I had to sit in the entrance foyer of B &Q (in England) in the mid 80s to get people's attention for the double glazing small firm I worked for - basically just used to do that and on other girl but lets say I never pushed it as not my style and hated it but was a bit of money but felt really awkward due to not being part of B&Q really! Suppose you do anything at 19!! 😬😝

Lol I love comments like this, just cuts through all the bs and give the truth

Yeah I remember seeing people sharing video of a trick or treat they had that was PACKED & was happy for them. Sucks that COVID took them out.

What lunatic would want to do that? Storage units? I'm sure that's going to Bring in a bunch of foot traffic. That's going to kill off what remains of Coventry.

I remember that place, too. I worked in a couple of retail stores there, 1982- 1985. I also moved across the country, and have not been back for many years. The mall always had, to me, an empty, ephemeral feeling, an air of impermanence. And I'm not sure that the mall was ever financially robust; I'm surprised it hung on for as long as it did. I doubt I'll ever be back that way again, but its good to see the place one last time. It is depressing, though. If Sartre were alive today he'd say, "This is what I'm talking about."

Or convert it into a physical store.

@@EmperorGoliaththeEverliving Possibly. But I’d put my money on Amazon, given their track record.

I was there a couple days ago

a company got the rights to demolish it but they went bankrupt soon after so yet again coventry gets the luck to keep going lmao, i do love a good dead mall and its nice to have one i visited often as a little kid still around

@Red Scorpion 6, "people watching", makes me think of "bird watching", lol... It is sad missing out on many things we enjoyed as kids. We used to always go to the local mall on the weekends as a family and sometimes we might go during the week and catch a movie or go shopping. Of course us kids always liked to head straight for the game arcade! Still it was nice seeing some of the car events where cars were inside the building sometimes on turntables. They also had the skating rink which was nice. You could either go out and skate or simply watch others skating and sometimes falling lol, all whilst having some good ole Chick-fil-A as the restaurant was right there and they often had an employee coming out to offer free nugget samples on little toothpicks! I can say, somehow back then those were actually better than nuggets at the local restaurant. Anyway, sometimes the skating rink would be closed temporarily whilst they brought out the Zamboni! Of course there were other snacks nearby. I remember the various peanuts, redskins, cashews, almonds etc., under the heat lamps for a warm snack. Then just beyond it was the "cookie factory" where they had rotating trays in a window displaying chocolate chip and other types of cookies from around 6+ inches in diameter! They were so chewy and melty, lol. Then you had the various dept., stores, Sears/Montgomery Ward, JC Penny etc. Eventually the nearby textile mills had been shut down mostly with only one operating at about half capacity for yrs then it was shut down. All for cheap labor in Mexico. Then after that shut down, Walmart was beginning to pop up and suddenly the mall started seeing businesses close and eventually the mall. The police dept., briefly took up some space there until it was sold, destroyed and of course a Walmart put up in it's place. Sad to see the mall which was more exciting with a variety of businesses/activities being replaced by a single store that is NOT "always lowest prices!!!" which keeps at least 5 related billionaires still living it up whilst dozens of other businesses closed their doors...

@@zenithperigee7442 Thanks for sharing your memories. Apparently we had the same kind of teen years :) I miss hanging out with my friends at the mall. Seeing movies, eating pizza, playing in the arcade or mini-golf. And there was always something going on- like you say a car show, or a concert or art display. Always something happening. I miss the hair styles, the clothing and the colors of the 80's. I really do.

Do you remember an Arby's by the one entrance to the mall?

@@deanlewis134 I do not, unfortunately

When did people wear hip hugger jeans in 1988? That was the era of "mom" jeans, jeans that went up to your boobs. You're off about 10 years - try the end of the 1970s.

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I’m from Syracuse. Two malls are closed, and the Destiny mall you’re talking about is becoming less and less ppl as time goes by. A lot of crime goes on there as well. Who wants to go where it’s not safe???

Only young people and the elderly. The people who do not have much money.

Music ain’t playing

Good jesus im wondering if Smilers attack explorers and if theres enough almond water

And now the Logan valley Mall has lost several stores since you posted that comment. Applebees is dipping next month. They already have a new location down the street.

I feel like doubling the frame rate would do wonders.

I remember when the mall was the place where you would see/meet & hit on guys/girls. Now dating is done in almost the same way as shopping for items . Sad really.