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Aberdeen Market 1 - Union Street entrance
4377 A photograph by Roddy Millar showing the Union Street entrance to the Aberdeen Market building. This entrance provided access via a long corridor and staircase.
On or near the entrance can be seen adverts for various businesses within: Aberdeen Vinyl Records, Barber Shop and Combo Café and Restaurant.
Photograph taken on 26/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 2: corridor from Union Street
4378 A photograph by Roddy Millar looking south along the corridor access to the Market building from the Union Street entrance.
The passageway is decorated by colourful murals, information boards detailing the history of the Market and adverts for businesses within.
Photograph taken on 27/02/2019 Aberdeen Market 3: corridor from Union Street
4379 Another view by Roddy Millar showing the corridor into the Market building from the Union Street entrance.
Prominently shown are two murals showing underwater scenes. A couple of adverts for businesses within can also be seen below.
Photograph taken on 27/02/2019 Aberdeen Market 4: staircase leading from Union Street entrance
4380 A photograph by Roddy Millar looking down the staircase that provided access from the Union Street corridor to the main Market building.
Next to the doorway is an advert for Thomson's Quality Butchers, located in the lower food hall. Through the door, past a large charity collection box, can be seen the premises of the Barber Shop at unit 22.
Photograph taken on 27/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 5: the main stairwell
4381 A photograph by Roddy Millar showing the main stairwell in the Market building. This was located in the western side of the site, towards the Green.
Looking east into the building from in front of the premises of Oor Cafe, an illuminated sign with Market Village branding and the motto "for life's essentials..." is shown above the stairwell. Below this is a sign advertising the Golden Touch Jewellers.
A couple of shoppers climb the steps. Behind them, the lower food hall can be seen, including part of Merchant & Reid, a fishmonger.
Photograph taken on 27/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 6: the main stairwell
4382 Another view by Roddy Millar of the main stairwell in the Market building. Looking south, units occupied by Leisureland Amusements, Viva Oriental Travel and Oor Cafe are shown.
Adverts above the stairwell for Quality Meats and Merchant & Reid point visitors to the lower food hall, which can be partially seen below.
Photograph taken on 27/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 7: the main stairwell
4383 A south east looking view of the main stairwell by Roddy Millar. On the floor above, a bingo gambling machine stands outside a vacant unit. On the floor below, a man walks past Nickel & Dime, general store, towards an entrance on to Hadden Street.
Photograph taken on 26/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 8: Merchant & Reid
4384 A photograph by Roddy Millar of the fishmonger Merchant & Reid in Aberdeen Market. This unit was located in the building's lower food hall towards the Green.
Merchant & Reid is understood to have started business in the Market in 1985 and closed for the final time in March 2019, not long after this photograph was taken.
In addition to an array of fresh and smoked fish, this image also shows the stall selling various sauces and other accompaniments.
On the pillar on the left is a poster showing the seafood species found in Scottish waters. Below that, a board with an anthropomorphised fish lists the following specials: haddock block, haddock singles, smoked block, smoked singles and bread lemon sole.
Behind the pillar is an advert for Avo Concepts, a café that was also located in the Market's lower food hall. It specialised in dishes containing avocado.
Photograph taken on 26/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 9: Hadden Street entrance
4385 A Roddy Millar photograph of the easternmost Hadden Street doors of the Aberdeen Market building. This passageway with stairs came out on to Hadden Street just to the east of the junction with Exchange Street.
The walls have been decorated with multi-coloured spots of varying sizes and the doors feature adverts for Dream Beauty Studio, Combo Café and Restaurant, and Thomson's Quality Butchers.
Photograph taken on 26/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 10: Hadden Street entrance
4386 A Roddy Millar photograph showing an entrance to the Aberdeen Market building. This one was on Hadden Street opposite the junction with Carmelite Street.
The artwork shown was called Burn and was by artist Jo Gannon. It was part of Aberdeen's Painted Doors Project.
This entrance provided access directly to and from the Green, home to some of Aberdeen's finest bistros, shops and used as a site for many public events including those of the Inspired Nights initiative.
Photograph taken on 26/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 11 - Taste of Hong Kong
4387 A Roddy Millar photograph of the seating area of the Taste of Hong Kong café in the Aberdeen Market building.
This image shows the day-to-day lay-out of the café and its distinctive wall mural featuring an iconic Hong Kong junk boat.
Taste of Hong Kong offered highly rated Asian cuisine to their customers and continue to do so. The restaurant now operates just off Union Street at 28 Adelphi. It is one of several businesses to find success after the closure of the market building.
Photograph taken on 27/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 12 - Madame Mew's Thai Cafe
4388 A Roddy Millar photograph showing Madame Mew's Thai Café occupying unit 70 in the now demolished Aberdeen Market building.
Within the café the walls were covered with pictures of Thai cuisine. The establishment offered a pop of colour within the Market.
Madame Mew's is another business that has seen success after the closure of the building and now runs a city centre restaurant at 7 Summer Street.
Photograph taken on 26/02/2019.
Aberdeen Market 13 - Liberty Hair
4389 A photograph taken By Roddy Millars showing the interior of Liberty Hair within Aberdeen Market. It was a shop selling wigs, hair products and fashion accessories. The shop floor, as shown, is packed full of items.
Mannequin heads are being used to model various wigs and a head scarf. Handwritten neon signs can be seen highlighting special offers. This type of sign was often used by the small shops within the Market.
With the closure of the Market building, this business moved to Leicester in England.
Photograph taken on 26/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 14 - Aberdeen Vinyl Records
4390 A photograph by Roddy Millar showing the unit occupied by Aberdeen Vinyl Records in the now demolished Aberdeen Market.
As indicated on their sign, and by the wares on display, this was and continues to be a local business buying and selling vinyl records. There is also a bookstand shown outside the unit promoting copies of FITEVER!, an Aberdeen and Doric based comedy book.
Since the closure of the Market, Aberdeen Vinyl Records has moved to premises at 101-103 Union Street. The owners of the shop also produce a podcast.
D&S Discounts, selling various types of bag and racks of puzzle books and novels, can be seen further along. In the distance beyond it, are the Dream Beauty Salon and Combo Café & Restaurant.
Also seen in the top right of the image is one of the illuminated box signs for the Market which were dotted around the building.
Photograph taken on 27/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 15 - Outfits
4391 A photograph by Roddy Millar of the shop Outfits in the Aberdeen Market building.
This shop, established in 1995, is a family business offering women's clothing, accessories, handbags, suitcases, and a watch repair service. This image shows a wide selection of ladieswear items on display.
Since this photograph, Outfits has moved to 44 Union Street.
Photograph taken on 27/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 16 - Beauty Salon
4392 The subject of this Roddy Millar photograph is unit 10 in the Aberdeen Market building as occupied by the Beauty Salon.
This busy establishment was located in the eastern end of the building next to the main Market Street entrance (to the left of this image).
As indicated by the price list on the window, Beauty Salon offered an extensive array of nail treatments, alongside other cosmetic treatments such as eyebrow tinting and shaping. A large number of nail polishes and products can be seen within the premises.
A line of seats is available outside for those waiting for appointments.
At the edge of the photograph a small plaque with opening times for the Market building can be seen attached to the wall. This would have been for visitors as they entered from Market Street.
Photograph taken on 27/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 17 - Beauty Salon
4393 A Roddy Millar photograph looking north east and showing the corridor between NexGen Gel Nails Centre and Beauty Salon in the Aberdeen Market building.
The doors onto Market Street, and the concrete steps up to street level, can be seen in the background.
NexGen Gel Nails Centre, in Unit 8 on the left, displays a range of artificial nails in its windows. A substantial selection of bottles of nail polish can also be seen within.
Photograph taken on 26/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 18 - Dream Beauty Studio
4394 A Roddy Millar photograph of Dream Beauty Studio within the Aberdeen Market building.
This image gives a clear picture of how the units within the market were of varying sizes and layouts.
As listed on its sign, Dream Beauty Studio offered many salon treatments including threading, tinting, waxing, hair extensions, facial and make-up.
At the time of writing in 2024, Dream Beauty Studio's website indicates that it has premises within Tesco at Danestane, Asda at Garthdee and within the Trinity Centre.
This image also provides another view of Outifts, a retailer seen earlier within this collection. Further down the corridor, part of Madame Mew's can be seen.
Photograph taken on 26/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 19 - Combo Café & Restaurant
4395 A photograph by Roddy Millar showing Combo Café & Restaurant within the Aberdeen Market building.
This was a popular multicultural restaurant. Spanning across many countries, its menu offered Italian, Turkish, Greek and Scottish cuisine.
Seen on the exterior of the seating area are pizza boxes advertising prices for the different sizes of pizza on offer.
In the corridor outside the café is a coin vortex donation box for the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB).
In the background of this image, on the left, can be seen the premises of Dream Beauty Studio.
Photograph taken on 26/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 20 - view from foyer area
4396 This photograph by Roddy Millar looks west down the main corridor of the Aberdeen Market building.
It gives a good representation of the initial view a visitor would encounter having came in via the large Market Street entrance, located to the rear of this image.
On the left can be seen Ai to Ai, offering cosmetic treatments for eyelashes and eyebrows, Aberdeen Vinyl Records is further on, identifiable by the baskets of records, then D&S Discounts and Dream Beauty Studio at the very rear.
On the right, starting at the back and coming forward, is Outfits, Combo Café & Restaurant, Liberty Hair and the Market Heel & Key Bar in the foreground.
The Market Heel & Key Bar offer shoe repairs, watch batteries, luggage, shopper trolleys, belts, key cutting and slippers. Due to the closure of the Market, this business moved to nearby premises at 88 Union Street.
Photograph taken on 26/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 21 - foyer area by main entrance
4397 A Roddy Millar photograph looking north across the foyer area within the Aberdeen Market's main entrance. The doors to Market Street are partially shown on the right.
Two businesses within the Market are shown: the Market Key & Heel Bar, in unit 48 on the left, and Smart Mobile, directly ahead.
Smart Mobile, in unit 38, specialised in mobile phone repairs and selling mobile accessories. The back wall of the unit seen here is adorned with many phone cases.
Due to the closure of the Market, both of the businesses shown here moved to new premises at 88 Union Street.
On the right of the image, next to the Market Street doors, a blue plaque with the building's opening hours can be seen.
Photograph taken on 26/02/2019. Aberdeen Market 22 - main entrance on Market Street
4398 A Roddy Millar photograph showing the main entrance to the Aberdeen Market building on Market Street.
This image dates from over a year after the building had been closed to the public in March 2020. The entranceway consequently shows some signs of disuse.
The steps, entrance doors and signage can be seen clearly. The latter features the branding of the Market's last operators, Aberdeen Market Village.
Above the entranceway part of the building's east elevation can be seen with its name in relief lettering.
Adverts for a number of the businesses that had occupied units within the Market are attached to the entrance.
Photograph taken on 27/08/2021. |