Manchester’s skyline is forever changing, whether it’s a new skyscraper being built or an old building being razed to the ground.
Some city centre streets have remained recognisable through the decades, no matter how much development goes on - though if you look back to the early 1900s, horses and carts were the common sight on the roads, not cars!
We’ve taken a nostalgic trawl through the archives to see what local landmark areas looked like over a century ago - from city squares like St Ann’s to the once-fine shopping parades along Deansgate.
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1. Circa 1900
Ye Olde Fyshing Tackle Shoppe and the Coal Exchange in Manchester Market Place CRedit: Getty
2. 1931
Shoppers enjoy a stroll through Manchester city centre
3. 1931
Shoppers outside Lewis’s on Market Street, Manchester. Credit: Getty
4. 1920
Fish sellers in the streets of Manchester, selling their wares