Have a look through these pictures and see how the town has changed through the decades.
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1. Construction begins
Idlewells shopping centre under construction - can you remember it being built? Photo: Chad
2. Outram Street Methodist Church
Do you remember this? The church was converted into retail space in 1975 Photo: Chad
4. Tenter Lane
Tenter Lane 1870. The cottages stood on the site of the Coop Building, now Wilkinson's. The street was renamed Outram Street after landowner Mr T Outram. Photo: Submitted
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