In a town dominated by shopping centres Mill Gate is like the middle child. Overshadowed by its iconic market and the newer and flashier The Rock, the town’s only indoor shopping destination is rarely at the tip of your tongue when you think of Bury. ‘“I don’t think it’s had anything done to it since the 80s,” said one shop owner. READ MORE: Outrage over city centre bin room converted into 'studio flat' He had just found out that the council have plans to buy and redevelop Mill Gate - filling it with 'new shops, attractions and street markets'. “I don’t know if it’s going to be better or worse for us,” Steve Allen said, the owner of Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe.
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