Metrocentre
Shopping centre in Metrocentre, EnglandWikipedia
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Search complete. 7 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Metrocentre".
Sep 10, 2026
LorriHOST
It used to be ...
LorriHOST
Intu also owned the Metrocentre and Eldon Square in Newcastle.
LorriHOST
They had a whole plethora of shopping malls.
JadeHOST
What's happened to them?
LorriHOST
I think they still own Eldon Square.
LorriHOST
I could be wrong.
LorriHOST
I don't think they own the Metrocentre anymore.
JadeHOST
Oh.
Rob DraperHOST
He was really a symbol of Thatcherism in the 1980s in the Northeast.
Rob DraperHOST
He built the, um, Gateshead shopping center, which is called the Metrocentre?
Jonathan WilsonHOST
Metrocentre, yeah.
Rob DraperHOST
Metrocentre.
Jonathan WilsonHOST
Which at the time was the largest, largest shopping center in Europe when it was built.
Rob DraperHOST
He was seen as a symbol of regeneration.
Rosie RamseyHOST
I did.
Rosie RamseyHOST
It was at the MetroCentre.
Rosie RamseyHOST
I think it was...
Rosie RamseyHOST
I can't remember what it was called.
Rosie RamseyHOST
Is it...
Rosie RamseyHOST
Let's find out.
Rosie RamseyHOST
Oh, end of an era at the MetroCentre, as a famous shop shuts.
Chris RamseyHOST
Land of Leather.