Sad to see Metro dying. Still remember the excitement of shopping at their first store in Coleman Street with my mother and aunties, over 60 years ago. Then, High Street was THE SHOPPING hub..... Robinsons at Raffles Place, the must go place for Xmas shopping and atmosphere... Trishaw ride from Metro to Robinson was so expensive at twenty cents... time really flies.
Yes, the other end of the road, was "talk of the town" at the traffic lights junction, then to a club sandwich with tomato juice at Polar cafe, where in that row, we have Ensign Book Store & that Indian or was it Sri Lankan Jewelry Show "de Silva"?...
High Street was the place, some of shops are still around, the shop that sells baking stuffs, Chong or something is at The Adelphi 2nd floor, Pin Pin Optical is at Funan The It Mall, Dada used to be around on the ground floor, they folded some years ago.
Family used to shop & eat at High Street vicinity..there was a Zee Fatt Tailor , ha ha ha & every Lunar New Year , a new pair of leather shoes from that mama Indian Shop that sells Clarke shoes, Salamander, etc... forgotten the name.
Metro started on High Street...later years, we had Emporium at High Street Centre....then Cortina Departmental Shop....