WHO remembers Cwmbran town centre's water garden or the chimney structures that stood in the shopping centre? Now stores are open again, here's a look back at Cwmbran town in the past, thriving and full of shoppers.

Cwmbrans water garden in the town centre

Cwmbran's water garden in the town centre

How the water garden looked in the past

Cwmbran Shopping Centre in 1987

Cwmbran Shopping Centre in 1987

Plenty of shops in Cwmbran in 1987

The chimney structure that once stood in Cwmbran town centre until 1992. It was originally designed to support a fire escape but the landmark had significant visual impact

The 'chimney' structure that once stood in Cwmbran town centre until 1992. It was originally designed to support a fire escape but the landmark had 'significant visual impact'

The 'chimney' structure that once stood in Cwmbran town centre until 1992. It was originally designed to support a fire escape but the landmark had 'significant visual impact'

Cwmbran Market

Cwmbran Market

Cwmbran Market

Cwmbran Shopping Centre in 1985

Cwmbran Shopping Centre in 1985

More shops and stalls

The Congress Theatre in Cwmbran

The Congress Theatre in Cwmbran

Cwmbran's Congress Theatre

A view from above Cwmbran in 1989

A view from above Cwmbran in 1989

A bird's-eye view of Cwmbran