(25 Nov 2016, 10:17 am)Charles41 wrote 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
That's the one! Wasn't far off with the name.
I can remember it being pretty naff inside. However, I do seem to remember Busways deckers being emblazoned with advertising throughout the late 80's.
Found an advert on youtube from 1994 and it reminded me Status Quo did the soundtrack.