Here is the same view but as it looked during the 1930s. You can see the chapel roof on the left which gives you the direction you are looking down Park Street. The tall building at the end of the street if you look at the roof line it is the same roof line as Taylor's. This indicates that everything was demolished up to the Taylor building.
In 1985 the vacant site was put up for sale, some people were saying and not before time...
The work is finally under way - this photograph was taken in 1986
This photograph was taken in September 2010 and just shows how much it has changed.
...and finally here we are on September 1, 2010 a few local people taking the opportunity of sitting out with a refreshing drink in the J.D.Wetherspoon's 'Richard Oastler' pub beer garden. This is just a small area on Park Street that has certainly seen the changes over the last 100 years.