All 73 shops that were in Princes Quay when it opened 34 years ago

It is more than 30 years since Princes Quay shopping centre opened and much has changed on the high street in that time. Many stores have come and gone, with the retail landscape constantly changing. Those changes are gathering pace faster than ever before with many high street chains struggling and Hull has, in the last few years lost big names like Debenhams and M&S from the city centre.

There is now more focus on providing more independent stores and food outlets. That is also true of Princes Quay . But back in March 1991 when it first opened, the focus was very much on bringing in the top names.



It was a time when grunge and raves were all the rage and Margaret Thatcher had only just resigned as Prime Minister. Hardly anyone had a mobile phone and internet shopping was still a few years away. A few years ago the shopping centre went through its biggest transformation since opening.

Adding to its offering were new leisure facilities such as tenpin bowling and laser blast. On opening day, there were 94 units, a restaurant, a food court and a play centre for children. Below are a list of all the stores that were at Princes Quay from the start.

You can look through our video slideshow at the top of the story. Allsports Athena Colucci menswear County Books Dash clothes shop Leonardo’s Restaurant Levi’s Optional Extras Original Art Shop Phone-In Pineapple Rediscovered Originals record shop Spoils homewares Strand The Gadget Shop Torq jewellers Wayne Shoes Information Popcorn Rawhide RLFC Squiggles ice cream parlour 4 Play record shop Allders Aquafit Arroya Miel ladies underwear Barratt Shoes Beaverbrooks Benetton Berry’s Jewellers Ciro Citerrio menswear Clinton Cards Dorothy Perkins Ernest Jones Ltd jewellers Faris Leathers First Sport Ltd Footlocker Fosters clothes shop Dixons Dolcis shoe shop Dutch Blooms - 41 Gold House Microbyte Inventions Restaurant Miss Selfridge and Warehouse Nectar Beauty Shop Oaklands outdoor wear Olympus Sport Paco Sweaters Pavers shoe shop Penguin and Puffin Books Principles River Island Rage Shoes Shirts Unlimited The Body Shop The Hat Shop Topshop Wallis clothes shop Wendy Hall Fabrics Yorkshire Fudge Courtlands Marine Walk Food Court Martin Dawes televisions Evans Ltd clothes shop Heinz World of Children Parker and Franks Ponden Mill textiles Rumbelows electrical shop Scholl Tandy electrical shop Topman Veranda Coffee Bar Vision Express.