30 sights you will remember from Norwich in the 2000s

Archant community content curator, Kate Wolstenholme, has been rummaging through the archives to bring you some familiar sights from the decade.

It was the decade when the Queen was in town to open the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich City returned to the Premier League under Nigel Worthington and then millennium bug was feared.

In Norwich, the city was having a makeover with the Forum, Chapelfield, new look Norwich Market and the new bus station all being built in the decade.

The new bus station opens in Norwich. Pictures:SONYA BROWN Copy:Rachel Buller For: EN/EDP ©Evening News/EDP 2005 (Image: Archant)

The West Atrium at the new Norfolk and Norwich Hospital at Colney. 9 OF 16 PIC BY SIMON FINLAY (Image: Archant)

Norfolk Police's new recruits, German Shepherd puppies Shay(right) and Storm. Photo:Simon Finlay (Image: Archant)

A typical ward at the new Norfolk and Norwich Hospital at Colney. 7 OF 16 PIC BY SIMON FINLAY (Image: Archant)

The prototype new Norwich market stall on display for the public and stall holders to view. Photo: Simon Finlay Copy: Hugh Bowring For: EDP/EEN news EDP pics © 2004 (01603) 772434 (Image: Archant © 2004)

NORWICH NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS IN THE CITY DATE 1ST JANUARY 2000 PHOTOGRAPH (Image: Archant)

An outpatients reception area at the new Norfolk and Norwich Hospital at Colney. 4 OF 16 PIC BY SIMON FINLAY (Image: Archant)

The Norwci bus station(centre) (Image: Archant)

The new bus station opens in Norwich. Pictures:SONYA BROWN Copy:Rachel Buller For: EN/EDP ©Evening News/EDP 2005 (Image: Archant)

Norfolk and Norwich Director of Corporate Management, Anne Osborn, with a birthing pool in the delivery unit at the new Norfolk and Norwich Hospital at Colney. 13 OF 16 PIC BY SIMON FINLAY (Image: Archant)

Octagon Healthcare Chairman Richard Jewson(left) and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust Cheif Executive Malcolm Stamp outside the West Atrium at the new Norfolk and Norwich Hospital at Colney. 15 OF 16 PIC BY SIMON FINLAY (Image: Archant)

Norwich nightclub Time, 2000. Picture: Bill Smith (Image: Archant)

Norwich Market, new pod stalls are lifted in to place as part of the first phase of the revamp.First green and yellow unit being lifted in place. Copy : Lorna Marsh For : Evening News/EDP Copyright Archant Norfolk (Image: Archant)

Local people and tourists go on a tour of the clock tower and larn a bit about the history of the City Hall in a new tour. The old and new norwich market. Pictures:SONYA BROWN Copy: For: EN ©Evening News 2005 (Image: Archant)

INSIDE THE ROOF OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM LIBRARY. (Image: Archant)

A builder looks on as the Millennium Library is built. (Image: Archant)

NORWICH CITY V GILLINGHAM AT CARROW ROAD. (Image: Archant)

The soon to be demolished old Norwich Bus Station on Surrey Street in Norwich - Project Manager for Norfolk Property Services, Clinton Powell inside the main bus sheds Picture: James Bass Copy: Keiron Pim For: EDP News EDP Pics © 2004 Tel: (01603) 772434 (Image: Eastern Daily Press © 2004)

The remains of the old Norwich bus station which is being developed. Picture: James Bass Copy: For: EDP NEWS EDP Pics ©2004 Tel: (01603) 772434 (Image: Eastern Daily Press © 2004)

Aerial view of Norwich showing Gentlemans Walk, Norwich Castle and Norwich Cathedral, dated 14th November 2000. Photo: Archant Library (Image: Archant Library)

Aerial view of Norwich Bus Station under construction. Picture: James Bass Copy: Chris Starkie For: EDP BUSINESS EDP Pics © 2005 Tel: (01603) 772434 (Image: Archant Norfolk Photographic © 2005)

The players with the trophy on their tour round Norwich city. photo - Denise Bradley copy - for - EDP City - Norwich, Norfolk EDP Pics 2004 copyright tel 01603 772434 copyright EDP pics 2003 tel. 01603 772434 (Image: Archant)

Bypass 2000 demonstration holds up traffic on the A140 in Long Stratton, 6 April 1996. Photo: Archant Library (Image: Photo: Archant Library)

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

The derelict restaurant in the foreground is all that remains of the old bus station as development proceeds. Photo: Bill Smith Copy: EDP business For: EDP business EDP pics © 2004 (01603) 772434 (Image: Archant © 2004)

Work progressing on the new market in Norwich city centre. Photo: Bill Smith Copy: ??? For: EN Archant © 2005 (01603) 772434 (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 on opening day. (Image: ARCHANT NORFOLK PHOTOGRAPHIC © 2005)

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