Even more geriatric than the train is the wood-framed building that houses the Hastings Mill Store Museum, located across the city in the neighbourhood of Point Grey.

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The Clifton cinema in Wellington closed in 1989 and was used as a furniture store until Dunelm Mill moved out last year.

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An Asda superstore recently opened at Langley Mill and Tesco has proposed building a new store at Belper.

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Where there were once four or five Brazilian store owners in the Flint district of that mill city, there are now only two.

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