Do you remember when Chapelfield (now Chantry Place) first opened?

Robert Cook of Norwich Friends of the Earth protested over concerns about the centre's environmental impact, while shoppers saved up cash for the big opening on September 21, 2005, including Laura Boswell, who this newspaper followed as she spent £1,000.

The EDP cover's Laura Boswell's shopping trip. (Image: Local Recall)

Ms Boswell, who was then a foreign exchange consultant at Thomas Cook in St Stephen's Street, had saved £20 per week to spend in the centre's sparkling new shops, and said she had been "dreaming" of having hundreds of pounds to spend while seeing Chapelfield in construction.

Laura Boswell took two days off for the opening of the Chapelfield development to spend over £1,000. (Image: Archant © 2005)

Laura Boswell took two days off for the opening of the Chapelfield development to spend over £1,000 she had saved. (Image: Archant © 2005)

The first shoppers rush into Chapelfield. (Image: ARCHANT NORFOLK PHOTOGRAPHIC © 2005)

On opening day, thousands of shopaholics were entertained by stilt walkers and dressed-up characters as they visited the newest addition to the Norwich shopping scene.

The first shoppers rush into Chapelfield. (Image: ARCHANT NORFOLK PHOTOGRAPHIC © 2005)

The first shoppers rush into Chapelfield. (Image: ARCHANT NORFOLK PHOTOGRAPHIC © 2005)

First views inside the House of Fraser store under construction in the Chapelfield development in Norwich. (Image: Archant © 2004)

House of Fraser CEO John Coleman, with Duncan Bower, right, from the shopping centre's developers. (Image: Archant © 2004)

The first shoppers rush into Chapelfield on opening day. (Image: ARCHANT NORFOLK PHOTOGRAPHIC © 2005)

The first shoppers rush into Chapelfield on opening day. (Image: ARCHANT NORFOLK PHOTOGRAPHIC © 2005)

Construction work taking place at the Chapelfield development in Norwich. (Image: Eastern Daily Press © 2003)

The first shoppers rush into Chapelfield on opening day. (Image: ARCHANT NORFOLK PHOTOGRAPHIC © 2005)

The Chapelfield development nears completion for the September opening deadline. (Image: Archant © 2005)

Construction work taking place at the Chapelfield development in Norwich. (Image: Eastern Daily Press © 2003)

Work continues on construction of the Chapelfield development in Norwich. (Image: Archant © 2004)