Sunday, 23 February 2014

The Opening of Meadow Market 1971.

When Meadow Market opened its doors in the summer of 1971 it brought a whole new way of shopping to Herefordshire that had never been seen before.
Based in Withington just off the Hereford to Worcester road a couple of miles from Hereford city centre, the store was certainly something different to the normal shopping trip into town. With its 9,000 square feet of selling space devoted to foods a meat department a wide range of household goods, frozen food, electrical, clothing, garden, wines and spirits and even a carpet store.
Car parking for 250 cars and a play area for the kids certainly made it a whole new experience for Herefordians.
The store was opened in May by BBC TV and Radio personality Ted Moult accompanied by Mr. Jim Thompson managing director.

Below is a selection of pictures and posters from those early days from Hereford County Life June 1971.






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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I was 7 when it opened and lived between Whitestone and Shucknall.While Dad (Ray Hicks) was at work i would bushbike there.Thought it was brilliant :-)

Anonymous said...

yes I was also 7 years old and lived at Eau Withington 1 mile away. This cash and Carry in our area really was a revolution!. I also remember folk complaining about decimalisation and the fact that half a pound of Anchor Butter now costed EIGHT PENCE. Mum used to drive there and I don't think I had seen a shopping trolley before!. There was an old sweet shop adjacent that my brother and I used to cycle to. They sold iced lollies that basically were orange squash, frozen down in Stork Margerine Tubs [the round small ones advertised by Bruce Forsythe], so were massive odd shaped structures but only cost 2p!.