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Grand Central, best place to shop in Liverpool!
Shopping Areas in Liverpool

Member Name: Ame_Pinhead83
Product:
Shopping Areas in Liverpool
Date: 03/10/08
Rating:
Advantages: a plethora of unique independant retailers
Disadvantages: none i can think of!
I had to write a review here as the others are really quite old! What one of the reviews mentions as "quiggins" has now closed down and a lot of the traders who traded there have moved to what I believe is an old theatre called Grand Central. You can get to grand central by going up Bold street and turning up the road to the left by subway...just a short walk up that road and cross over to what in my eyes is shopping heaven!
I went there for the first time last year and was pleasantly suprised...lots of rumours had gone round about it and I had heard that a lot of the old traders from quiggins had a bee in their bonnet about having to up sticks...however Grand Central is definately a success! The setting gives the whole place a really nice atmosphere, the building is quite old unlike the newly built Liverpool 1 shopping complex which is on the main drag further into town.
So what does Grand Central contain? well firstly there is grin which is a company that I think has a few other shops in similar complexes one of which I know is in Afflecks palace in Manchester. The vast majority of the rest of the shops in grnad central seem to be vintage shops and they are absolutely jam packed with gorgeous vintage bargains!
My personal favorite is a shop on the second floor of the complex called sugar pop clothing which sells japanese-teen-fashion inspired clothing which is all handmade and absolutely gorgeous!!! There is also a really nice milshake bar on this floor called Mandy moos which sells milkshakes made from your favorite chocolate bars or sweets!!!
Magic!
Summary: In my opinion, a much needed breathe of fresh air for liverpool when compared to the newer builds.
