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Greggs was founded by John Gregg as a Tyneside bakery in 1939. [6] It opened its first shop at 69/71 High Street in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne in 1951. [7] When Gregg died in 1964, the bakery was taken over by his son, Ian, assisted by his brother Colin (who in 2017 was convicted and jailed for the sexual abuse of children [8]).
The Great Western Arcade ( grid reference SP070871) is a covered Grade II listed [ 1][ 2] Victorian shopping arcade lying between Colmore Row and Temple Row in Birmingham City Centre, England . It was built (1875-6) over the Great Western Railway line cutting at the London end of Snow Hill station. The cutting was covered in 1874.
Martineau Place is a shopping centre located in the city centre of Birmingham, England. It contains a mixture of shops and restaurants, with the emphasis on food and drink which is located on the roofs of the shops. Retailers include Sainsbury's, Deichmann, Boots, Argos and Poundland, the upper levels of the centre include a 168-room hotel.
This is a list of the constituent towns, villages and areas of Birmingham (both the city and the metropolitan borough) in England.. Between 1889 and 1995, the city boundaries were expanded to include many places which were once towns or villages in their own right, many of which still retain a distinctive character.
Birmingham city centre, also known as Central Birmingham, is the central business district of Birmingham, England. The area was historically in Warwickshire. Following the removal of the Inner Ring Road, the city centre is now defined as being the area within the Middle Ring Road. [1] The city centre is undergoing massive redevelopment with the ...
Corporation Street in 1931. Corporation Street is a main shopping street in Birmingham city centre, England. Though it has a distinct southern terminus – the junction of New Street and Stephenson Place, adjacent to the entrance of New Street station – the location of its northern terminus is debatable.
The event began in 1997 as "Winterval", held from 20 November to 31 December, [2] with the intention of attracting business into Birmingham's newly rejuvenated city centre. Chamberlain Square was the original site of Birmingham's BBC Big Screen , where it was situated until September 2007.
Hurst Street is the location of the Birmingham Hippodrome, a theatre specialising in ballet, opera, and musicals, which serves as the home of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Immigrants from Hong Kong moved into the area around Hurst Street in the decades following World War II, and by the 1980s the area was recognized as the city's Chinese Quarter ...