1. When M&S opened such a huge store that it needs TWO cafes inside.
2. When someone decided that hundreds of roundabouts was the best way to manage the traffic.
3. When someone decided "The Coliseum" was an appropriately named area.
4. When this surprising tale inspired a Google review:
5. When Ralph Lauren opened this enormous shrine to preppy clothing and people lost their minds.
6. And when Burberry opened its outlet store but you still couldn't afford to even breathe the air inside it.
7. When arsonists started a fire outside the Yankee Candle shop because of course that's the shop you would choose.
8. When this was posher than anything you'd usually see in the Ellesmere Port area:
9. When the well-known parking problem brought about some innovative solutions.
10. When this big purple sign became a beacon of hope to inspire our dreams:
11. When the Boxing Day sales inspired us all to become our very worst selves.
12. When it was decided that Cheshire Oaks is the centre of the whole damn world.
13. When the Vue cinema opened its new IMAX and the celebrities came pouring in.
14. When Destiny and Elite nightclub hosted Girls Aloud in a pinnacle of awful noughties fashion.
Girls Aloud in 2003 at Destiny & Elite nightclub - some great pics from back in the day https://t.co/UVF5e0N8WQ
Desperate and Easy for the win.
15. And then it closed down and became Paradise Island Adventure Golf.
16. When Travelodge opened, meaning that the 24-hour fun never has to end.
17. When the Blue Planet Aquarium opened its Shark Tunnel and it became a walkway through your worst nightmares.
18. And then it started a shark dating service because #YOLO.
19. When Elements/Fuxion all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet finally closed down and the world lost one of the truly great dining experiences.
20. When they installed the UK's largest artificial Christmas tree and it was ridiculously magical and festive.
21. When this happened:
22. When Borders closed down and there was a fear that literacy would decline in the area but the Helsby Arms swept in to save us all.
