Guildford Town Centre 1985 TV ad

A 1985 television commercial for Guildford Town Centre Shopping Mall in Surrey, BC back when Woodwards was one of the main anchor stores.

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• TV
• Guildford
• town
• centre
• shopping
• mall
• 1980s
• television
• Surrey
• BC
• British
• Columbia
• Canada
• ad
• commercial
• 1985
• Woodwards

[TEEC4C]

thats not the old friary . . fuck sake .. . it was filmed in thge the states with OVER DUBS saying GUILDFORD . . . . . . if you lived in the 80s you know that the friary was the pits . . . . . .

[robatsea2009]

@TEEC4C Sorry, but it was definitely shot at Guildford Mall. You clearly see Woodwards (among others), a legendary BC department store that never operated in the States.

[robatsea2009]

@TEEC4C A detail in the clip description that you may have missed is this is Guildford Town Centre Mall in Surrey, British Columbia - hopefully not to be confused with anything in Guildford, Surrey, UK.

[xbox7202]

whats with that fountain under the stairs?

and the big pool around it.

its not there anymore

it was ether where the food court is, but the suroundings dond look like it would

it could be where that realty kiosk under the stairs is now outside of walmart

where do you think it is?

[robatsea2009]

@xbox7202 It's been many years since I've been in the Mall so I can't pinpoint the location of what would occupy the space where the fountain and pool used to be located. If I had to guess I'd say there would be a staircase or elevators now. The mall layout changed a few times (and expanded) since it first opened; there used to be an outdoor courtyard with a concrete play area for kids, and the movie theaters used to be inside the mall

[xbox7202]

@robatsea2009 look up a picture of the play area by searching 'Guildford mall playground'.the link should be-(Baby Brandon's Adventures: Playground Fun at Guildford). look at the shape and spot where the play area is and look where the pool was because i asked someone where the fountain was and she said it was there and i also found evidence

[robatsea2009]

@xbox7202 Yes, most likely that's the spot. The original concrete play area was part of an outdoor courtyard down at the Woodwards end of the building, but that was lost when the mall expanded in the mid-to-late 1970s.

[vancityguy]

@xbox7202 As what other users stated, the water fountain/pool is where the playground is. Now that the playground has been removed, due to the current renovation project, you can now see the blue tile amidst the concrete.

Kind of sad to see...

[daveychillz]

"First exit South off the Port Mann Bridge" - and that's why Downtown New Westminster had the wind taken out of its sails.

[parghi22]

yeah, i went swimming in that fountain when i was 4.

[Berlin2004]

This IS Guildford Mall. C'mon people it's obvious. And as TheSurreygal says, the fountain was where sport check and The source are now.

[TheSurreygal]

This is definitely taken in Guildford Mall, Surrey, British Columbia. I was born there and never left. I remember everything there. The wishing well fountain is in the spot where the playground now is.

[fayenesse]

@Hexinvir yeah but so many memories...

[Hexinvir]

@fayenesse sad? it's a hideous mall, it looks like its 50 years old... it needs to be redone.

[Lashnakh]

Consumerism!

[thecomedymaker]

@Babymuma604 you mean was, they are doing something with it now..

[fayenesse]

aw now i'm sad that the mall is being redone...