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Main Street, north side; No. 199-205(?)
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PhotographerDon McLeod
Description199; Arzum Turkish Kebabs (and pizzas); later renamed Zara's Café by new owners; formerly at No. 159. Was Avenue Real Estate in 1975.
201(?) BurgerFuel replaces Coin Save. The White Pages address (181) is The Mall's management office. Coin Save moved to No. 207, in The Mall's frontage
203(?) vacant after Coin Save moved to the next shop to the east, in the Mall frontage. Pita Pit was to open on May 25, 2017.
The Mall; original building
203 was occupied by J C Shoes until they closed in mid-1998.
Audio Shop opened at 205 in October 1982; the building had been part of Farmers Trading Co.
Cycletown moved to Ice Clear Leisure World, 205 Main Street 'next to Maidstone Mall', in mid-November 1983; the building also housed Ice Clear TV and Sound Specialists, and Café Clochemerle. There was internal access to the Mall. Cycletown almost immediately returned to 15 Main Street.
Foto Kwik began there, using Kodak paper and a Copal Foto First machine, in September 1985; they moved to No. 100, on the corner of Main and Princes streets in July 1986, after McArthur Real Estate moved out, and then to No. 94, by which time they had switched to Agfa.Date Taken25th December 2012
Description199; Arzum Turkish Kebabs (and pizzas); later renamed Zara's Café by new owners; formerly at No. 159. Was Avenue Real Estate in 1975.201(?) BurgerFuel replaces Coin Save. The White Pages address (181) is The Mall's management office. Coin Save moved to No. 207, in The Mall's frontage
203(?) vacant after Coin Save moved to the next shop to the east, in the Mall frontage. Pita Pit was to open on May 25, 2017.
The Mall; original building
203 was occupied by J C Shoes until they closed in mid-1998.
Audio Shop opened at 205 in October 1982; the building had been part of Farmers Trading Co.
Cycletown moved to Ice Clear Leisure World, 205 Main Street 'next to Maidstone Mall', in mid-November 1983; the building also housed Ice Clear TV and Sound Specialists, and Café Clochemerle. There was internal access to the Mall. Cycletown almost immediately returned to 15 Main Street.
Foto Kwik began there, using Kodak paper and a Copal Foto First machine, in September 1985; they moved to No. 100, on the corner of Main and Princes streets in July 1986, after McArthur Real Estate moved out, and then to No. 94, by which time they had switched to Agfa.
Date Taken25th December 2012Part of
CollectionStreetscapes, Christmas 2012
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Main Street, north side; No. 199-205(?). Upper Hutt Libraries, accessed 22/08/2026, https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/25047