The answer is some shops which Colchester had up until relatively recently – with BHS, Marks and Spencer, and Debenhams high on readers’ wish lists. Whilst BHS and Debenhams went into ...

Colchester, Lakeside and Romford were among the last to close and contributed to the total loss of 12,000 jobs. Ironically, Debenhams was able to become one of the UK’s largest department store ...