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Growing up in Stockport, a trip to the town centre promised a few things.It wasn’t a glamorous affair but it had its perks.

School holidays meant trying on musty bonnets at the Hat Museum, wandering around the Merseyway Shopping Centre, and scrunching your eyes tight as you propelled yourself down the big slide at Grand Central.

Post swimming baths, the scent of chlorine perfuming the air all the way down the street as the 24-hour McDonald’s came into view, a Happy Meal and a knowing look assuring your dad you wouldn’t tell your mum you may have spoiled your tea, capped it all off.

For me, McDonald’s or a Pizza Hut after the cinema felt like I’d really lucked out - nothing could rival this level of fast food heaven.

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