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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Polesworth has developed on both sides of the River Anker, with the original Saxon settlement on the north bank.

On the left is the Trustee Savings Bank, which had just opened in Daventry with Barbara Green as their first cashier.

The classical-style building on the left is the Midland Bank, claimed by many to be one of the town's finest buildings.

In the grounds of Greyfriars are the Bank Lane arches.

Notice the river boat, or trow, moored to the bank.

The Westminster Bank building (left) still stands, but it is now occupied by a bookmaker's.

The Lancaster Banking Company on the right was a forerunner of the District Bank, which became part of the National Westminster.

In the early 1920s the premises were converted into a restaurant, the Garrick, and then rebuilt to become a branch of the National Provincial Bank and later Lloyds Bank.

In the background, Barclay's Bank stands on a site already occupied by a bank in 1790.

The two impressive buildings to the right now house the Natwest Bank, previously the National Provincial and originally the Northamptonshire Union Bank.

The classical-style building on the left is the Midland Bank, claimed by many to be one of the town’s finest build- ings.

The photographer is looking back towards the outbuildings and workshops seen from the other direction in view 70542.