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Have a look at this wonderful old photograph of Cheltenham.

On Thursday's show we will find out why the town come in for criticism for its "cloned" streets... a lack of individuality has been quoted as a reason for decreasing numbers of visitors (known as "footfall" in the trade).

We will also take a shopping trip into history and recreate some of the iconic shops of years gone by. Can you remember some of the classic stores on the prom and on the High Street?

Post a comment or email me if you think Cheltenham has gone stale and share your memories of the shops you remember from your childhood.

updated Thursday morning.

Thanks for the calls and emails. Here is a sample of your thoughts.

Elizabeth came to Cheltenham 45 years ago and says there was a fantastic pork butcher's shop called Turks. Alos at the bottom of the Lower High Street there was a wet fish monger called Iddles... you could get anything there!

Anne in Lydney grew up in Cheltenham ... she says does anyone remember the Palace Cinema in the High Street - it was near M&S... she visited recently and didn't like the High Street... she also says its lost its identity..

Dorothy in Cheltenham remembers EI Wards department store... it sold everything and was located where Primark is now. .. also Runners was a lovely café... quite posh!

Dave from Longlevens told us his family used to own several shops in Cheltenham... Stevens Sadlers, Stevens butchers and a gown shop called Agaygowns'...he claims its really sad now as the town has lost its identity.

Pat in the town says the Lower High Street is a mess - so anyone coming in from junction 9, Tewkesbury direction would be put off...

Janet in Cirencester thinks Cheltenham is a lovely place to go shopping... Cirencester is useless in comparison.