Milton Keynes Shopping Centre - Shops and Places that has changed.

[@LauraGomez-bl2so]

I was obsessed with those spring rocker playground rides when I was 5, but I've always wondered if I imagined them being there, so thanks for sharing the pics!

[@leighclift612]

35 yrs ..iv see all those changes over the years ,brought back some nice memories well done 👍

[@kathylake5137]

Really felt nostalgic ,& a bit sad too watching this video of our lost shops/pubs etc in MK 😔

[@TimeEmotion1971]

I know how it feels Kathy it is sad 😞

[@Maxibon2007]

If you look carefully, there are still some brown tiles on the exterior where the Job centre was

[@normanchristie4524]

It is amazing how things change. We lived there from 1988 to 2013. Enjoyed it, but I admit I enjoyed it more before 2000.

[@TimeEmotion1971]

Agreed

[@niilecreary4042]

Can’t forget about the point. That was an iconic spot in MK. I remember going to the cinema there as a child in the late 90’s.

[@TimeEmotion1971]

I did a video on the Point it’s on my KZbin Page 👍👍

[@michaelbacon561]

What's happening to it - why is it left derelict? I seem to remember it was threatened with demolition but it should be renovated. Surely some use can be found for it. I'd like to see the red neon lights that traced its outline at night switched back on!

[@samhailess]

I never knew that Food Centre was gone. I remember the little lucky cat that waved out of a shop window as a kid. And the fake owls at the top to scare off the birds.

[@DJHazzaBeats]

Great video, enjoyed watching this. Brings back a lot of memories when I remembered the shops that were there but now gone. Such a shame as I miss the shops that got closed down.

[@TimeEmotion1971]

Thanks DJHazza but yeah it is a shame a lot of these places are now long gone :(

[@gunnerman2452]

I worked in the Wimpey bar as a shift supervisor in the mid 80s. I also worked at JBB Soorts. Thank you so much for bringing back some great memories of the 6 years I spent in Milton Keynes from 1983 ( I passed through when I was on the People's March For Jobs 1983 and met a local girl and ended up staying for 6 years ) 😃😞

[@TimeEmotion1971]

Great Memories Sammy 😎👍👍

[@dianelester3826]

Where was Wimpy? I only remember Burger King then McDonalds

[@gunnerman2452]

@@dianelester3826 I can’t remember exactly in the centre it was. Been a long time 😀 I think it opened around 1985.

[@klub1uk]

There was nothing better than eating a McDonald's and dipping your feet in the fountain on a hot day! ❤

[@michaelbacon561]

I was annoyed when they reduced the size of that area to create space for more restaurants and removed that fountain which had a great cooling effect on a hot day. That smaller water feature that replaced it is useless!

[@LogoMiximaninc.1641]

Milton Keynes Shopping centre Shops and Restaurants Open in the Centre:mk Milton Keynes Shopping City centre opening in 1979

[@martinsteggles3932]

Takes me back

[@sythpresents7668]

I’m currently 16 but seeing how much my home town has changed is unbelievable

[@TimeEmotion1971]

Wait till you hit 40 you won’t recognise the place :(

[@FlorenceDocherty-g4e]

It's sad for everyone who was there 😂😢😅 thanks bring back memories it greatly appreciated

[@YesMir]

Great video mate, nice work ! I tell ya what I miss as well ' Maplin ' that's one to use. Loved that shop !

[@TimeEmotion1971]

Cheers mate 👍😎 yes there was loads I missed I will doing another video with updates of what I missed so that should be up soon 😎👍

[@jillosborn1032]

lived here in the latter 80s and 90s, used to love Fagins bookshop and Staks furnishings

[@andrewashdown3541]

Early Learning, Mothercare, Body Shop, Habitat ...

[@TimeEmotion1971]

@@andrewashdown3541 The list is endless :(

[@andrewashdown3541]

@@TimeEmotion1971 Indeed. And shops are becoming (in the words of David Lock, I think) 'showrooms'; people go into a shop, find what they want, then - still standing in that shop - use their phone to look up cheaper alternatives.

[@TimeEmotion1971]

@@andrewashdown3541 lol very true

[@CCARTER-fe2wi]

In 1993 when I was 8, was the first time I went MK with my family and I though it was this weird, strange what TV in the 60s imagine the future would be like. I've been back since and it looks like the place in the next decade or two needs rebuilding or renovating.

[@PTV_Entertainment24]

Can you do some videos on XScape?

[@BboyCorrosive]

Beaties was my jam, could never afford anything in there with my pocket money, but all the cool memorabilia stuff and they had Lego Technics too.

[@TimeEmotion1971]

@@BboyCorrosive I was in the same boat, wasn’t there an upstairs ? With all the Dungeon and Dragons books ?

[@dianelester3826]

Loved the indoor market shame it closed, Luton still has one

[@andrewmontague9682]

Weird that you didn’t mention that the Dickens and Jones fire was caused by terrorists who firebombed it.

[@carachevis6089]

City limits and New Orleans bar was awesome 👌 100% bring them back. 👏 🎉

[@TimeEmotion1971]

Same here Cara wish they never got rid of it in the first place :(

[@chairmakerPete]

Is John Lewis still going? Worked there for a year as a placement student in the mid 1980s - never been back, but looks like it's changed beyond all recognition.

[@TimeEmotion1971]

John Lewis is still going and not a lot has changed at J.L

[@chairmakerPete]

@@TimeEmotion1971 I bet some of the people I worked with are still there! 😂😂

[@mabdi6824]

The Food Centre demolition was really pointless as they have dond nothing with the site since tearing it down.

[@clumsy1974]

I’m sure the indoor market survived a bit longer than that? I used to work Saturdays for a guy called Bill Stagg, who owned the card shop in there with his wife, Gloria. I think I left them in ‘92 to go and work at Cramphorns - then Wyevale. I was there until ‘94 when I went to Uni and moved to M&S. I am sure the market was still there then?

[@TimeEmotion1971]

Thanks for that Simon I wasn’t a 100% sure when it did go I knew it was the very early 90’s but there is no info on line but thanks for letting us know cheers 👍👍👍

[@FlorenceDocherty-g4e]

We should bring it back 😂😅😊😮 who behind me

[@mabdi6824]

5:38 just realised that was my vid from a few years ago u can see younger me in the mirror😂 Might republish that and a few others edited

[@TimeEmotion1971]

Hope u don’t mind me using your pic just I couldn’t find a good pic of Laser Planet at the time but good photo 👍👍👍

[@mabdi6824]

@@TimeEmotion1971 no not all I'm glad you used it😁👍🏿

[@FlorenceDocherty-g4e]

I miss the old shopping centre it was great 😂 I miss the old xay like old markets and Iceland 😮😢😂🎉❤😅😊

[@edwilko8819]

i miss having a pint while the mrs shops

[@mikey_360]

Just drink out of a Can your probably use to it 😮

[@trevorwilson2966]

The main thing that has changed is that its now full of our foriegn imports.

[@colinjefferys5578]

That just the people

[@TonyLinden51]

CMK has suffered the ravages that so many town / city centres have. Centres need to reevaluate what we want there. Can it be done? Remember how, when the cinema came in, we were told that theater was dead... then TV was to destroy cinema... and so on. However, we still have flurising theaters and cinemas... they just had to be re-born. The high street is dead - long live theme park high street.

[@mattthecasualgamer]

Live 400 yards from Centre MK, it's a total mess today compared to how it used to be. Just expensive jewellery stores, fast food outlets and over priced clothing shops.

[@JulianSafariLife]

The shops that have gone nearly all went bust - because we do nearly all of our shopping on line . The shops that are there now are the shops that still make a profit. I would hardly call Primark, TKMax, Next, M&S over priced clothes shops.

[@kentawong9439]

City Limits arcades 😢

[@Autumn2487]

C&A

[@samstevenson1026]

Brunches....

[@mkkravist11]

All said and done, how can anyone say that CMK has gotten better? Expensive to park (the council vowed it would always be free!) and full of yobs these days. Chain stores the same as every other mall, but straight lines and no feeling to the place, no emotion, just a stark, boring and sad place.

[@fastemx]

Fish and chips for just 2.99 , wasn’t even that long ago. Corrupt billionaires have really extorted everyone now

[@TimeEmotion1971]

Those were the days :(