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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...

13. Dents

This image from 1974 shows popular shops Frank Hill jewellers, Madin's Music and Dents the chemist on the corner. The market hall clock tower looked different 50 years ago too. Photo: Derbyshire Times