(23 Feb 2015, 8:51 pm)MrFozz wrote When did HMV in Durham shut Jimmi? I aint been round the Prince Bishops for ages.
It was one of the casualties from when HMV ended up in administration back in 2013.
Still greatly miss this one as this was enough to warrant a trip to Durham, kill around 20 minutes in here then around head round a few other shops like Topman and then jump on a bus home, it was a great way of killing some afternoons. Also when I was at New College on Monday's I used to head into HMV at lunchtimes and buy any new music releases, running into here on lunchtimes was always fun and have fond memories of many of the albums I bought in these lunchtime dashes buying the likes of Little Comets first album so the closure hit me badly, one week there was a few releases on one Monday and because Durham had closed and I was busy everyday that week so after I finished college that day I ended up jumping on an X21 straight to Newcastle.
I actually still enjoy buying CDs in HMV, That's Entertainment and independents around the North East, I find it fun as it works well with this hobby as it can make me plan a trip out just to head somewhere with a HMV.
Stockton and Teesside Park were also closed when HMV went into administration, Middlesbrough was also due to close but thankfully this one stayed open.