Belmont St went down the pan when the first pubs opened. It used to be just fine when it had the antique shop where Drummonds is, the paper shop across the road which sold Oz, IT etc and the fishing tackle shop....and the ballroom (which I think was part of the English Club, and is still there!). Or in even older days when it had the radio station and roller-skating rink. Radar's was OK with the 'as much as you can eat' spaghetti offer though