Like one of Lewis's

I can't remember how I came across these photos of Piccadilly in Manchester in 2001 (care of Eyewitness Manchester), but I was dead sad to hear that Lewis's department store is no more... and now a Primark - oh, the indignity! OK, it was never as chic as Kendals on Deansgate, but I used to be in and out of there all the time when I lived in Manchester and have affectionate memories of it.

And the place is part of my family's vocabulary too. Apparently the little arcade at the side of the store used be where ladies of the night would hang out after hours. If she found you standing around in a seemingly pointless fashion, my gran would say, 'What are you doing, hanging around like one of Lewis's?"...

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Manchester Evening News, 28th October 2005: Kendals name dropped forever