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The hotel, together with Brigg's shop, was demolished in 1929 for road widening. The Gardens of Rest now occupy the site. Wm.

This photograph looks north, and shows what became the focal point for the estate, with the branch library to the right on the corner of Corsham Road, and the parade of shops, including Bollom, dry

The three shops on the right, where the barber's pole is, were demolished in the 1970s to make the entrance to Bowen Square.

Sadly, Gilbert's has now been moved, but the connection continues since the shop, with its original 35-paned window, now houses the Rugby Museum.

This view shows the western end of East Street, with a closer look at the Town Hall clock-tower and cupola, and Colmer`s Hill forming the conical eminence in the distance (centre).

This photograph (and D69029) show the impact of 1960s development and the architectural mores that governed the town.

The parade of shops and the Art Deco Odeon cinema (originally the Plaza) on the right were built in 1929.

The shop in the centre of the photo at this time was run by A Francis, to the left was W R Eynon and Sons, General Ironmongers. The Abergwaun Hotel still trades.

A group of young men of fashion are keen to show off their new suits to the photographer outside Burton's store.

Wilkinson's (centre right) is now Marshall's fruit and vegetable shop, and a Chinese takeaway has appeared.

The shops sit cheek by jowl on one side of the street, whilst the other is fringed with pollarded limes and chestnuts.

The dominant building opposite the shops in Queen's Road was the Congregational church, which was built in 1864/65.

The bus in the far distance is approximately where the shopping area finished (as it does today); beyond it is the distant horizon of the surrounding countryside.

Upper George Street in 1950 was a street of estate agents, small speciality shops, insurance companies and the Clarence Arms - one of the town's oldest pubs.

This photograph shows a village opening out onto the low hedges and standard trees of the 1769 enclosure fields, which in their turn overlie the prominent ridge and furrow of an earlier age.

This photograph shows how the traffic used to run diagonally across the Market Place.

In the main street, for example, many of the shop frontages were developed in the last century with little regard to their history.

The ownership of shops and banking establishments may have changed, but the activities of the current incumbents have stayed much the same.

This view shows Cricklade Street, which leads out of the Market Place.

Tommy Dennis's butcher's shop (centre right) was renowned for its ornate topiary and for the life-like bull's head mounted on the board across the building.

Shop signs beyond the Three Cups Hotel include those of a Co-op store, the Tudor Cafe, and the Nook.

Although yet early, the mill by the roadside is already at work, and the forge of the blacksmith's shop at the Reigate Road corner is in full blast.

This lively low-angle shot, virtually from ground level, looks north-eastwards along the Market Place and the northern side of East Street at its western end.

The parish pump is situated out of shot to the right, the Hovis sign and shop has been replaced by a more elaborate chemist's premises, and some cottages have gone, but the Pear Tree Pub continues