These photos take a look back at shopping centres around the North West during the 70s, 80s and 90s.
From construction to grand openings, famous visitors and huge queues for special events, they take you back through the decades.
They also show how the shopping centres we know and love have changed over the years, including some of the shops we have lost.
Radio Rentals, Debenhams, Mothercare are among the blast-from-the-past shops you may remember that are pictured in this retro photo gallery.
For more North West nostalgia, you might enjoy this look back at things you can no longer do in the region but we wish you could.
9. St George's
St George's shopping centre in September 1974 | Submitted Photo: Peter Reed
10. Food hall
The main food hall at the Trafford Centre, Manchester, in 1998 | National World Photo: Iain Lynn
11. Krugers
French student Jill Pertrignani learns the secrets of waiting on diners at Krugers Coffee House in Wigan's Galleries shopping centre in 1997 | National World Photo: John Leatherbarow
12. 90s shopping
St George's shopping centre, Preston, in 1999, with shops including Peter Jackson, Granada, and Mothercare | Submitted Photo: Submitted