From a small market town to a city, with more housing developments and people flocking to live here, Lisburn has gone from strength to strength.
However, there are many who still look back at the 1980s as the heyday of Lisburn, with a bustling high street, thriving market, and lots to do for all the family.
I took a trip down memory lane, thanks to some photographs from the Lisburn Museum, and looked back at some of the things that made Lisburn special in the 80s.
9. Bygone Lisburn: 'I stepped back in time and visited Lisburn in the 1980's - here's what I saw'
Over the years Lisburn has grown and welcomed new residents. Back in the 1980s you would have seen Laganbank Road being constructed. It is now one of the busiest routes in the city Photo: Lisburn Museum
10. Bygone Lisburn: 'I stepped back in time and visited Lisburn in the 1980's - here's what I saw'
Rather controversially the old Lisburn courthouse with its regal façade was pulled down in the 1970s and the new building in the Brutalist style, opened in 1980. People still talk about the beauty of the old building and what a tragedy it was to replace it with such a stark construction. Photo: Lisburn Museum