Tyrrell & Green Department Store, Southampton UK

The former Tyrrell & Green department store in Southampton which is due to be demolished in the near future. The building was completed in 1956 and was home to John Lewis in Southampton until it moved to its current home in the West Quay shopping centre in 2000, the building has been empty since then.

Initially I was planning on taking some exterior shots, but I was fortunate enough to gain access to the interior, and here is the video to prove it. The video was taken on 28 July 2009 - the photographs of the outside were taken the following day.

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Education

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• urban-exploration
• urban
• exploration
• urbex
• southampton
• hampshire
• UK
• tyrrell-and-green
• department
• store
• abandoned
• demolition

[SouthzoneUK]

Aww wow this is FAB.....

Is there still access to the building now?

I would love to go in...

[MiniMossMan]

The site is very secure now, and a sizeable section has been demolished too. I think gaining access would be very difficult :(

[JRRacing85]

This is just fantastic. I dreamed of seeing the interior of this building one last time before it was ripped down. Spent nearly every Saturday afternoon in the early/mid nineties in this shop with my mum (happy memories) , the toys and electrical depts were my saviour!! You have done a brilliant job and top marks on having the balls to go in!!

[MiniMossMan]

I am happy to hear you enjoyed the video. I also have those memories! To be honest, not going in when the opportunity presented itself would have been the more difficult option - when the building is gone I would have to think "I had the chance to see inside for one last time, but I didn't take that chance".

[4PawzProductionz]

i loooove abadoned buildings. how'd ya get in there without getting arrested?

[MiniMossMan]

hehehe....Cops wouldn't dare arrest me, I'm too dangerous :) No, seriously there was an open door and I walked in, there was nobody about to tell me that I wasn't allowed to look around.

[SuperLillylu]

I was born in Southampton in 1962 and remember many a happy hour spent in the shop. We use to play in the park just near the store and use to nip in there to use the bathroom.

On rainy days we spent nearly all day in there and got to know the staff, they were always nice to us and let us play with the toys.

Thanks for taking us back in there, although it is sad to know it is now gone.

[xr6lad]

Great seeing the old store - pity the person shooting it appears to have St Vitas Dance and can't actually hold the camera steady. Otherwise excellent.

[NikkiM2356]

I can imagine living there, wonder what it will be like x

[sbund1]

i liked it. i first went there in the late 60's as a toddler. i used to get lost and ask them to announce my name on the tanoi. ahh..

[sarah7777771]

How amazing and weird it is to see Tyrell & Green like this !!!

I was born in 1977 and have so many memories of going there as a child with my mum, dad and brother. We used to go every Saturday. I remember going to the shoe department with my mum to have my feet measured and buy my school shoes which I hated as she would always pick these awful blue leather t bar sandles !!!!!!

We would always go to the resturant for dinner and queue up outside! They were great memories.

Never be the same ! x

[Kookoocachu]

@xbeckieboox C&A!!! I am so with you on the Chanel No.5 memory, my mother still wears it :/

[Kookoocachu]

Thankyou so much for this! Brings back a lot of memories and makes me realise just how long ago it was! Used to get dragged around there, coming over from the Isle of Wight especially. Bloody stomp all the way up there and all the way back, all just because mother wanted her damn bloody pillows.

Keep exploring! x

[wjgbuk]

Great video. I was born in 1982 and have my earlies memories from about 1985 to about 1998 are being dragged around this store often on Thursday evenings (late opening) and at the weekends. Not that I didn't like it. I'm glad you got good old Cafe Barova (I think that's what it was called) at 1.40min. Remember queuing up outside it to get seated. Would often have buttered toast or toasted tea cakes. Also would have been nice to have videoed the books and sports bits and the stairs linking them.