Almost finally the last of the building which was Blockbusters, E Boydell & Company and once a very long time ago our public market

Now there is something pretty final about these pictures of the old Blockbuster building.

Work to demolish it began last week and yesterday evening all that was left was a pile of bricks, a bit of wall and this last part of the building.

Before it was Blockbusters it sold cycles and before that was a printers having begun as our small version of an Arndale going under the name of the Market Place.

And by lunchtime today I reckon that bit of standing wall will be down and then I guess once the rubble has been cleared the ground will be broken for the new development.

That new development will be a mix of retail and residential.  The planning application was by Morrisons so soon that is what will continue almost a century of business on the site.

Pictures. the end of Blockbuster, June 2015 from the collection of Andy Robertson,