martens for about £15, with nothing much wrong with 'em too.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Mon 12 May, 2008 4:34 pm

There was a menswear store around there in the 70's, Ray Alans. Anyone remember it? I bought my first suit from there in about 1975.

Clankylad · Post by **Clankylad** » Mon 12 May, 2008 5:57 pm

ablaze wrote: ok here's another one for you all - when was the first mcdonalds launched in leeds?thanks for all the info! Another head-scratcher. The first one I remember in central Leeds was the one on the corner of Briggate and Boar Lane. If memory serves me well, it opened in about 1985/6.

slw · Post by **slw** » Mon 12 May, 2008 10:31 pm

Chrism wrote: It was a 'cheap' shoe sop after Dixons, not [edited for content] stuff either. You could get a pair of Doc Martens for about £15, with nothing much wrong with 'em too. I thonk the shoe shop was called Winfields

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Mon 12 May, 2008 10:40 pm

Clankylad wrote: ablaze wrote: ok here's another one for you all - when was the first mcdonalds launched in leeds?thanks for all the info! Another head-scratcher. The first one I remember in central Leeds was the one on the corner of Briggate and Boar Lane. If memory serves me well, it opened in about 1985/6. I think that's right. I must admit I was curious at the time as to what a "real" American hamburger tasted like - as opposed to Westlers you got at the feast or Wimpy - but I never went there - I've only tasted MacDonalds once - and that was in Seoul - can't say I was impressed.

Si · Post by Si » Tue 13 May, 2008 9:25 am

I used to write McDonalds ads in the 80s. When I started, we had to research the product. I was expecting a classic USA burger, with a big, fat, juicy burger in a tasty bun with fresh lettuce, tomato and lashings of ketchup (as seen in 70s/80s air-brush art.)I had a Big Mac, the biggest and best burger made by the USA's biggest and best burger joint.What a disappointment!!! It wasn't even very big...

Clankylad · Post by **Clankylad** » Tue 13 May, 2008 9:28 am

Trojan wrote: Clankylad wrote: ablaze wrote: ok here's another one for you all - when was the first mcdonalds launched in leeds?thanks for all the info! Another head-scratcher. The first one I remember in central Leeds was the one on the corner of Briggate and Boar Lane. If memory serves me well, it opened in about 1985/6. I think that's right. I must admit I was curious at the time as to what a "real" American hamburger tasted like - as opposed to Westlers you got at the feast or Wimpy - but I never went there - I've only tasted MacDonalds once - and that was in Seoul - can't say I was impressed. The opening was a bit of an event. It was already a nationally established chain but it seemed to take ages for Leeds to get one. Now, of course, they are everywhere.