The purple facia clothes shop was What Everyone Wants. This was founded by Sir Philip Green who has been receiving a lot of bad press recently.

Farnons was indeed on both sides of Nunn Street, interestingly their two sites were linked by a tunnel under Nunn Street which is now blocked up.

Parrishes and Beavans stores closed in the 1990s both have now been converted into student flats. Parrishes was also a What Everyone Wants for a while. Parrishes used to be listed on the London Stock Exchange and you could buy shares in it!

Isaac Walton was a tailors shop and they are still going from a smaller site on Westgate Road. The Waltons are one of the oldest jewish families in the North East of England. They now specialise in shooting and sporting gear.

I remember Shepherds well, especially the cafe which gave great views of Newcastle and the Tyne Bridge.

Charles