I liked Orchard Square the way it was

[AndrewC]

Well, up yours & safe passage back to Bulgaria! I'm not naturally disposed to look back - and as a Christian, I have a duty to look forward. And I'm not sure what vintage you are; but if you can recall virtually full employment and the guarantee of a job for life, you should conclude that things have got worse. My dad left school at 14, worked all his life and retired at 57 on a generous enhanced pension - something which I'm unlikely to be able to do!

 

Was he happy?

[boldforester]

Was he happy?

 

Yes! He used his lengthy retirement to research local history and become a published (not self or vanity published) author at the age of 75.

[Monami]

Memories like the corners of my mind,

Misty-water coluored memories,

Of the way we were...

If you do not know the lyrics just hum along!

 

 

Hmmmm....I had forgotten that song until this thread jogged my memory.....how dare I forget such an excellent song!

[AlexAtkin]

There wasn't a herbalist in TK Maxx downstairs, so don't think a shop that had been in there previously would have contributed... It used to linger in the old TK Maxx lift, but was a constant feature of that old foodcourt... It was a dingy hole anyways:gag:

 

Common sense is that it smelt of chlorine, but that smelt a lot better than other eateries at the time where you could just smell cigarette smoke. The water features would cleanse the smoke, it was the only place my mum could eat without having an asthma attack.

 

Also "a dingy hole"? Really? It was much more pleasant than the Oasis at Meadowhell, that is what I would call a "hole".