You can see the land that was occupied by Fidl in the contemporary picture. Anika and The Academic have parked in the Fidl car park. Perhaps they used to visit, or the past version of them (seen in post 1310) did. I suspect there are few stories to tell, but memories are getting a bit fuzzy.
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There are a few of the more successful firms still trading at Signal Retail Park.
Carpet light began when someone realised that when they installed electric lights their floor changed colour at night. With the advent of colour light signals in 1960, the idea that people might indeed want to explore interior decor in technicolor was born. They have several stores across the valleys. People still enjoy the fact they can see human body shapes on the floor when they are walking around their rooms.
Jellys is a more modern chain. Founded when people realised you can but marrowbone into pet food and sell that as a positive thing. The name reflects the fact that a walk with the dog on a wet and windy valleys summers day is not a jolly experience.
Ceejam is spin out from an early attempt at food delivery. You could go onto page 303 and use the coloured buttons to order either 20 potato waffles (Red), a family sized steak pie (Blue), a Vienetta (Green) or a prawn cocktail (yellow). The limited range was soon overtaken when Tesco went online. Luckily, such was the following of Ceejam that the physical stores continue to be a hit. Bricks and mortar have allowed them to expand their range into Berni Inns steakhouse products, Little Chef frozen breakfasts and a selection of deserts from Happy Eater. They had to discontinue Wimpy burgers when someone found out that Wimpy still exist.
Who knows which one Anika and the Academic have come to visit.
In the style of AI pantomime, of course. 
