Inside 'science fiction' style shopping centre near Liverpool in the 70s It was at the time the largest enclosed shopping centre in Europe Rare footage captures the early days inside a "science fiction" style shopping centre near Liverpool back in the 1970s. For decades, many from Merseyside and beyond have headed a little further out to visit Runcorn Shopping City, an indoor shopping centre in Runcorn. ? Opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1972, the site was once the largest enclosed shopping centre in Europe and was inspired by American-style shopping malls. The City represented the dawn of a new...