"It's even busier now than it used to be." That's what one lifelong Nottingham resident had to say about the city centre street that was once labelled the busiest shopping street in Europe by retail experts.
Seeing the sheer number of Christmas shoppers packed into Clumber Street, it certainly has a 'big' feel about it. And yet, bigger doesn't always mean better, with Nottingham shoppers recalling the way things used to be compared to the changed face of the perpetually lively road.
A survey in the 1980s described the Nottingham street as the busiest pedestrian thoroughfare in Europe. London's Oxford Street is now widely known as Europe's busiest shopping street, beating Madrid's Gran Via by almost 12,000 visitors a day. But shoppers we spoke to in Nottingham, meanwhile, say they believe Clumber Street is possibly busier than ever - but some said they feel it may have lost some of its charm.
