Can you name the Bristol city centre shops from these old photos?

Like in any big and vibrant city, the shopping scene in Bristol is constantly evolving.

Store closures and new openings are a regular occurrence, and we have reported on several new business ventures even during lockdown.

The lure for most out-of-town visitors travelling into the city centre is Cabot Circus, which transformed the shopping experience when it opened in 2008, but there are some incredible independent shops here too and smaller boutiques away from the chains.

With so many comings and goings, however, even people who are Bristol born and bred might struggle to remember the city as it was decades ago.

We found some great black and white photos in our archive from years past, back when everybody did their shopping in person and Amazon referred only to the name of the rain forest rather than the world's biggest online retailer.

There are also a few pictures which seem more recent, but are still more than a decade old.

Have a go at our quiz below, to see if you can identify the stores that these old shops went on to become today:

1. Clifton Antiques Market is pictured here in The Mall. What replaced it when it closed in the 1980s?

Archive image of Clifton Antiques Market in The Mall (Bristol Post/ Reach archive)

2. Warlow Smith & Ironmonger is pictured here in Colston Street in 1979. The old lettering is still on the building today, but which shop is below it?

Warlow Smith & Ironmonger in Colston Street in 1979 (Bristol Post/ Reach archive)

3. Woolworths is pictured here in Broadmead in 1958. What would you see there now?

Woolworths in Broadmead, in 1958 (Bristol Live)

4. This huge building in Horsefair was occupied by John Lewis when this photo was taken in 1997. Which chain shop is there now?

John Lewis pictured in 1997, in its old Horsefair building (Bristol Post)

5. Borders book shop and a Starbucks used to take up this unit in Queens Road, Clifton. What would you find there today?

Borders bookshop opens on Queens Road in Clifton (Bristol Post)

6. BHS used to take up a large unit in Broadmead. What's there now?

BHS in Broadmead, Bristol, pictured during the Christmas lights switch-on in 2004 (Carlos Laprida/ Bristol Post)

7. La Senza used to sell lingerie at its branch in Broadmead. Who is in the same unit now?

La Senza lingerie shop in Broadmead, Bristol. (Bristol Post)

8. This large unit in Broadmead used to be filled by Dixons. What's there now?

Dixons in Broadmead, Bristol (Bristol Post)

Answers

1. Maze Clothing

2. Bloom & Curll book shop

3. The main entrance to The Galleries, with F Hinds on one side and Greggs on the other

4. Primark

5. Wilko

6. Metro Bank

7. Flight Centre

8. Barclays