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This junction of Newland Street with Gold Street, Silver Street and Montagu Street was sometimes busy enough to have policemen on point duty.

Clothes were still made at home, and Thoday sold patterns, often by Vogue, which could cost as much as 7s 6d, and also the more humble and easier designs selling for 1s 9d.

It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks—quite a bargain!

It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks - quite a bargain!

The New Bear Hotel, left, is now Silver Street House, having been restored by Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust in 1977.

In 1914 the Palladium was offering a picture show every afternoon and George Graves & Co twice nightly.

The Parker's shop window displays advertisements for products as diverse as Brasso and Bluebell metal polishes, Mansion Polish for tiled floors and Silver Shred marmalade, while further

The chimney belongs to the Silver Springs Dye works, established here because of the purity of the water. The works are hidden in a little valley.

The spire was struck by lightning in 1854 and the steeple had to be pulled down, but all was restored and the church extended in 1882.

a silver and gold pendant necklace on the skeleton of a woman at Shenley, along with some small iron shears and a knife beside her.

This view down Silver Street, widened here at the junction with Gold Street in the 1930s, looks towards Dalkieth Place.

HRH Princess Marie Louise opened the park in April 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V - the plaque stating this information is on the side of the cafeteria.

Here and above we see contrasting aspects of one of the town's most important thoroughfares: a quiet residential section overlooked by the comforting bulk of the Town Hall, and the busy shopping

This view shows the great width of the street running north to the Green and the church.

It was purchased by the town from the manor of Shirley in 1228 for ten silver marks—quite a bargain!

The town, now more peaceful since the A303 bypass was completed, is mostly built in the warm golden Ham stone with Georgian and 19th-century frontages.

Three balls, one white, one red and one blue, were paraded around the town. The balls were inscribed 'Wind and Water is Dorking's Glory'.

Its core collection, gathered together by Philpot's sisters at their home in Silver Street, was moved down the hill in stages, but the Philpot Museum did not open to the general public until

Clothes were still made at home, and Thoday sold patterns, often by Vogue, which could cost as much as 7s 6d, and also the more humble and easier designs selling for 1s 9d.

It then moved to Silver Street, and finally came to rest here in 1904. The low brick building, with Ketton stone facings, cost £8,000.

This low tide view from the Outer Breakwater looks northwards to Victoria Pier and the town as the Weymouth paddle- steamer 'Duchess of Devonshire' reverses away from the Cobb.

Fortrose was originally called Chanonry and was made a royal burgh in 1592.

Looking up the High Street from the direction of Silver Street and Oxford Street shows a quiet street scene with little traffic.

HRH Princess Marie Louise opened the park in April 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V - the plaque stating this information is on the side of the cafeteria.