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David McLean

Tour the shops of Edinburgh's Ocean Terminal as they were in the 2000s

For more than 20 years, Ocean Terminal has been one of the capital's most popular shopping centres.

Offering three levels of shopping, dining, a 12-screen cinema, and also the home of the Royal Yacht Britannia, the mall, which was built on the land formerly occupied by Henry Robb shipyard, helped kickstart the regeneration of Leith's waterfront when it first opened in 2001.

But a lot has changed at Ocean Terminal in the last two decades - not least the retail brands.

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Using the Wayback Machine internet archive, we've spun the clock back to the mid-2000s to take a look at the 76 shops and attractions that were listed on Ocean Terminal's official website directory.

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Alongside a few familiar names that are still with us and continue to trade at Ocean Terminal, there are a number of big retailers, such as Debenhams and BHS, that have sadly bitten the dust. Let us know which places you most fondly recall.

1. Abbey National
2. Allsports


3. Aquaspace
4. Art
5. Athena
6. Au Naturale


7. Bank of Scotland
8. Baxters
9. Bear Factory
10. BHS


11. Boots
12. Boredom Free Zone
13. Britannia Gift Shop
14. Britannia View Restaurant
15. Burtons
16. Cafe Expresso
17. Chisholm Hunter
18. Claire's Accessories
19. Clinton Cards


20. Coffee Kiosk
21. Costa Coffee
22. Debenhams


23. Dorothy Perkins
24. Earth Squared
25. Esprit
26. Faith Shoes
27. Fat Face
28. Fonehouse
29. French Connection
30. Gadget Shop
31. Game
32. GAP
33. Goldsmiths
34. H.Samuel


35. Hallmark
36. Herbal Inn
37. HMV
38. Jane Norman
39. Kshocolat
40. Kurt Muller
41. Kylan
42. La Senza
43. Logo
44. Lush
45. M & S Simply Food
46. Ma Potters
47. Nationwide
48. New Look
49. O'Briens
50. Ocean Bar
51. Ocean Kitchen
52. Orange
53. Palace Chine
54. Phones 4 U
55. Prego Leather
56. RCP Lothian Shopmobility
57. Royal Bank of Scotland
58. Schuh
59. Sofa Workshop
60. Starbucks
61. Ster Century Cinemas
62. Sunglass Hut
63. The Body Shop
64. The Perfume Shop
65. The Royal Yacht Britannia


66. Thomas Kinkade
67. Thomson Holidays
68. Top Shop
69. Trespass
70. Vision Express
71. Wallis
72. Waterstone's
73. Whittards
74. Xile Clothing
75. Zinc Bar & Grill
76. Zizzi

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