In the shadow of the market hall, at the top of East St Helens Street, are the Punchbowl pub, and the Walkabout shop. Walkabout sells outdoor clothes and equipment. They currently have a sale on.
There ought to be plenty of bargains because it is a closing down sale (shame!) and everything must go.
Nearby, the Red Cross shop has just closed and everything has gone. There was an estate agent in there taking pictures.
But at a talk about such matters in the Busy Bee newsagent one person said, “If a charity shop cannot survive, things are bad.”