Come on down! Pound Stretcher Goes

As you walk through town you can't miss that the The Arndale Centre - aka The Mall - is getting a face lift. The north corner opposite the town hall and where Pound Stretcher used to be is focal point of a major redevelopment for the town. So it's down with the old and in with the new. My pictures show a digger pulling down a large section of wall.

The current work will enhance the previous modernisation of St Georges Square, completed 18 months ago, and the revamp of the Central Library. We will soon see the arrival of the retail giant TK Maxx in Luton in addition to the soon to be completed M&S at the other end of the Mall.

So in the meantime the demolition of a small section of a 40 year old Luton landmark draws large crowds of locals of a lunchtime. and the developers have put up an artist's impression of the new facade.