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This photograph was probably taken on a Saturday afternoon when it was possibly the only time in the working week when couples and/or families could go shopping together.

The row of shops can be more easily seen in this photograph.

On the left, Bridge House has a shop window from a former sweet shop. Across the bridge, Ye Olde River House is dated 1490.

Skoulding's shop (to the left) now has a window across the whole building.

That shop jutting out on the left is now Age of Elegance - as you enter look at the doorstep and you see, in mosaic, 'International Stores'. When this photograph was taken that's what it was.

This was the scene in the central shopping and entertainment centre of Barnsley until the late 1960s; then, in the name of modernisation, the whole area including New Street and Cheapside

This view from the roundabout looks north along Turner's Hill, where the contrast between the modern shopping parade and the smaller old shops can be appreciated.

Parallel with Milford Street and leading to Market Square, this was a major shopping street before the new ring-road turned it into a cul-de-sac.

A pony with a milk churn on a cart (centre) is turning onto Preston Street, by the shop of William Morris, fruiterer.

The ornately decorated Weaver to Wearer shop premises on the right is now a cafe bar; the Queen's Head pub next to it has been replaced by a modern shoe shop.

The shops at Laindon, Vange and Pitsea—the old centres—tended to suffer as new business was drawn into the precinct.

Between the two are the hairdresser's shop of E Phillips and the tailor's shop of William Hewison.

The shops at Laindon, Vange and Pitsea—the old centres—tended to suffer as new business was drawn into the precinct.

Two public houses, the Royal Arms and the Princess Hotel are visible as well as two shoe shops, a jewellers and a butcher's shop.

The picture shows a well-stocked corner shop dealing in general and fancy drapery, and acting also as a Postal Telegraph office. Window displays include net curtaining, boots and shoes and hats.

It is interesting that some things have not changed: the Co- operative Society shop is still in the same building, for instance, on the right with the clock above the shop sign.

This view shows a wide range of shops including a jeweller, an optician, a chemist, a shoe shop, and several cafes and inns.

This captures a time when everyone shopped on his or her local high street, and out-of-town shopping was unheard of.

The village was named after the bridges crossing the River Mole.The picture shows a well-stocked corner shop dealing in general and fancy drapery, and acting also as a Postal Telegraph office.

This view shows a wide range of shops including a jeweller, an optician, a chemist, a shoe shop, and cafes and inns.

It was once said of Kington that 'if you passed through at any time other than on Market Day you would have seen the shops open, and the houses open, and a few persons walking about the

The shop front visible at the top of the High Street is the Chippenham Co-op Society.

A busy parade of shops with distinctive gables line the road at this point. Several prams can be seen outside, and a child rides happily on the pavement on a tricycle.

As the town's popularity as a holiday resort grew, Victorian streets and shops spread back from the sea. Here were grocers, outfitters, tobacconists and souvenir and fancy goods shops.