The shopping centre fell into a miserable dilapidated state just two decades after opening when a plan to save it went disastrously wrong, leading locals to plead for action
A once-loved UK shopping centre became so run-down that locals ended up begging for something to be done.
Ings Shopping Centre in east Hull was regarded as an exciting development when it was first built in the 1960s, with its glass fronts and modern design bringing something new to the area of Sutton.
It was home to 17 shops with trendy pop art-style signs, and initially proved popular for providing vital local essentials such as greengrocers, butchers and chemists. But its fortunes sharply and visibly declined with the advent of widespread car ownership and large supermarkets opening up nearby.
By the late 1980s the mall had become dilapidated and ‘forgotten’, with plans to redevelop it going disastrously wrong when new owner Newport Developments went into liquidation, reports Hull Live. Most of shops ended up empty, leading local residents to start a petition to have something done about it urgently. The start of the following decade saw a new drive to revive the centre, new plans drawn up to level it completely and create a new set of shops.