Closed superstore
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Closed superstore by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 8 Mar 2009
When it opened, around 1980, this Cooperative superstore was very much a flagship. However, the location was never really ideal, and it never seemed to be particularly busy, and it finally closed just a few weeks before this picture was taken.