Reform Street and The Credit Crunch

Talking of Reform Street, I recall as a child that this street was the city centre hub of the financial sector where banks and building societies were the mainstay. Whilst the remnants of this activity remain, two former banks are now pubs selling cheap beers, and there are four charity shops, which are always busy, selling second-hand clothes, books, crockery etc. This invasion of the charity shops is also evident in Lochee High Street and I think maybe the British Heart Foundation shop is in a former bank also.