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Caption For Plymouth, Cobourg Street C1940

The Guinness clock at the top of Old Town Street was a popular rendezvous.

Caption For Fakenham, Norwich Street C1955

Here we see the main street, with the sign of the Home and Colonial Stores prominent on the left and Universal Suppliers on the right.

Caption For London, Park Lane 1890

Park Lane, once the desolate by-road known as Tiburn Lane, was a refined street of palatial mansions enjoying expansive vistas of the Park.

Caption For London, The Hand In Hand Office 1904

The Hand in Hand Fire Office, a well-known insurance company, was situated at 1 New Bridge Street.

Caption For Wellingborough, Midland Road 1950

Note the handsome facade of the Old King's Arms at the top of the street.

Caption For Cirencester, Cricklade Street C1960

One of the town's main shopping areas, Cricklade Street is also home to the Brewery Arts Centre, which opened in 1979.

Caption For Dobwalls, Village 1906

This labourer would not dare loiter for the camera in the middle of the street today.

Caption For Batheaston, High Street C1960

Down the street stands Batheaston House with its many chimneys: it was originally the home of the Walters family, 18th-century cloth merchants.

Caption For Puriton, Middle Street C1955

Puriton's brick and tile industry has now gone, but Middle Street is much the same today.

Caption For Wellingborough, Zoo Park C1950

Off the west side of Sheep Street, a plaque informs us that the Zoo Park was opened in the grounds of the historic Croyland Abbey in 1943.

Caption For Broadway, High Street C1955

Until the 1990s, Broadway High Street was home to the Gordon Russell furniture factory.

Caption For Market Deeping, High Street C1955

Market Deeping has been fortunate in that it has kept most of its attractive stone buildings, and this street is still much the same today.

Caption For Basildon, Whitmore Way 1961

The early neighbourhoods were characterised by winding streets and plenty of open space.

Caption For Lower Heysham, Main Street C1955

Some of the visitors who enjoyed a stroll through the village streets came from the nearby Morecambe Bay Holiday Camp.

Caption For Trowbridge, Silver Street And Town Hall 1900

In the background the tower of the Town Hall dominates the street.

Caption For Winchcombe, The George Inn C1960

Winchcombe's main street has changed remarkably little in the past four decades.

Caption For London, Oxford Circus C1950

Traffic is so light that the photographer has been able to pause on the crossing and look north up Regent Street.

Caption For Egremont, The Promenade 1912

We are looking along Egremont's Promenade towards New Brighton from Tobin Street.

Caption For Alton, High Street 1897

Lansdowne House, the elegant building on the left, was home to local doctors for about 100 years.

Caption For Camberley, High Street 1901

The bank on the right was Simonds Bank, opposite Princess Street, now called Princess Way.