We’ve had a look back through our archive, along with images held by the local studies collection at Chesterfield library, to show you how the area has changed over the decades.
MORE RETRO IMAGES: 24 pictures to take you back to life in Chesterfield in the eighties
![West Bard has always been a great place to get a bite to eat and today is still home to a number or take aways and restaurants. Here we see the La Paesana Pizza shop in 1995.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmYyMDQ4OWJjLTQzYTEtNDU0YS05MWM4LTQ5OTY2MTZmODIxNTo2M2NlYmI2OS0zNGFmLTQ4YzMtYmE1ZS1lMzViOWM0NGFiZGQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Pizza
West Bard has always been a great place to get a bite to eat and today is still home to a number or take aways and restaurants. Here we see the La Paesana Pizza shop in 1995. Photo: Derbyshire Times
![This photo, from 1963, shows work on the West Bars roundabout and land cleared for what will be the site of the multi-storey car park, now home to McDonald's,](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmY5Y2FmOWYxLWMxNmYtNGY1MC05ZGMzLTQ0ZjJlM2EyNTBlYzphZjU5M2Q4Ni04MjhhLTQxZGMtOTJlMS1mMmIyYWUwYTE4NmI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Roundabout
This photo, from 1963, shows work on the West Bars roundabout and land cleared for what will be the site of the multi-storey car park, now home to McDonald's, Photo: Chesterfield Library\R Wilsher
![One of Chesterfield's most memorable buildings was the AGD near Queens Park, seen here in 1966. .Its offical title was Chetwynd House, named after George Chetwynd (1824 – 1882) who came up with the idea of the postal order](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmEzNzViZjBjLTg5MjgtNDVlOS04NWJhLTIxYTQ2MDQ1MWRkNjo5YTc0NTFiNy01MWRlLTQ1MzktYmQ0Ny00YTQwMjZjNzEwOTA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. AGD
One of Chesterfield's most memorable buildings was the AGD near Queens Park, seen here in 1966. .Its offical title was Chetwynd House, named after George Chetwynd (1824 – 1882) who came up with the idea of the postal order Photo: Chesterfield Library\R Wilsher
![This image, from 1997, shows the AGD building and site veing demolished. The site is now occupied by the Royal Mail's Future Walk offices](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjc3MWIyMDM1LTkxY2ItNDgyOC04ZmYxLWQ4MmE1MTMyYTAyNzo3MGNlZmUyNS0xNzg5LTRiY2YtOGFkNS0zNGYzNmE4ZmZjNDQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Demolition
This image, from 1997, shows the AGD building and site veing demolished. The site is now occupied by the Royal Mail's Future Walk offices Photo: Chesterfield Library\J Stanley