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David McLean

Tour the shops of Glasgow's Braehead shopping centre as they were 20 years ago

For the best part of 25 years, Braehead has been one of the busiest shopping centres in the Greater Glasgow area.

First opening in September 1999, the huge Renfrew site and its accompanying 4,000-seater arena has welcomed millions of visitors through its doors down the years and will likely continue to do so for many years to come.

But Braehead, like all shopping centres in and around Glasgow, has changed considerably over the past couple of decades - not least for the selection of its shops.

Back in 2003, the bright and breezy shopping and entertainment complex boasted more than 100 different outlets - many of which have since been replaced or are no longer trading.

Using the Wayback Machine internet archive, we're able to peer back through time and visit the shopping directory on the official Braehead website as it was 20 years ago. Hopefully the following list will stir a few fond memories for many locals.

1. Accessorize



2. Active Venture
3. Ann Summers / Knickerbox
4. Argos



5. Athletic Leisure
6. Aulds
7. B&Q
8. Barratts



9. Bay
10. Beaverbrooks
11. BHS
12. Big World Café
13. Birthdays



14. Body Shop
15. Book World
16. Boots



17. Burger King
18. Burton
19. Carphone Warehouse
20. Claire's Accessories



21. Clarks
22. Clinton Cards
23. Costa Coffee
24. Currys
25. D2
26. Discovery Store
27. Dixons



28. Dorothy Perkins
29. Dune
30. Early Learning Centre



31. Eisenegger
32. Ernest Jones
33. Etam
34. Evans
35. Fat Jackets
36. First Choice
37. Free Spirit
38. Gadget Shop
39. Game



40. Games Workshop
41. Gap
42. Gap Kids/Baby Gap
43. Goldsmiths
44. Gravity
45. Gymboree
46. H Samuel



47. H&M
48. Halfords
49. Harry Corry
50. Hendersons
51. HMV
52. Jane Norman
53. JD Sports


Sports-fashion retailer JD Sports, (Glasgow Airport)


54. JJB Sports
55. KFC
56. Kookai



57. La Senza
58. Lloyds TSB
59. Mackays
60. Marks & Spencer
61. McDonald's
62. Millie's Cookies/Baskin Robbins
63. Monsoon
64. Natural World
65. New Look
66. Next



67. Next Childrenswear
68. Next Home Store
69. O2
70. Oasis
71. Officers Club
72. Optical Express



73. Original Shoe Co.
74. Ortak
75. PC World
76. Perfume Shop
77. Photo Optix
78. Pizza Hut


Pizza Hut. (Newscast/UIG via Getty Images)


79. Powerhouse
80. Primark
81. Principles
82. Qube
83. Quiksilver
84. Quiz
85. Ravel
86. Regis
87. Reid & Leather Republic
88. River Island

River Island. (Reach PLC)


89. Rollover Hotdogs
90. Sainsbury's
91. Sports Soccer
92. Sunglass Hut
93. Superdrug
94. Sweet Temptations
95. Symingtons
96. The Bear Factory
97. The Computer World
98. The Link
99. The Vestry
100. Thomas Cook


101. Thorntons
102. Tie Rack
103. Topman
104. Topshop
105. Trespass
106. Virgin Cosmetics
107. Vision Express
108. Vodafone
109. Wallis
110. Warner Brothers
111. Waterstones
112. WH Smith
113. Whittard
114. Woolworths

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