So we thought the investment was a timely opportunity to dust down these archive photos of the street.
13. Do you remember.................
.................Church Street shops Robin Robson and Edgar Phillips (pictured here in the 1960s)? Photo: National World
14. TV times
Film crews in Church Street in 2014 as they shoot 1960s BBC police drama Inspector George Gently. Photo: FRANK REID 2014
15. Wheels in motion
Church Street is coned off in 2014 as filming of Inspector George Gently continues. Photo: FRANK REID 2014
16. Patient wait
Crowds pack Church Street in 2013 to await the return of hip-hop dancers Ruff Diamond after they reached the finals of Sky's Got To Dance television show. Photo: National World
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