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Children cluster round licking at the cheap ice cream from the hokey pokey stall.They look like ragged street urchins in their rumpled suits and battered boots, and were probably bought their treats

Children cluster round licking at the cheap ice cream from the hokey pokey stall.They look like ragged street urchins in their rumpled suits and battered boots, and were probably bought their treats

These gardens were laid out in 1927 on land donated by Sir Jesse Boot, who had originally planned this site for the new University College.

Potential customers are invited to buy 'Public Benefit Boots' at one shop, and the ubiquitous Singer Sewing Machine at another.

The awning next to the house belongs to the Golden Anchor clothing company, and on the other side we can see Henry Playfair's boot and shoe shop.

Viewed from the corner of the High Street, Boots is on the left hand side, with W H Smith opposite.There is a striking canopy over a former hoist at Stokes Tea and Coffee Warehouse on the left of

Here locals could spend their money on furniture, boots and shoes, children's clothes, and ladies' and gents' outfitting.

Still the principle street for shopping, Briggate's retail outlets included Henry's, Fosters, Paige & Co, and Boots.

To the left of the war memorial is Boots the Chemist, with its old-fashioned shop frontage. It is no longer on this site.

On the left are signs for Frisby's Boot Stores - 'Best for Shoes, Best for All'. The adjacent dentist guarantees 'Absolutely Painless Extractions'.

Above G W Ager's 'Complete Outfitters' is an advertisement for Dunlop boots. The impressive war memorial records the names of the dead of both World Wars of the 20th century.

The Midland Bank occupies the site of Scales' boot and shoe shop and Spencer & Co's grand frontage has fallen victim to an infestation of 'Magnet Ales' signs on behalf of the Wheat Sheaf.

Northampton shod most of Cromwell's army; over the years it acquired status as an important boot and shoe manufacturing centre.

Woolworths and Boots still snuggle side by side on the left of this photograph.

Blinds shade the shop windows of Normans, 'Drapery and Furnishing, Boots and Shoes, Tailoring and Outfitter'.

The distinctive onion dome above the premises of Frisby's Military Boot Stores is still a recognisable feature in Bordon today.

Boot and shoe repairs are undertaken in these premises in one of the back yards in the cramped village of Mousehole. Perhaps it is Mr Jeffery himself who is posing at the steps in the foreground.

The merry-go-round of high street names continues into the sixties: Hepworths is now David Parrish, men's outfitters, while next door Oliver's is now a book shop, although it retains its golden boot outside

This photograph, taken 15 years after B258003 (p20-21), shows the new shop masthead on Boots. The range to the right of the Post Office has been rebuilt as Lipton House.

On the right is Winebloom's Railway Hotel and Robinson's Cash Boot Stores, whilst over on the left is Graham's Adelphi Commercial Hotel.

On the right is Winebloom's Railway Hotel and Robinson's Cash Boot Stores, whilst over on the left is Graham's Adelphi Commercial Hotel.

Adjoining it was a boot maker, and the projecting part was a separate residence.

We can wlak along the High Street today and pick out most of these buildings, even if the delightfully named Public Benefit Boot Company on the right is more.

The Maypole Grocery Store (dried peas 1s 6d), Boots the Chemist and Halfords (everything for your Raleigh bicycle) are the shops overlooking the War Memorial, which by then had had the names added