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  1. Simon Berry

    212-213 Broad Street in the 1980s

    This is from Google Street View, dated July 2008 - the earliest photo on their record and taken just before the building was demolished (from 212-215) to make way for The Mercian.
  2. Simon Berry

    212-213 Broad Street in the 1980s

    This is a series of old photos (unsure of date - maybe late 1970s?) stitched together to give an idea of what was there in the past. The building I'm interested in is the one between "Horizon" (214 Broad St) and "T&GWU" (211 Broad St), with what seems to be a telephone exchange box in front of...
  3. Simon Berry

    212-213 Broad Street in the 1980s

    "Computer Express" was Software Express Computer Systems Ltd., and was at the Broad St location between summer 1987 (after John Spring, mentioned above) to March 1991 (liquidation). It was run by Mike Reynold-Jones.
  4. Simon Berry

    212-213 Broad Street in the 1980s

    Ha! Fair question though, as long as the spelling police don't get triggered : unamused: MAC was actually set up by a local person, Bruce Jordan - who knew his centres from his centers. The intention was to align with the American company Atari Inc., who had originally opened an Atari Center...
  5. Simon Berry

    212-213 Broad Street in the 1980s

    212 Broad St is currently undergoing development. Back in the early 1980s, 212-213 Broad St was an office block. Aside from the office space above ground level, at that time there was also a store the Midlands Atari Center (MAC) - which I am currently researching. This company retailed Atari...
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