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19 reasons that prove you grew up in Chelmsford in the 1990s

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It may be only 20 years ago but Chelmsford in 1990s was a very different place.

Here we take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with 19 things that show you were raised in Chelmsford in heady days during the 1990s.

They are the sorts of things you might remember from your youth in this great city, when it was just a humble town.

Have we got it right, or are there more which should grace this list?

1. You used to go to Megazone in New Writtle Street, which has now been flattened and replaced with some posh houses.

2. On at least one occasion in your early teens, you sat on the old concrete planter outside McDonald's in the High Street with a group of your friends.

3. You used to think the Zeus nightclub lights in the sky were cool.

4. You remember when Next in the High Street used to be Menzies.

5. Andy's Records - remember that?

6. Pat, the bouncer at Dukes, and the other one who wore Timmy Mallet-esque glasses, who occasionally worked at Zeus too.

7. When Primark was C&A.

8. You remember the old bus station and its indoor depot

9. You used to buy cheap computer games from Special Reserve on Broomfield Road, which is now Options hairdressers

10. You once bought an eight-pack of Happy Hardcore tapes from that record store on Duke Street, of which the name escapes me

11. You topped up your school pencil case with goodies from Hussey and Greaves on Moulsham Street, which is now a Tesco Express

12. You remember Butterflies, the café in High Chelmer, when it was known locally as the precinct

13. When the buses were run by Eastern National and were green and yellow

14. You remember when Heart FM was called Essex FM

15. You used to watch Robot Wars, and those kids from KEGS had a robot on it

16. You went to the Chelmsford Spectacular, which died in 2004 as the V Festival got bigger

17. You remember the Beacon shop on the Army and Navy roundabout, when you could actually drive over relatively hassle free 

18. You remember when the drive-thru KFC in Broomfield Road was the Clockhouse pub 

19. When the area where the Meadows stands now was an open market

19 reasons that prove you grew up in Chelmsford in the 1990s


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