Since April 2020 people living in Dereham have been following various lockdowns, restrictions and rules.

Dereham Times: Quiet streets during the Coronavirus lockdown in Dereham. Picture: DENISE BRADLEYQuiet streets during the Coronavirus lockdown in Dereham. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Copyright: Archant 2020)

What was normally a busy town of shoppers, workers and school children was left virtually empty as locals adhered to strict national lockdown rules at the beginning of 2020.

But after one year, three national lockdowns and light at the end of the tunnel with a vaccination scheme, Dereham high street is coming back to life.

Dereham Times: Busy Market Place in Dereham, with people out and about in comparison to one year ago during the first lockdown. Picture: DENISE BRADLEYBusy Market Place in Dereham, with people out and about in comparison to one year ago during the first lockdown. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY (Image: Archant 2021)

Whether it's more cars in the town's car parks or businesses' doors being wide open, the town has seen more visitors coming from far and wide.

In April 2020 our video team took to the streets to take pictures of Dereham's deserted town centre, now we have headed back to the same spots to see how the town has changed.