1990-1999
DEMOLITION
CHANGING FACE OF THE TOWN CENTRE
This aerial shot shows the spread of the Town Centre buildings by the start of the 1990s - the ‘retail warehouses’ have been added to the bottom left of the photo, replacing the Golden Eagle. Fleming House is visible to the upper left of the complex.
Future changes would take away most of the green space surrounding the Town Centre, with that directly above the Woolco store becoming Asda’s new shop in the late 1990s, and the area near the bottom of the picture becoming the new Tesco Express in the mid 2000s.
This is an edited and annoted section of a larger photo, which is on display in Cumbernauld Museum.
IN THE NEWS 1990-93
Plan originally printed in Cumbernauld News 25/11/94, taken from Britishnewspaperarchive.com
MAPS & PLANS
A plan of the Phase 4 shopping mall from November 1994.
By this stage the Argos store had opened, which replaced the units previously occupied by John Menzies and Mothercare.
These photos show the escalators in the Phase 4 mall - the one below is from the same time period as the map on the right.
Photos from Cumbernauld Development Corporation Collection, held in North Lanarkshire Council’s Archives.
IN THE NEWS 1994-95
RETAIL
MADNESS
Both big supermarkets changed their names in the 1990s, with Gateway becoming Asda, and William Low becoming Tesco. Later in the decade Asda moved to their new purpose built store as demolition began on the former Phase 3 of the centre. Goldbergs and What Everyone Wants closed down, and Argos opened in Phase 4.
Click on the larger articles to read them in more detail.
All adverts and articles in this section taken from the Cumbernauld News, archived at Britishnewspaperarchive.com
Gateway becomes Asda Mar 1990
Asda Mar 1990
First Choice Mar 1990
Goldbergs closing down Mar 1990
Asda Mar 1990
Argos opening 1990
Hollywood Bowl Nov 1990
Hollywood Bowl Nov 1990
Christmas 1990 Frisco, Beatties
Sax Apr 1991
Farmfoods Jan 1993
Christmas Nov 1993
Asda Nov 1993
Tesco William Low Oct 1994
Tesco William Low Oct 1994
Tesco William Low Dec 1994
Tesco May 1995
Asda Car Parking Aug 1995
Asda Christmas Nov 1995
Asda Nov 1995 P1
Asda Nov 1995 P2
What Everyone Wants closure Jul 1996
Forth Walk event Nov 1996
XS Nightclub May 1999
IN THE NEWS 1996-99
