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Spinning Gate shopping centre, in Leigh, in 1999 | National World

39 nostalgic photos capture memories of popular North West shopping centres in the 70s, 80s and 90s

They are the ultimate shrines to consumerism, helping customers to shop till they drop, whatever the weather.

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.

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