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From Burton's and John Collier to Mace's and Wakefield Army Stores - looking back on Chesterfield shops of the seventies

Editor, Derbyshire Times

Published 10th May 2023, 14:02 BST

Updated 10th May 2023, 14:03 BST

It was the decade of the Space Hopper, the Ford Cortina and the Chopper bike – and in Chesterfield there were plenty of great stores to do your shopping in the 1970s.

Sadly, many of the names we used to visit fifty years ago are no longer with us. Here we look back on some of the shops of yesteryear and the memories they still hold for many of us...

9. Colledge & Son's

Beetwell Street in 1977, home to Colledge & Son's butchery and Kirk's metalworks. The parked cars show how motoring has changed over the years too. Photo: Chesterfield Library\county arch

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10. Kennings

Beetwell Street looking west in 1977. The Kennings building was later knocked down and the site is now home to the police station Photo: Chesterfield Library\county archives