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Caption For Aylesbury, Cambridge Street C1955

The Barley Corn pub survives, albeit now (in 2000) archly renamed the Farmyard and Firkin; the shop with the crested fascia, a pork butchers in the 1970s, is now (in 2000) The Bacon Shop, but the Old Harrow

Caption For Crouch End, Crouch End Hill C1890

Here is the three-storey flat-fronted brick house of the later 18th century, small bungalow shops added to two-storey houses of various dates, and to the left the utility weather-boarding above the barber's

Caption For Dunoon, 'columba' 1904

Built in 1878, and flagship of the MacBrayne fleet, Columba was renowned for the quality of her passenger comfort, with saloons the full width of her hull, a barber's shop and a post office.

Caption For Wisbech, Market Place C1955

The lower storey of the Shop Hotel has been opened up to allow greater pedestrian access to the Horsefair, and the Griffin next-door is now a barbers shop.

Caption For Thorne, Market Place C1955

The White Hart, left, was an old coaching inn, restored in 1737, and the bank on the right used to be Lester's barber's shop.

Caption For Southborough, London Road 1900

On the left-hand side, W Cushen, a silk mercer and undertaker's office, is followed by a fruiterer and greengrocer's, a stationery shop, a barber's, and a fishmonger.

Caption For Southborough, London Road 1900

On the left-hand side, W Cushen, a silk mercer and undertaker's office, is followed by a fruiterer and greengrocer's, a stationery shop, a barber's, and a fishmonger.

Caption For Leeds, Boar Lane C1965

Under the Griffin Hotel signboard, and in the midst of the dominating chain stores and offices, Jackson's barber's shop still shows a traditional striped pole.

Caption For Leeds, Boar Lane C1965

Under the Griffin Hotel signboard, and in the midst of the dominating chain stores and offices, Jackson's barber's shop still shows a traditional striped pole.

Caption For Ulverston, Market Street 1895

It exported copper, iron, slate, barley, bobbins, gunpowder and leather all over the Empire.

Caption For Gedling, Main Road C1960

The post office on the left is now a house; the post office has moved across the road into Read the tobacconist's next to the Gedling Wine Stores on the corner of Waverley Avenue – this shop is now Barber's

Caption For Coningsby, Silver Street C1955

The hairdresser's (right) with its barber's pole has gone, and so has the Gilbey's Wine sign beyond - that shop is now a modern chemist's.

Caption For Worcester, St Andrew's Spire C1960

In 1801, while repairs to the spire were in progress, a barber shaved customers on top of it and a china painter decorated a cup.

Caption For Ware, The River Lea C1960

Then, it was a bustling port with barges moored two or three deep unloading timber and barley.

Caption For Coningsby, Silver Street C1955

The hairdresser's (right) with its barber's pole has gone, and so has the Gilbey's Wine sign beyond - that shop is now a modern chemist's.

Caption For Wisbech, Market Place C1955

The lower storey of the Ship Hotel has been opened up to allow greater pedestrian access to the Horsefair, and the Griffin next-door is now a barber's shop.

Caption For Bashall Eaves, The Village C1955

Villagers grew barley, fruit and vegetables, whilst the village shop supplied everything from treacle to paraffin oil.

Caption For Tilford, The Barley Mow 1923

Behind the Barley Mow pub in the centre of the picture, the northern and southern branches of the River Wey unite.

Caption For Godalming, High Street 1895

The barber's shop with its prominent shaving sign dated back to the 18th century.

Caption For Laindon, Station 2005

Most of the land around Pitsea, Dunton and Langdon Hills had originally been farmland; the crops were mainly barley, oats, wheat, peas, beans, and clover.