Historically it was the area where the steam trains pulled in to Central Station – the first place holidaymakers saw when they stepped out of the station including the anticipated sight of the Tower rising from above the rooftops.
It’s also where many of the guest houses and smaller hotels stand on the edge of the main town centre and shopping area.
It’s traditionally home to souvenir shops, joke shops and fish and chips. The photos show some of the key buildings, pubs and shops, mainly from Central Drive, right through the decades from the 60s to the 00s.
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Although undated this was in the 1970s. Anyone remember Barrocco Electrics? Photo: JPIMedia
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Pawnbrokers Shops were a familiar sight on Central Drive. This was 2000 Photo: Dave Nelson
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A busy scene in Central Drive in 1992. Can you remember it looking like this? Photo: JPIMedia
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A more recent Central Drive photo from ten years ago. It shows the section between New Bonny Street and Reads Avenue Photo: Martin Bostock
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The disused railway hostel on Central Drive in January 1982 Photo: JPIMedia