The town has some beautiful architecture, of which some still remains.
We have searched through the archives to find pictures of the town centre from the early 1900s to the 1980s, so you can compare how streets have changed through the years.
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9. West Gate in the 80s
A rainy view of West Gate in 1980 - is this how you remember it? Photo: Chad
11. Leeming Street in the early 1900s
The street used to be characterised by the tram route and classic shop signs. Photo: Chad
12. Leeming Street
The bottom end of Leeming Street had fully transformed a few decades later. Photo: Chad
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