People of a certain vintage will no doubt remember the iconic escalators in Leeds city centre that have long since been demolished.
Whether it was open-air escalators that were the envy of the world or those that resembled a Smarties tube, they certainly got LeedsLive readers talking when we first posted about the blasts from the past on our Facebook page.
The city centre has changed dramatically in the past few years, but the pictures below reveal some of the long-forgotten relics from a different era of shopping.
Cast your minds back to a time long before the arrival of Trinity Leeds and Victoria Gate to see what the once 'modern' escalators looked like in their pomp.
Merrion Centre
It might not seem like the height of forward-thinking nowadays, but there was a time when the Merrion Centre was the most futuristic shopping centre in the world.
Costing £6 million in total, the sprawling shopping mall was built in several stages, but officially opened to the public in March 1964.
In the beginning, there was no roof to shelter customers from the elements - but taking centre stage was a state-of-the-art 'moving pavement'. Or as we would now call it, an escalator.
It was the first of its kind in a shopping centre anywhere in the world and cost £10,000 alone.
The grand unveiling was marked with a big event and the Merrion Centre was opened with a special gold key. It unlocked a case, which contained a cake modelled on the shopping centre.
Famous American jazz singer Joy Marshall was also a guest of honour at the star-studded event.
In later years, a roof was added and the shopping centre slowly adapted to become what it is today.
The 'Smartie tube'
A much more recent memory will be the iconic 'Smartie tube' escalator that stood for years on Albion Street.
We'll never know for sure who first came up with the nickname, but it has stuck around long after it was demolished and people still use the moniker nowadays when referring to it.
It was demolished to make way for Trinity Leeds, but once upon a time it transported shoppers up from street level at the junction with Boar Lane and into the Leeds Shopping Plaza.
The transparent, domed roof was certainly a distinctive style, and one that is fondly remembered by anyone who ever used it.
