Today we feature images of two contrasting Lancaster shops – Asda, the area’s largest supermarket at the time, and Newton Newsagents and Post Office, now Newton Stores.
Dave braved Asda in the run-up to the busy Christmas period when shelves were bulging at the seams with food and gifts for the festive season.
Check out some of the prices!
He also took photographs of a shop serving Lancaster’s Newton estate which then doubled as both a newsagents and a post office. Sadly, the post office was one of several in the
district to be closed down just four years later.
All photographs featured in A Little English City can be viewed online at https://djclark.com/2000/ and copies of the book, can be ordered at https://www.nextnorth.com/product/a-little-english-city/
1. Year 2000 Asda and Newton Newsagents
Something fishy at Asda Lancaster was photographed by Dave Clark in 2000. Photo: DJ Clark
2. Year 2000 Asda and Newton Newsagents
A busy till in the run-up to Christmas at Asda. Photo by DJ Clark. Photo: DJ Clark
3. Year 2000 Asda and Newton Newsagents
Asda prices in the year 2000. Photo by DJ Clark. Photo: DJ Clark
4. Year 2000 Asda and Newton Newsagents
Morecambe & Heysham Rotary Club's Christmas food appeal in the foyer of Asda. Photo by DJ Clark. Photo: DJ Clark