Cawdells Arcade

Hey Sue! Thanks for sharing your Cawdells memories. Seeing the picture took me right back to being 4-7 years old again.
It would have been nice if you'd mentioned the years (roughly) when you were making your "regular trip." My memories are of the late 60's when my mum used to take me shopping with her in my school hold. Some of the High St shops I remember from then are MacFisheries, Caters, Ketts, Clements, Sainsburys & Woolworths.
Hopeton, Oct 2015

When I was young a favorite was riding on the escalator in Boots
when it was on the corner of High Street/Queens Road unfortunately it was only an up escalator you had to walk down the stairs

Yes Cawdells on the corner to the right as we entered into the market...I was often taken there as a young child to see Father Christmas and ride on the train that took me to him, ( of course the train never went anywhere, just jolted from side to side which gave the illusion to a young child it was on the move )...The same as seeing Father Christmas in Clements, both departments stores i very much looked forwards to seeing him in as a very young child...