BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?

Subject: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: GUEST,Pete
Date: 27 May 02 - 08:16 AM

Apologies for this totally un-folk topic, but I suspect someone might know.

As the thread title says, why are so many shopping centres (particularly in Northern England) called 'The Arndal Centre' Was there a 'Mr Arndale' or something?

Grateful for any thoughts on this trivial matter

Pete

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: GUEST,Pete
Date: 27 May 02 - 08:18 AM

'Arndal' = 'Arndale' (obviously)

Pete

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: DMcG
Date: 27 May 02 - 08:32 AM

I'm fairly sure they were originally built for a group with a name like 'Arndale Holdings' or some such who had seen the success of the American malls and wanted to try something like it in the UK. I've no doubt I will corrected if I am wrong.

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: GUEST,Paul Burke
Date: 27 May 02 - 08:33 AM

There was an article in the Guardian a while back: link here:

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: GUEST
Date: 27 May 02 - 08:34 AM

Why didn't it show this?

http://society.guardian.co.uk/regeneration/story/0,7940,467897,00.html

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: Watson
Date: 27 May 02 - 08:40 AM

...because it should have been like this

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: GUEST,Pete
Date: 27 May 02 - 08:40 AM

Thank you, Paul

Man, you guys are quick!

Pete

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 27 May 02 - 08:47 AM

Being a purveyor of useless trivia. Arndale comes from two Northern English chappies who saw the potential of 'shopping malls' one was called (I think) Arnold haggenbach (?) and the other was ? Chippendale hence ARNDALE. A lot of there centres have been revamped and name changed e.g. Doncaster has become Frenchgate Centre but Manchester retains the name Arndale. Another tHRE in this series is ADDIDAS which comes from the amalgamation of ADolph DASler (he liked to be called ADI) and the H UMphrey BROthers UM and finally AMSTRAD Alan Michael Stuart TRADing

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: GUEST
Date: 27 May 02 - 08:51 AM

Don't you just wish that the IRA had placed the Manchester Bomb on the other side of the road?

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: Watson
Date: 27 May 02 - 09:06 AM

MC Fat - useless trivia and scant regard for detail...
Arnold Hagenbach and Sam Chippindale were the men, and the AMSTRAD man is Alan Michael Sugar.

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 27 May 02 - 09:18 AM

Saucer of milk for Watson. Considering the info is straight from the one working brain cell which was polluted by Tomothy Taylor's Landlord last night I don't think I've done too bad but that was before I met the spokesperson for the Pedantic Trivia Quiz Answers Storm Troopers.

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: Watson
Date: 27 May 02 - 09:37 AM

That Tomothy Taylor's is potent stuff by all accounts!

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 27 May 02 - 10:31 AM

Timothy Taylors ? was I drinking that last night ? well I never.

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: Scabby Douglas
Date: 27 May 02 - 10:45 AM

Timothy's going to be well pissed-off at you when he gets back and find you drank all his beer..

Cheers

Steven

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 27 May 02 - 11:01 AM

I don't think Tim will mind, Doug - It wasn't his beer it was the Landlords...;-)

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: GUEST,MC Fat
Date: 27 May 02 - 11:35 AM

Two tings 1. I had a Scottish mate who nearly got barred from this strange pub for calling it Rentman 2. I once went to a fancy dress party with the theme of Beers of the World in my normal attire but with a rent book pinned to my chest with the words nameof landlord - Jim name of tenant - Timothy Taylor

Subject: RE: BS: Why 'Arndale' for UK shopping centres?
From: AliUK
Date: 27 May 02 - 02:06 PM

coming fromatown (Luton) that had it´s beautiful town centre completed demolished and covered with a bloody Arndale Centre at the beginning of the 70s. I´d like to shoot them 2 northern bastrrrds.