'We’ve had everything in here but it’s getting worse, emptier. Even the bank has shut down'
It was once the biggest indoor shopping centre in Europe, attracting visitors from Manchester and Liverpool. But now Shopping City in Runcorn is a shell of its former self, with few shops and empty units taking up space, CheshireLive reports.
The pair reminisce about old shops which have been in the centre, including a B&M which was left empty after it moved to neighbouring Trident Retail Park. Nathan Dawson, 30, who was with his son Arthur, three, said: "It's behind the times. It's just stayed in the early 2000s. "It would be so much nicer if we had a place like Primark; a big shop to bring people in. I see the same faces so often that I wonder how they can afford to come here all the time."
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