Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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Trago Mills is a retail chain in southwest England that combines shopping and leisure. The company was founded in the 1960s by Mike Robertson, who started selling discounted goods from sheds between Liskeard and Bodmin. The first store opened in an abandoned gunpower factory near Liskeard.
History:
1961: Mike Robertson founds Trago Mills
1965: The first store opens on the outskirts of Liskeard
1967: A second store opens in Newton Abbot
1976: A third store opens in Falmouth
2004: A fire destroys the Newton Abbot site
2011: Trago is found guilty of dumping waste at its Newton Abbot and Liskeard sites
Notable features:
The original store was an abandoned gunpower factory called Trago Mill
The Newton Abbot site has a garden center, go kart track, ice rink, and the UK's largest model railway
Trago Mills is known for its reputation for "piling it high and selling it cheap"
#abandoned #adventure #vlog
Trago Mills is a retail chain in southwest England that combines shopping and leisure. The company was founded in the 1960s by Mike Robertson, who started selling discounted goods from sheds between Liskeard and Bodmin. The first store opened in an abandoned gunpower factory near Liskeard.
History:
1961: Mike Robertson founds Trago Mills
1965: The first store opens on the outskirts of Liskeard
1967: A second store opens in Newton Abbot
1976: A third store opens in Falmouth
2004: A fire destroys the Newton Abbot site
2011: Trago is found guilty of dumping waste at its Newton Abbot and Liskeard sites
Notable features:
The original store was an abandoned gunpower factory called Trago Mill
The Newton Abbot site has a garden center, go kart track, ice rink, and the UK's largest model railway
Trago Mills is known for its reputation for "piling it high and selling it cheap"
