The 22 Blackpool shops you'd bring back to the high street in an instant

And you commented on our Facebook post in your hundreds, firming up the notion that everyone misses the high street, as we once knew it before many of our favourite shops closed down. Elizabeth Turner said: “Debenhams and British Home Stores, I loved them and miss them so much. No decent shops now it’s terrible.”

See which shops our readers miss the most and which ones they would love to see back on the high street.

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