It’s one of the main routes through Chesterfield and is home to the Winding Wheel and the much-missed Eyres department store, but Holywell Street looked very different in years gone by.
We've teamed up with Chesterfield Museum, run by Chesterfield Borough Council, to dig out these great archive pictures of the area in the past to show how it used to look.
There are even more pictures from yesteryear on the dedicated section of our website: www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/retro
We also love to see your pictures of by-gone times and the stories that go with them and it’s never been easier to get them to us.
We have a new way for people to submit their stories to us via a new online portal which goes straight into the system and means your stories are published much quicker.
Simply follow the link at https://submit.nationalworld.com/ and choose the Derbyshire Times as the site to upload your pictures to – you can even upload video content through the portal.
1. Chesterfield retro
This image, from 1950, shows how much the area around what is now the Donut car park has changed down the deacdes. Photo: Chesterfield Library\brorough en
2. Holywell Street
Picture of Holywell Street Chesterfield. Picture supplied by Chesterfield Museum Service\Chesterfield Borough Council Photo: Chesterfield museum
3. Punch Bowl
The Chesterfield townscape has always been changing and this shot shows development near the Punch Bowl public house. Photo: Chesterfield museum
4. Olden days
With shop awnings and ornate street lights, Holywell Street looked quite different Photo: Chesterfield museum