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Caption For Newent, Broad Street C1965

Near the dogleg bend in the road is the local branch of the International Stores grocery chain, and also the Red Lion pub with its hanging sign.

Caption For Glasson Dock, Victoria Terrace C1955

The Caribou Hotel overlooks the basin and locks, which connect the Lancaster Branch Canal with the sea.

Caption For Tiverton, On The Canal 1903

Tiverton was actually a branch from the main line.

Caption For Bridport, West Street C1965

Victoria Grove branches off between the trees (right).

Caption For Abinger, Abinger Bottom 1924

The remoteness of this area led to its being chosen as the location for the branch of the Royal Observatory responsible for carrying out magnetic observations.

Caption For Southport, Lord Street 1913

By the beginning of the 20th century the national retail chains were opening branches along what was considered one of the finest streets for shopping in England.

Caption For Crewe, Market Street C1955

Further along, across the road, enlargement of the photograph reveals a branch of Boots – Boots is still on this site today, but in a new shop that was built in the 1960s.

Caption For Redcar, High Street C1960

We are looking back the other way from R16047, with Sparks bakery and restaurant next door to the local branch of W H Smith (left).

Caption For Penn, Spring Hill Corner C1965

Spring Hill Corner is an ancient junction where Springhill Lane branches off the Wolverhampton road towards Lower Penn.

Caption For Hereford, The Old House And High Town C1950

More recently it housed a branch of Lloyds Bank, who gave the building to the city in 1927.

Caption For Studley, Studley College C1960

Her aim was the instruction of women in various branches of agriculture.

Caption For Headingley, The Church, Nave East 1891

Boasting branches in London, Leeds, Harrogate and Sunderland, Taylor's claimed they were 'known everywhere' for providing 'the public with pure drugs'.

Caption For Romford, Victoria Road 1908

On the right is a branch of International Stores who had larger premises in South Street.

Caption For Sutton, Grange Vale 1904

The Epsom Downs railway line was opened in 1865, and branched south from Sutton station to its first stop, which was Belmont.

Caption For Staithes, The Bridge C1885

These are fairly small lines for use by local fishermen; trawlers, however, would tow a line perhaps half a mile or more in length, which with branches could have as many as 15,000 hooks.

Caption For Bramhall, Bramhall Lane South C1965

private school, Bramhall Grammar School, the consulting rooms of two physicians and surgeons, a post office, fishmonger and fruiterers, a confectioner, a grocers, a boot maker and cycle dealer, and a branch

Caption For Penarth, The Roundabout C1940

Originally a mere sub-branch of Cardiff's Bute Street, the growing stature of the town is evidenced by the bank's gaining of both 'full' status (c1886) and Bute Street's erstwhile manager, Mr H W Rice!

Caption For Sheffield, Fargate C1955

The Sheffield branch of Thomas Cook & Son is dwarfed by its neighbour,Woodhouses.

Caption For St Neots, High Street C1960

the north side of the High Street, behind the Mini Traveller stands the Westminster Bank, previously Ellwoods; next door is R & O Hall, newsagents, who later became Buxton`s paper shop and is now a branch

Caption For Minehead, The Parade 1892

The branch railway from Taunton spurred the resort's growth; the station is now the terminus of the West Somerset Railway, closed in 1971 but reopened in 1976 as a preserved line.