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Caption For Bolton, Deansgate 1895

On the left is the imposing bulk of William Deacon's Bank; also along here was the Bank of Bolton, which was later taken over by Barclay's.

Caption For Bolton Le Sands, The Shore C1965

This is the road down to the shore (and Red Bank Farm).

Caption For Kingsbury, Kingsbury Road 1959

This busy shopping street has buildings of human scale of the 1920s and 30s, with a prominent well-designed Midland Bank sign now replaced by the anonymous HSBC of the Eastern Banking Empire.

Caption For Potter Heigham, The River Thurne C1955

This general view of the river near Potter Heigham bridge clearly illustrates the flat and treeless banks of the river.

Caption For Kendal, Looking North 1896

The town of Kendal was founded on the west bank of the River Kent, although the earliest settlement around the castle was on the east bank.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1960

The Midland Bank is prominent on the left, facing the National Westminster and Barclays, which was a few steps from Lloyds' palatial building opposite the Royal Hotel.

Caption For Guisborough, Westgate C1965

The impressive edifice of the Midland Bank, number 12 Westgate, is second from the left.

Caption For Kents Bank, From Kirkhead 1894

The routes across the sands from Hest Bank and Arnside come here to Kents Bank.

Caption For Astwood Bank, The Park C1965

All those families moving into Astwood Bank`s new houses in the 1960s needed facilities, and the community does have a fair range.

Caption For Saffron Walden, Market Place C1950

The Barclays Bank building was designed in an Elizabethan style by William Eden Nesfield in 1874 - at the time it was the Gibson and Son bank.

Caption For Bakewell, The Bridge And River C1955

Here, the excellent footpath on the west bank of the river can be seen.

Caption For Bakewell, The Bridge C1955

This view of the bridge was taken from the west bank, nearest Bakewell.

Caption For West Boldon, Gateshead Terrace C1955

The area between the south bank of the Tyne and the north bank of the Wear was transformed during the 19th century as coal mines opened and communities grew around them.

Caption For Wells, Market Place 1923

The London Joint City and Midland Bank (established 1836), now the HSBC bank, occupies the site of No 1 the Market Place - the original site dates from 1260.

Caption For Naburn, The River C1955

Once the water could hardly be seen for the many barges packing the river from bank to bank, carrying their vast variety of cargo from Hull to York.

Caption For Rochdale, Entrance To Yorkshire Street 1898

Work started on the Oldham Joint Stock Bank (now the HSBC), on the right, in 1892, and it was officially opened on 30 September 1895.

Caption For Kents Bank, From The Sands 1894

New villas sprang up along the front at Kents Bank on the Kent Estuary as the village became popular as a holiday resort.

Caption For Kettering, High Street C1960

The Midland Bank is prominent on the left, facing the National Westminster and Barclays, which was a few steps from Lloyds' palatial building opposite the Royal Hotel.

Caption For Exmouth, The Strand 1906

This earlier view of the Strand shows the Wiltshire & Dorset Bank on the left and the Commercial and Temperance Hotel in the far distance.

Caption For Marnham, The Ferry 1913

This view, from the end of a path leading past the Brownlow Arms to the west bank of the Trent, looks across the tidal river from Nottinghamshire to South Clifton in Lincolnshire.