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In a bustling seaside town lies an abandoned shopping centre, lost in time. Once vibrant and thriving with colourful shops and eclectic items, weeds have now encroached on the tarmac and every building sits empty. Arlington Arcade is located below one of Kent’s most iconic buildings – a brutalist 1960s tower block on Margate seafront. While almost everyone has seen and passed an opinion on Arlington House, many do not know the story of its shorter, greatly missed sister. In its heyday, the arcade had a joke shop, a burger and doughnut stall, a tattoo parlour and many other choices for shoppers…

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