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Known as Friar Bacon's study, it was used by Roger Bacon, the 13th- century astronomer and scientist, as an observatory.

This Victorian photograph was taken from Folly Bridge, which originally had a tower and gatehouse and was used by Roger Bacon, the 13th-century astronomer and scientist, as an observatory.

The ceremonial bacon itself was carried in front, on a pole.

This view facing the medieval bridge shows the boatyard in the foreground with the old stocking factory on the right and the bacon factory on the left.

Central to the ceremony is the flitch of bacon itself.

In 1955 a 14oz loaf cost 4d; streaky bacon was 2s 11d a pound; potatoes were 3d a pound; fish and chips 9d a portion; and eggs were 3s 11d a dozen.

Shoppers at John Harrison's would have been paying something in the region of 6s 11d a pound for sirloin, 2s 1d for brisket, 2s 11d for streaky bacon, 4s 11d for a dozen eggs and around 3s 5d for a pound

It was carried in 20lb bundles up the steep cliffside and taken home to be cooked with vinegar and bacon.

Shoppers at John Harrison's would have been paying something in the region of 6s 11d a pound for sirloin, 2s 1d for brisket, 2s 11d for streaky bacon, 4s 11d for a dozen eggs and around 3s 5d for a pound

The Harris bacon factory (in the background) was established as one of the main industries in this town.

He wrote of 'my landlady here at Selborne, who, while I am writing my notes, is getting me a rasher of bacon, and has already covered the table with a nice clean cloth.'

Someone, perhaps Mr Gillam the grocer who owned the shop (left), is writing on the blackboard: lard was 6½d, sugar 2½d (one penny today) and 4d, with bacon at 8d, and cheese 9d and 10d.

At this time shoppers could expect to pay about 1s 4d for 2lb of sugar, 2s 11d for a lb of streaky bacon, 3s 10d for a dozen eggs, and 4d for a 14oz loaf.

Brian Coombs, who drove delivery lorries in the 1960s and 70s, remembers making several runs to Windsor Castle to deliver sausages and bacon.

Inside, you could buy almost anything: there was paraffin, bacon, and butter in a glass cabinet, and sweets in glass jars.

Further along on the right is the Gaumont Cinema next to Bowyers (Wiltshire Bacon Co).

Every four years a side of bacon (a flitch) is presented to a married couple who can prove that they have not regretted their marriage a year and a day after the ceremony.

For example, a pound of streaky bacon cost 1s 3d in 1914 and 2s 7d in 1920, but by 1933 had fallen back to 1s 5d.

The shop on the right with the sunshade is Hillier's Bacon Curing Company, a firm founded in 1819 by Isaac Hillier in a former Nailsworth woollen mill.

To the right is 'Streaky Bacon Terrace'.

The shop was established in c1900 and was by appointment to HM the Queen Mother purveyors of sweet pickle and mild cured ham and bacon.

W J Bacon's general store has awnings and a covered walkway to protect customers from both sun and shower.

Laver seaweed grows on the rocks: picked, boiled and served with bacon for breakfast it has a wonderful flavour - albeit something of an acquired taste.

Besides having good window displays, the shop would place blackboards outside: 'Danish prize dairy butter, Lancashire and Cheddar cheese, noted teas and coffees and unequalled Wiltshire and Danish bacon