Manchester's most famous shopping monument has been with us for more than 40 years - but how has it changed in that time?

Manchester Arndale has been with us for more than 40 years - but the huge shopping centre has a fascinating history and has changed almost as much as the city it stands in.

From having houses on the roof and a bus station underneath, to the shiny extension that houses the largest branches of Next in Europe, Manchester Arndale has changed with the times since it was built in the mid-1970s.

Who can forget the indoor market?

It was also, of course, the most affected part of Manchester in the 1996 IRA bomb. Remarkably, nobody was killed in that blast - but the centre was heavily damaged and required a fair amount of rebuilding.

We've raided the Manchester Metropolitan University visual archives to discover some photos of the centre from across the last 43 years - showing the Arndale inside and out.