Edinburgh city centre, it's fair to say, has witnessed its fair share of change in the name of progress down the decades. Not everyone likes change, or agrees with it, but despite there being lots of it, Auld Reekie remains one of the most beautiful cities anywhere in the world. From trams and parades to shopping centres and department stores, take a look through our picture gallery to see how much Edinburgh city centre has changed down the years. And let us know your thoughts in the comments...
The photos rewind to March 2007 and provide a snapshot of life in the city from the air. READ MORE: Spot the 1990s Leeds landmarks from these bird's eye city centre photos LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
They showcase the best of what the heart of your city had to offer in the middle of the first decade of the new millennium from 2004 and 2007. The gallery is jam packed with photos from the YEP archive highlighting stories which were making the news headlines as well as bars, pubs and restaurants all aming to make their mark on the city’s vibrant nightscene back in the day. READ MORE: 43 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on...
They bring to life the hustle and bustle of Leeds city centre in 1956 and feature a range of shopping streets as well as landmarks. And you can almost hear the trundle of the trams as they travel down the tracks of routes including City Square, Briggate, The Headrow and Wellington Street. The images are published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which provides a behind the scenes...
It's a far cry from what beaches look like today
Officers investigating an assault on Briggate earlier this year have released images of two men they would like to identify. The incident took place in the early hours of Sunday, March 3, and a 20-year-old man was taken to hospital after suffering minor injuries. Two men arrested in connection with the incident have been released under investigation. Sign up for our free newsletters today West Yorkshire Police are asking anyone who can assist in identifying either or both of these men to...
Back in the 1980s, there was no Meadowhall or internet. Sign up for newsletters from The Star And that meant if you wanted to go shopping, the place to go was Sheffield city centre. That was the 1980s in Sheffield. In those days, Fargate was packed with shoppers, and The Moor was similarly busy, while the route between the two, along Pinstone Street, also remained bustling. Similarly places like West Street were thriving. We have put together a picture gallery which shows some of the best loved...
Visiting and parking in Leeds city centre can be an expensive experience. Car parks can often be pretty pricey and require forking out a small fortune to pay for a few hours of shopping in the Trinity Centre or on Merrion Street. With that in mind, we asked residents for their top picks for the best and worst car parks in the city centre. Dylan said: “I would definitely avoid the station because it’s always filled with traffic and very costly. “If you want to be in the town then I would...
Bar chain Rileys is planning to open a sports and entertainment venue at 123 Albion Street, where alcohol would be sold until 3am. Leeds City Council has received eight letters of objection to the application, mainly on the grounds of potential public nuisance. Rileys would be in Unit 1 of the building, where comedy venue the Glee Club has already been granted a licence for its premises at Unit 2. Those objecting said they had already faced sleepless nights when the building was previously a...
CHILLING photos of an abandoned “Paradise City” in the middle of the desert show rotting tower blocks and roads to nowhere. Located 31 miles outside of, Tehran, Iran’s capital cit
STARK pictures show a migrant “tent city” weaving through roads outside an asylum processing centre in Dublin. The sprawling makeshift camp stretches around the International Protection
Motorists were forced into a single lane on their approach due to the bizarre obstruction