Former Coles Variety Store, Fremantle
Now-empty Coles Variety store on Adelaide Street in Fremantle. Once the mainstay of the business, Coles expanded into supermarkets after acquiring SE Dickens in 1958. From there the variety stores traded alongside the Dickens (lalet Coles) New World supermarkets. Variety stores faded in the late 1980's and early 1990s with the expansion of Kmart and Target for general merchandise.
This store has retained its brown and cream terrazzo floor, which was common in Coles stores and New World supermarkets in the 1960's, despite the long-term tenants that have operated here since.
The original ceiling has since been covered with a false one hiding air conditioning ducts.
Former Coles Variety Store, Fremantle
Now-empty Coles Variety store on Adelaide Street in Fremantle. Once the mainstay of the business, Coles expanded into supermarkets after acquiring SE Dickens in 1958. From there the variety stores traded alongside the Dickens (lalet Coles) New World supermarkets. Variety stores faded in the late 1980's and early 1990s with the expansion of Kmart and Target for general merchandise.
This store has retained its brown and cream terrazzo floor, which was common in Coles stores and New World supermarkets in the 1960's, despite the long-term tenants that have operated here since.
The original ceiling has since been covered with a false one hiding air conditioning ducts.