388-Gosford Marketown/Marketplace/Gosford Town/Kibbleplex Shopping Centre Gosford Central Coast 22'.

[@Optimus_Prime.]

For a music picture slideshow of this day out pls click on the link below. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqDVaGCFn5adgMk

[@geraldinewatts736]

This is so sad. I spent my childhood shopping here in the 80's. Shame on the council:( thanks for video).

[@thequietroomfiles9731]

spent many hours in this place over the years - the fact that you could get in their during the day shows hoe dead Gosford is - remembering this place as a thriving location breaks my heart

[@lyndamck3446]

For me, this shopping centre is not that old. I'm surprised it has been abandoned this quickly.

[@kylieloasby7171]

The vacant land at the back of it near donnison street there was a uniform shop there called gosford tailoring. Before your local lowes had school uniforms, you got them from gosford tailoring. Sadly the building burnt down a while back.

[@stevetedder7083]

The vacant block on the corner of Donnison and Albany St's was "Gosford Tayloring Schoolwear factory and shop ". Great video guys, was interesting to see the relics. I have a photo of the factory but can't find a share option.

[@kathrynrose155]

This may have already been said in the comments but the area you thought may have been a cinema or Target was actually Grace Bros a long long time ago. In the 80’s. I loved watching your video. Thank you, guys :) it’s a shame vandals couldn’t leave it as they found it, and be as respectful as you.

[@kylieloasby7171]

I don't think it was grace bros near where they thought there was a cinema. Grace bros before it moved to Erina fair it was down on mann street near where you wait on those seats for a bus. In the area of Newcastle permanent currently is and near the lights are to cross the road. Near the William street plaza.

[@lundsweden]

How does the market economy respond to excess retail space? In theory, rents are lowered. In Australia these days they'll put rents up and leave shopping centres like this abandoned for decades. In that time, the property value of this centre has increased 10x! Total insanity!

[@mostlypeacefulcerealkiller2145]

I used to go there a lot from the 80's after school up til I moved from the area in 2000. Since no-one mentioned it, there used to be a Copperart store on the right down just before the food court. I only ever knew it as Marketown. I never heard it called Kibbleplex until I saw it here. Makes sense with Kibble Park, I spose. I guess Imperial Centre will go next. Poor Gosford.

[@apriladelewhyte]

Gosford imperial is still going fine, don't worry lol.

[@PatrickHealey-l2c]

Shopping Centre is like Gosford City gone down the drain 😂 since we had this clown Craig Doyle looking after Gosford 😂 in the late 90s , just waiting for the when they say Gosford City is now Erina and Wyong City, 😮 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@kyliemitchellharper6872]

It opened in 79, my mum worked in waltons as security, on bottom floor, huge dept. store. She walked around all day looking like a she was shopping, picking up theives. Theres a door on donnison street, nr cnr mann street, stairs go straight down to where her office and cloak room was. The court house was a block of dirt used as a parking lot at the time, i was only 5 when it opened, but it was always busy. Thanks for the memories, shame its abandoned and gone to shit, such a huge building, going to be more unit blocks. Its original name was market town. The empty block next to it, was where we would buy our school uniforms as kids, did most of the schools around gossy.

[@justinholman6171]

This centre I remember going through when they reopened it...bottom level was Ronis...above it was Coles...main entrance was Gloria Jeans and an Aussie steak house, always a book open shop in front of the bottom escalator, food court in front of Cole's...my ex brother in law was a trolly boy there... unfortunately next to the centre where the open block is was an old TV repair place...it burned down and the owner died in the fire, and it was demolished...I called 000 as i lived in an apartment that looked over it...

[@justinholman6171]

@@redrider2362 2004 or 2005

[@kylieloasby7171]

Originally where the vacant lot is it was gosford tailoring and was a uniform shop for school uniforms and company uniforms over the years. I remember getting my uniform from there as a kid going to school. When Kincumber high opened in 1990 it was the only place we could get uniforms. You had to order them first and later pick them up.

[@rebeccawallace2786]

I used to go there in the 90s as a child. Ground floor next to management used to be Littles Surf Shop, Supre used to be on the ground floor and a shop called Ice later on. First floor used to originally have Big Fresh and had buttons which operated fun things you could push as a child with your parents doing the shopping. Sam's warehouse of discounted items was there before it moved to the main Street of Gosford.

[@SuperNathan90]

clints was on the Main Street. then it moved over to there. and became the warehouse then Sams . Sams warehouse was never in Mann street.

[@craigd622]

"The Kibbleplex Town Centre Car Park is set close in March 2021 after Central Coast Council resolved not to renew the lease on the facility at Wednesday night’s meeting. After considering their current financial situation, the availability of parking in the Gosford CBD and the recent approval for the re-development of the site, Central Coast Council decided not to renew the lease. The Kibbleplex Carpark has a capacity of 550 car spaces but since the pandemic, Council has seen a drop in the number of vehicles a day to just an average of 380."

[@johnnyfilms330]

Thats fucking sick. I infact put that foam sign up. That whole room was ours for a couple months haha good times. Cool that you went in tho dude, its sad thats its so trashed now. HMU if you want some photos of when it was Abandoned but still pristeen!

[@loweysadventures]

would love to see some pics

[@Swagswagonyou420]

I would love to see those photos please!

[@CHD34]

Would love to see some photos

[@simonrisstrom9126]

Lived up here all my life and this was amazing g I can picture walking through there when it was alive, pretty sure from memory there was a target down the bottom and David Jones and woollies which they from memory were second level pretty well the main stores moved to erina fair.

[@johnnyfilms330]

Its a massive pity that the eshays got in here. It was completely clean when we got in, but eventually word got out and everyone busted their way in and distroyed it.

[@pxra3491]

stole a ciggy case from there around a year ago, also some big empty server racks next to a christmas shop

[@thequietroomfiles9731]

Gosford is the home of missed opportunities Markettown is just one of many

[@dazherrero8762]

46:48 would probably be an old set of escalators that got removed (partially) in the mid-2000s when the centre was last renovated. They sat outside the exit to Franklins Big Fresh (which became the only frontage that Coles had once that supermarket was reduced in size) and serviced at least the top level of the car park. I think the idea of getting rid of them was to de-clutter the floorspace (I suspect they may be the escalators that are/were stored next to the Gateway centre (couple of blocks away) for several years), much like how the ground floor shops on one side were set back a lot during the same renovation. Being a child of the 1990s with family on the Central Coast, I used to go to Gosford Marketplace (as it was called at the time) as I had a weird obsession with Franklins (because of the Big Fresh animatronics). At one point, it arguably had the edge on the Imperial Centre given it had McDonald's in the food court (just next to the smoking area you identify). However, I suspect that it never really took off because Franklins was struggling by the late-1990s, McDonald's left (for the Imperial Centre) about then, and Coles replaced Franklins when Coles was at a low ebb - but mainly because Marketplace was on the other side of Henry Parry Dr and hence a bit out of the way of a CBD which (thanks to Erina Fair) is barely busy enough to sustain one proper shopping centre, let alone two. But yeah, in part because I was a strange child from a small town, it was an exciting place for some obvious and some strange reasons: • Franklins Big Fresh (as above) • Watching semi-trailers back into the Woolworths loading dock on William St from the food court - skills • Big f-off escalators everywhere (like I said, I am from a small town) • Sitting in outdoor area of food court and watching traffic dive and climb on Henry Parry Dr - which is bloody steep in parts • Paul's Warehouse - back when it could be relied on to have cheap joggers all the time • When I was a uni student living in Gossie briefly, buying a six-pack of massive lamingtons for $4 from Baker's Buns (located opposite the top of the yellow escalators)

[@SuperNathan90]

those escalators outside gateway were there along time before the 2000 renovations. they came from inside gateway that was a thriving centre also . Franklins started in that centre then it moved when market town was first refurbished in 1992/93 and became franklins bigfresh .

[@jamesfrench7299]

What a waste of a superstructure that's as solid as the day it opened. Would have been flash and exciting when new, though the pebblecrete panels were 1960s based.

[@brianevans6411]

So sad i use to go shopping with my parents when did it close pls

[@SuperNathan90]

vacant block of land was Gosford tailorings , they did school uniforms. then it was Gerrys electrical until it burnt down.

[@SuperNathan90]

​@@redrider2362 second entry to Coles/franklins

[@SuperNathan90]

@@redrider2362 prob about 2004 they didnt last long. think most may of been for show

[@SuperNathan90]

@@redrider2362 I think 2001 or 02 it happened a lot of places where they had franklins big fresh

[@MsFirie]

I worked in there for 8 years in the 90’s the shop which had the writing on the ground not sure what was there after us but that writing wasn’t there when it was Lowes Menswear. Lots of memories there so sad how it is now

[@themoon8531]

What did the place look like. And what shops did it have.

[@SuperNathan90]

I thought it was weird having two lowes in Gosford

[@amandastone8085]

My first job at 16 years old I worked next door to lowes at The Reject Shop (1994-96). I still remember it all how it was like it was only yesterday. Very sad to see what it has all become. Supre used to be in the large corner store next to us. The back wall that divided our stores looks the same, we used to be able to see through the cracks even then into supre. The Supre store then became centrelink too for sometime in late 90's. Upstairs McDonald's used to be in the food court and a great kebab shop was there when franklin's was there. Abbey's cafe was Jay Jays. Dymocks bookshop were upstairs too and granny mays. Downstairs a music shop and also a newsagents among others. 😌

[@SuperNathan90]

@@amandastone8085 its sad it was so much

[@thequietroomfiles9731]

the laoding dock was at one time the exit from a drive through bottle shop

[@thequietroomfiles9731]

It's funny too that opposite Markettown is Gosford District Court!! Did you get into Mitre 10?

[@themoon8531]

The place did not close because of the pandemic. It actually closed all the way back in 2011 due to tough competition and the place not gaining enough money to stay open (I think)

[@SuperNathan90]

heard its riddled with concrete cancer.

[@smophie6260]

Cough cough erina cough cough

[@michelleg5371]

I used to work in the donut shop in market town god years ago .it never really did well I’m talking back in the 80’s just never got the people everyone would go to the imperial centre that was always packed . Although I remember Christmas time market town would be so busy .but other than that it was always quite . Shame .Gosford was great back in those days it was alive everyone new someone .I wish I could go back .we had the best pub bands back than .the clubs weren’t to bad .god I miss those days .I think a lot of people do . Christmas in 3 days merry Christmas I hope you have a real beaut day .Actually if I remember when they built Erina fair that’s when gosford died .

[@stevephillips2063]

I worked at crazy prices in there for many years would love to see the space where that was today

[@SuperNathan90]

@46.49 where you were standing there once were escalators to the middle carpark. those stairs led to the top carpark

[@themoon8531]

46:49

[@craigd622]

44:52 Sign was from LiquorLand

[@wollyboygaming]

Some of the ET Kids and Gosford kids go in there

[@SuperNathan90]

that building looks sad now they boarded up most the windows with colorbond fencing

[@SuperNathan90]

that sign @129.59 is from the imperial centre. eb games was never in marketown

[@themoon8531]

When did the place rename from Marketown to Gosford Town Centre

[@SuperNathan90]

@@themoon8531 during last refurb think 2002-2004

[@SuperNathan90]

@@themoon8531 was Marketplace before that in the 90s

[@SuperNathan90]

@@redrider2362 The Warehouse . before that another cheap shop can't remember name before that, supre I think can't remember much before that lol

[@SuperNathan90]

the reject shop was there but not where Sams was, Cheap as chips didnt exist back then was something like Crazy clarks

[@loweysadventures]

the 11and a half minute mark u mention the block off land there was a building there thast got destroyed by fire in 2007 someone died in the blaze

[@loweysadventures]

another interesting fact the block on the other corner off willam st and albany was also destryed by fire in 2017

[@Optimus_Prime.]

There is another person who commented the same thing.

[@bradxd69]

im gonna go get the mariners i will tag you

[@bradxd69]

if i get it

[@bradxd7407]

I got it

[@SuperNathan90]

yellow and blue was medicare

[@SuperNathan90]

opened 1979

[@bradxd69]

mate the the front doors open no need to jump

[@Optimus_Prime.]

Pretty sure i mention that in the clip. No fun in walking straight in.

[@bradxd69]

@@Optimus_Prime. yeah me and my mate jumped the back the back fence a few weeks before this was filmed by the look of it only to find out pretty much all the doors were just open

[@BigJohn616]

Would love to go there and check the place out myself @optimus_prime if you're available

[@Optimus_Prime.]

If i lived on the central coast id happily give you a guided tour John. It's easy enough to get into and walk through alone. If your local take the mission on!

[@BigJohn616]

@@Optimus_Prime. Yeah I'm local to the area ( moved to the area late June 2021 ). I'll try to get down there at some point but when ever you're back in the area ( with any luck )

[@loweysadventures]

@@BigJohn616 hey big john if there is a way in im keen to join you on an explore if you want

[@BigJohn616]

​@@loweysadventuresG'day apologies for taking so long to get back to you, I've heard there's been security and cops keeping an eye on the place

[@DIVLJIVUK]

What a waste. Why don't they refurbish and reopen. Or demolish and rebuild