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Caption For Barton Seagrave, Old Cottages C1955

Immediately east of Wicksteed Park, on the higher ground above the River Ise, Barton Seagrave has a small core of stone-built houses and cottages and a good Norman church around a triangular green.

Caption For Wolverhampton, Darlington Street 1890

The shops on the left were demolished in the 1930s to make way for Burton Tailors and F W Bradford Ltd, a family-run department store incorporated into James Beattie in 1960.

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, The Marlowes C1965

Well known chain stores were strongly represented in Marlowes and Bridge Street - Truform Shoes, Dorothy Perkins, Milletts and Burton the tailors were here - as well as local shops and retail outlets such

Caption For Northampton, Abington Street C1955

Most evocative of past shopping is The Fifty Shilling Tailors, a chain that grew up before World War II and originally offered suits for that price.

Caption For Barton Upon Irwell, Barton Bridge Road C1955

This view shows the Barton Road Swing Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Cornhill C1950

The pub had become the Woolpack in 1780 and Everard's in 1845.

Caption For Kettering, Silver Street C1955

East of the High Street and parallel to it, Silver Street leads us out of the market place.

Caption For Eastleigh, Market Street C1965

Pricerite is now Peacocks, Lennards is the Abbey National Building Society and Dennis Cox acquired Dewhursts in the early 1990s.

Caption For Penrith, Middlesgate C1955

Burtons and Woolworths altered the streetscape with their respective Art-Deco and stuccoed cost-cutting neo-Georgian designs.

Caption For Bury St Edmunds, Cornhill C1950

Beyond is the Provisions Market of 1834, later the School of Art, fire station and library, now also shops.

Caption For Uttoxeter, Cattle Market C1965

Burton Abbey had around 6,000 and Dieulacres Abbey about 5,000.

Caption For Kew, Kew Gardens 1899

Between Richmond and Kew, on the Surrey bank, are the three hundred acres of the Royal Botanical Gardens, opened to the public in 1841.

Caption For Kettering, Silver Street C1955

The 'new look' in fashions is demonstrated by the young woman crossing the street with her more dowdy companion; longer skirts, wider shoulders and a nipped-in waist were signs of relaxation from wartime

Caption For Aylesbury, Market Square 1901

Beyond the Clocktower, the Georgian brick front belongs to the George Inn, which was replaced by Burtons in 1936.

Caption For Barnoldswick, Church Street 1952

Savage's and Burton's Menswear shop are on the right, and there is a cafe further up the street.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, Cliffs 1922

Bright yellow bands of geological strata known as the Bridport Sands make Burton Cliff one of the most distinctive landforms of the Dorset coast.

Caption For Gedling, Coronation Walk And Burton Road C1960

Although they are outside the City of Nottingham's boundaries, Carlton and Gedling are really its eastern suburbs.

Caption For Barnoldswick, Church Street 1952

Savage's and Burton's Menswear shop are on the right, and there is a cafe further up the street.

Caption For Leatherhead, Bridge Street C1955

The streetscape is dominated by the former Burton's building, an urban interloper of 1939 with its giant Ionic pilasters supporting a heavy cornice.

Caption For Uttoxeter, Market Place C1965

The red PMT (Potteries Motor Traction) buses on the left ran to Derby, and the buses on the right ran to Hanley. 1946 saw the first double-decker buses in Uttoxeter.