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Next-door, the International Tea Company`s Stores Limited has re-branded itself as the International Stores, and would remain a major grocery chain until the coming of purpose-built supermarkets

This building at Hazelwood was brand-new when the photograph was taken.

The railway is the only rack railway in Britain, and runs for just over four-and-a-half miles from Llanberis to Snowdon Summit.

The welter of advertising and shop display signs along the left-hand side of the street bear close examination.

On the left are Timothy Whites and Taylor's, a chemist chain, then the Corn Exchange.

The Grand was almost brand-new, and the Royal was rebuilding.

By 1899 we see that the old two-storey bay window of the Cock Inn has gone, to be replaced by a new shop front installed by Mr Fairburn, who had moved his chemist's and druggist's business

Cove's London Hotel (centre left) is now the Moorish Wine Bar, and J H Easterbrook's Boot and Shoe Warehouse (left) is now two separate businesses.

This photograph shows the Cannon Street end of King William Street, which heads south-east from the Mansion House towards London Bridge.

This photograph shows the Cannon Street end of King William Street, which heads south-east from the Mansion House towards London Bridge.

The centre of Heswall was originally much closer to the shoreline, probably in the area around Village Road and St Peter's Church, but the advent of Telegraph Road - the A540 - has moved the commercial

Then, there were 36 boys, including 8 boarders, and the Headmaster was G J Poole, MA.

The pub on the corner was always a handy place for a quick lunchtime pint, and even in 1965 for a pie.

The centre of Heswall was originally much closer to the shoreline, probably in the area around Village Road and St Peter's Church, but the advent of Telegraph Road - the A540 - has moved the commercial

HM Customs has now relinquished the building, and it has become a wine bar and restaurant.

Padstow is a very ancient port and has long been associated with trading and shipbuilding.

The foundation stone of this building was laid with two gold sovereigns beneath it, not in the north-east corner but at the southern end of the building, in 1889.

Here we are at the junction of Cannon Street and the approach to the new London Bridge; the street was opened by King William IV in 1831, and named after him.

The pavilion has lost its minarets, but it is now equipped with both an indoor snack bar and a self-service buffet.

The pub on the corner was always a handy place for a quick lunchtime pint, and even in 1965 for a pie.

The figures that now look down are Nicholas Langton, a Lord Mayor, a mason holding a model of the bar and a medieval knight.

The pavilion has lost its minarets, but it is now equipped with both an indoor snack bar and a self-service buffet.

The Brown Owl café is now the Sevens bar and restaurant.

In 1884 it annexed the adjoining Victoria Hotel and reopened it as the Victoria Hall, a theatre, cinema and assembly room.