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In this photograph we head north-east out of Market Square along Cambridge Street, once known as Bakers Lane, a road that haas seen much change since the 1950s.

The Backs of Cambridge are probably as well known as the colleges themselves.

On the right is the clock tower of Cambridge Hall; the clock and chimes were paid for by William Atkinson.

With so many bicycles present this busy scene is more reminiscent of Oxford or Cambridge.

Its poor students were provided with furnished rooms, and meals that were taken communally; alien concepts to the well-heeled of Oxford and Cambridge.

It all started when the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race was held here in 1829, but the first Regatta proper was held in June 1839.

The ferry is pulled by a chain across the Ouse; at this time villagers used the ferry to go to work in Over or to cycle to Cambridge.

The farmhouses and cottages all have steps down to the street because the old unmetalled road to Cambridge had been gradually lowered by use.

The opening of the Cambridge by-pass in 1978 unfortunately saw an increase in the traffic along this quiet road.

Today's hospital is a vast complex on the southern outskirts of Cambridge, renowned for its special skills in dealing with head injuries.

The complex was built on a site previously occupied by a row of cottages adjacent to Cambridge Hall, and opened in 1878 having cost around £14,000.

In the foreground stands the arch of the Conservative Club, with the solid brick-built Cambridge Hotel next door.

Peterhouse is distinguished as the first college in Cambridge, although the original 13th-century buildings have been altered considerably.

Although taken over twenty years earlier than photograph No 84534, and before the motor car had taken off in a big way, there is still no doubt that Cambridge had traffic problems, with horse-drawn carriages

In the foreground, some young ladies appear to be trying their hands at rowing, whilst midstream we have what is more commonly associated with the river in Cambridge: punters.

Cambridge has a long history of rowing.

Owned by the Cambridge Preservation Society, it is preserved complete, and is open to visitors.

When the railway from London to Cambridge was opened, the inn became a hotel.

Partly demolishing it, he showed his enthusiasm for education by donating stone towards building Trinity and Corpus Christi Colleges, Cambridge.

The first Oxford v Cambridge boat race took place here in 1829.

The nearby Elizabethan Madingley Hall was the residence for both Edward VII and George VI during their time in Cambridge as undergraduates.

He later became professor of mathematics at Cambridge.

He later became professor of mathematics at Cambridge.

Although the Cambridge version, built in 1831, has barred unglazed windows, the students passing through it were not necessarily looking their last upon the outside world, as the users of the original