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Original home of one of Liverpool’s lost shopping destinations

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Original home of one of Liverpool’s lost shopping destinations

For many, Quiggins was so much more than your standard shopping destination.

Located on the corner of School Lane in the city centre, it boasted numerous small independent businesses and was THE meeting point for punks, goths, skaters, metalheads, ravers and anyone in between. Attracting crowds for years, many have fond memories of the site and those who worked there.




But by 2006, the popular shopping market had closed its doors. The building on School Lane was compulsorily purchased and taken over by Grosvenor for the Liverpool ONE development, despite a 100,000-signature petition to save it.

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But these brilliant images capture moments from its past. Courtesy of our archives, these photographs, taken between 1999 and 2003, show inside the original home of Quiggins.

From its owners to staff, customers and displays, they’re bound to stir some memories of the loved and lost shopping destinations. In later years, a number of the shops set up in a new spot at Grand Central called Quiggins.

But in 2018, the Quiggins area of Grand Central was closed and transformed into a Gaudi inspired-food hall. You can revisit past says at Quiggins on School Lane in our gallery below.


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Jason West, assistant manager of the Quiggins Centre in School Lane, taking stock of things in January 1999

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Old radios on sale at Quiggins. January 1999

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Georgia Carney visits the Quiggins Centre in School Lane. January 1999

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Items on sale at Quiggins. January 1999

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Quiggins, School Lane, in February 2002

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Antique dealer Paul Tierney, co-owner of Quiggins department store School Lane, with Peggy his French miniature bulldog. Paul is standing next to a bicycle once owned by British comedy actor Benny Hill which was uncovered in the BBC prop stores and had the price tag of £850. September 2002

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Antique dealers Jimmy and Peter Tierney owners of Quiggins alternative department store in school lane, Liverpool city centre which is being threatened with closure due to the proposed Grovesnor-Henderson redevelopment plan for the city centre in September 2002

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Peter Tierney and Jimmy Tierney, who ran Quiggins in School Lane, in August 2003

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Gary Noon, who ran Mojo interiors from Quiggins School Lane, in August 2003

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Mojo interiors inside Quiggins. August 2003

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Quiggins restaurant in School Lane, September 2003

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