Businesses like Smyth Patterson, McCalls, Style and Value, Roy Ervine, Brogan’s Opticians, Jeffers Bakery, Greens, and Lowry Jewellers, have been the beating heart of Lisburn for generations.
Whilst many are sad to see some old favourites close there doors, businesses like these are keeping an independent mark on the high street.
Are there any businesses you like to support? Are there any that you miss seeing in the city centre? What are your memories of shopping in Lisburn in years gone by?
13. Independent businesses are still at the heart of Lisburn
PJ Brogan Opticians was originally established in 1961 by current director Roisin Brogan’s grandfather, Paddy Brogan. Paddy was a pharmacist in Lisburn and he had a chemist located a stone’s throw from our current practice. He was famous in the local area for his invention of ‘Brogan’s Bronchial’–a cough medicine –and later developed into the world of optometry, testing eyes in the back of his pharmacy. Photo: Courtesy of Irish Linen and Lisburn Museum
14. Independent businesses are still at the heart of Lisburn
Bow Street pictured in 1988. Brogans is still there today. Photo: Courtesy of Irish Linen and Lisburn Museum
15. Independent businesses are still at the heart of Lisburn
Lisburn has changed a lot over the years since this photo was taken in the 1900s Photo: Courtesy of Irish Linen and Lisburn Museum