When a shopping centre in Scotland was put up for a sale this year with a price tag of £1 it was accompanied by alarm bells. The starting price attached to The Postings at auction said everything you needed to know about the retail crisis in Britain’s towns and cities.
Once a hub for Kirkcaldy, the site in Fife is a shadow of its former self. The Postings was opened in 1981 by Isla St Clair, The Generation Game presenter, and cost more than £4 million to build. Almost 40 years later, 18 of its 21 shop units are vacant.
