The Big Dipper has thrilled generations of holidaymakers and day trippers ...

Most are long gone, except for a couple of high street names which have moved location. But these were the shops which knitted our wonderful town together and provided food, clothing and every day ...

One picture shows draymen loading the barrels at Yates’s and another of Birley Street lined either sides with cars from the era. An area long gone shows the markets, it’s where the old BHS used to be ...