Captions

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Caption For Saxilby, High Street C1965

The whole of the shop extension has been removed, the chimney has gone from the house behind the shop, and it has all been redeveloped.

Caption For Whyteleafe, Station Road C1955

Older residents will recall the clothing shop and its predecessor Allan`s furniture shop, as well as the Co-op and Stevenson & Rush.

Caption For Colyton, Market Place 1907

On the far side of the square is A Symons & Co, with three smiling shop assistants posing in the doorway.

Caption For Coulsdon, Brighton Road C1965

The empty shop on the left is now occupied by Doble`s motor cycles.

Caption For Brierley Hill, High Street 1968

There are always fewer shoppers than traders would like, and too many empty shops and charity shops.

Caption For Alderton, The Street C1955

This row contained a general and sweet shop (note the Oxo advertisement in the window), with another general store and a teashop at the far end.

Caption For Frimley Green, Wharf Road 1927

The shop of J Singleton, where you could shop and also acquire a haircut, is no longer a general-purpose shop.

Caption For East Grinstead, London Road C1965

A bustling and lively shopping street but not yet choked with motor traffic.

Caption For Clifford, Village 1897

One of the interesting things when looking at some of these photographs is the number of shops that even the smallest of villages seemed to have.

Caption For Lytham, Clifton Street 1952

The main street and good shopping centre is made more pleasant by the Victorian glass arcade, useful in wet weather.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Main Street C1960

When we compare this photograph with 54230, we see that since 1906, R & H Law have expanded to occupy all the top four shops on the right, and had become a large furniture and upholstery shop.

Caption For York, Coney Street 1909

During the Edwardian era Coney Street was the place for fashionable shopping.

Caption For Frome, Bath Street 1964

It included many shops - a butcher's, a grocer's, a milliner's, a shoe shop and a furniture shop.

Caption For Heswall, The Village C1955

The scene has changed remarkably little over the years, apart from what is sold in the shops.

Caption For Eastleigh, High Street C1960

No 39 High Street was Clemoes, a women's wear shop, now a pizza parlour.

Caption For Wellingborough, Silver Street C1950

Many of the shops you see in this picture have changed hands.

Caption For Great Bircham, The Country Stores C1960

This shop frontage shows the development of the village shop into the mini-supermarket, ultra-modern for its time.

Caption For Buxton, Spring Gardens 1923

With increases in both population and numbers of visitors to the town, provision had to be made for their shopping requirements.

Caption For Leeds, Briggate 1951

A major redevelopment in 1870 brought many new shops and arcades to the thoroughfare.

Caption For Coulsdon, Brighton Road C1955

The card shop and Susan Starr are now occupied by Abbey and Martyn James (butcher`s), whilst Bond & Sherwill and Stead & Simpson maintain the presence of an estate agent and a shoe shop.