40 rarely seen pictures of Lancaster shops and the staff who have served us through the years

Many of the shops we’ve featured are long gone including favourites like Chirnsides, Gorrills and Smalley’s...but some still remain including of course Marks & Spencer.

We found it fascinating looking at how the city’s shopping streets have changed over the centuries. We hope you do too.

In case you missed it: 28 nostalgic pictures of Morecambe’s long lost shops through the decades