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Asda Radio is the in store radio station for Asda superstores. [109] [110] [111] The radio station was originally known as Asda FM, live broadcasting began on 7 September 1991, and it was operated by KVHstudios in Leeds. According to The Guardian, it has a captive listenership of over 18 million people each week. [110]
In the late 1960s, Clough Mill in Birkby was bought with plans for 90,000 sq ft hypermarket, objections delayed opening until 1978 and it was sold to Asda in 1980. Remaining stores were bought in 1991 for more than £5 million. [112] The brand was sold to Co-operative Retail Services in March 1995. [113] Lowfreeze: Bought by Bejam
Exterior view of the Idea Store in Poplar, 2008. Idea Store is a chain of educational community centres in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England, that offer library services along with adult learning courses and extensive activities and events programmes. [1] The project was initiated in 1999 by Tower Hamlets Council. [2]
The IKEA store here opened in 2019 as the retailer's fourth main store in London, [48] following stores in Wembley (1988), Croydon (1992) and Tottenham (2005); the Greenwich store is the first in Inner London. [49] Greenwich Shopping Park is about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) further east, in Charlton.
The Dana Centre is not directly accessible from the main museum, and is on the nearby Queen's Gate street. Previously an events space and café, the building re-opened in late 2015 as the Dana Library and Research Centre, aiming to "provide a world-class environment for academic research, bringing together the Science Museum's Research and ...
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The 19th century Marsh Street, a rural lane, was transformed into the High Street by Victorian expansion. The street market dates from 1885. Today it is the centre of Walthamstow, with the main rail and tube station, bus station, post office and Central Library, and most of the commercial development and activity located around the High Street.
Lee Green Farm occupied the south-east quadrant from the 1660s (roughly on the site of the present Leegate shopping centre). The farm was demolished in the 1840s and rebuilt as Tudor House further east. The Old Tiger's Head and the New Tiger's Head pubs are important and striking features of the crossroads.