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Caption For Ottery St Mary, Broad Street 1938

Broad Street hints at Ottery's original Saxon street layout.

Caption For Reading, Oxford Street 1913

As we return to Broad Street we see the huge building on the right, the former McIlroys, opened in 1903 and known locally as Reading's Crystal Palace for its huge shop windows.

Caption For Salhouse, The Broads And River Bure 1902

A small broad off the busy river Bure, Salhouse in 1902 displayed the tranquillity of the English countryside beloved by Victorian artists.

Caption For Ormesby, Broads, Near Tea Rooms C1935

The Eels Foot Inn now dispenses refreshments to visitors after their row on the broad.

Caption For Aldborough, The Green C1955

Set a short distance away from the Cromer to Norwich road, Aldborough offers a spacious prospect with cottages grouped round a broad green.

Caption For Oulton, Hoisting Sail C1955

The yacht is passing by the north side of the Broad, with 1930s bungalows along the frontage.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Bay C1955

The Square and Cobb Gate at the seaward end of Broad Street, eastwards from Bell Cliff, with the line-up of parked cars including Rileys, a Hornet soft-top, Jowett, Standard and Austins.

Caption For Worcester, Broad Street C1950

As you can see from this picture, Broad Street is anything but.

Caption For Horstead, The Mill 1902

Coltishall is the gateway to the Broads, set on a low hill above the winding Bure.

Caption For Long Sutton, Market Place C1950

Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton.

Caption For Chesham, Stanley Avenue 1906

Broadly speaking, the valley along Broad Street and Berkhamstead Road was for artisans and the working classes, the areas to east and west were middle class.

Caption For Acle, Oby Drainage Windmill C1929

Though the Broads are wild and empty places of sweeping skies and wind-blown marshes, the traveller by boat is never far from history.

Caption For The Broads, "Silver Swallow" C1932

The Broads The 'Silver Swallow'

Caption For Barton Turf, The River 1902

Thomas Wright was a well-known boat builder, and so were Allen's, who considered their designs to be the quickest on the Broads.

Caption For Long Sutton, Market Place C1950

Moving east along B-roads zig-zagging through the Fens, we reach Long Sutton.

Caption For Wroxham, The Broads 1902

This broad is almost a mile long, and at this part of it the dinghy passengers and the cattle are enjoying a quiet moment.

Caption For Cannock, The Square 1960

Trees shade the broad square.

Caption For Acle, The River And River Walk C1929

Holidays on the Broads were already big business when this photograph of cruisers was taken of the moorings near Acle.

Caption For Hinckley, Borough C1965

This broad street, with ample space for parking, displays contrasting architectural styles: the small 19th-century shops face mid 20th-century designs.

Caption For North Berwick, From The East 1897

Here we see the broad sweep of the sandy bay to the west of the harbour area on a quiet day.