Chinese Supermarket in Nottingham

From the collection of

MACE is the strategic lead organisation for screen heritage for the East and West Midlands regions. An independent charity based at University of Lincoln, MACE preserves and makes accessible a collection of more than 100,000 historic moving images representative of the diverse cultures and histories of communities throughout the heart of England from the Lincolnshire coast to the Welsh border.

Chinese Supermarket in Nottingham (Central News East)

Media Archive for Central England
Nottingham
21 Feb 1985
Sound

Everything for the budding Chinese chef on offer under one Nottingham roof.

Chinese restaurants had been a familiar sight in towns and cities of the UK for 20 years when Andy Craig reported on the second wave of the Chinese food revolution - the arrival of the Chinese supermarket. The Hanson supermarket on Carrington Street in Nottingham offered everything the home chef might need to recreate the meals made famous by the restaurant trade.

Owner Henry Liu is our guide to the products, although judging by the obscure items purchased by Craig, which he then proceeds to wave about in front of people in the street, he might not have been taking his report particularly seriously.

Tags

From the collection

How We Shopped

From the high street to the information superhighway: shopping undergoes a makeover.

The 1980s heralded a sea change in the way we shopped - and what we shopped for. Reflecting the growing impact of new technologies, from the arrival of credit cards to the consumer electronics boom and ultimately the internet shopping age, this collection also journeys through the changing face of our high streets into the 1990s and beyond. This is the era of out-of-town supermarkets and supersized shopping malls muscling in on the traditional town centre trade. Many smaller villages faced the loss of local shops entirely, but they didn't give up without a fight. Alongside these existential threats, local news reports investigate such emerging issues as convenience food labelling, shoplifting and the campaign to 'Buy British' as domestic manufacturing continued its long and painful decline. Glimpses of long-lost chain stores, brands and products that once dominated everyday life across the UK may inspire more than a whiff of nostalgia. Yet this collection also tells a story of continuity: despite the all-powerful internet, we do still seem to want to come together to shop in the 'real world', not least at Christmas, and those seasonal shopping moments are here waiting to be unwrapped

33 videos in this collection

Watch in libraries only

Shopping

Newcastle upon Tyne
1999

Watch in libraries only

Shoplifting Is On The Increase

Chelmsford
1983

Watch in libraries only

Dog: Dog Days

Watch in libraries only

Post-Christmas Sales

Belfast
1984

Watch in libraries only

Toy Fair 1980

Watch in libraries only

Charm School

St Austell
1989

Watch in libraries only

Round Robin: Think British

Norwich
1982

Watch in libraries only

Debden Village Shop Re-opens

Debden
1982

Watch in libraries only

Anderson and McAuley Department Store

Belfast
1986

Watch in libraries only

Credit Card Shopping in Northampton

Northampton
1986

Watch in libraries only

Villagers Open Community Shop

Stetchworth
1984

Watch in libraries only

St George's Market

Belfast
1980

Watch in libraries only

Shopping Centre Santas

Belfast
1984

Watch in libraries only

Yvonne Aston is the New Outsize Model

St Ives
1985

Watch in libraries only