What did you do on Market Street .... on the Saturday before New Year?

Now when you have been told to park yourself on a bench during a shopping expedition there are a few things you can do.

Corridors of clothes, 2023

One is to join in and offer advice knowing that it is as useful and relevant as looking for snow in the Sahara.

Retail shapes, 2023

Alternatively gaze across at the constant parade of shoppers, pondering on their stories and their shopping bargains, or just take pictures.

Till time, 2023

And I took pictures.

At which point I should launch into a story on shopping on Market Street a century ago, but I won't

Location, Uniqlo, Market Street, Manchester

Pictures, doing Uniqlo, Manchester, 2023, from the collection of Andrew Simpson