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The timbered building beyond is a branch of the National Westminster Bank, and the properties beyond that have all been demolished in the interests of building mundane blocks of shops.

The bombed corner on the right is now occupied by an office block, with Waterstone's bookshop on the ground floor.

the then new block of shops included a Fine Fare supermarket, once a prominent chain locally.

Begun in 1618 for Sir Thomas Holte, Aston was not completed until 1635.This picture shows the east front; it comprises a main block of seven bays topped by a clock tower and two-stage cupola, and

The butcher's shop is interesting in that it is open on two sides; the butcher either cuts his meat in the street, or he has brought the block out to swill it down.

The hairpin railings were replaced after World War II by concrete block walls, but fortunately lower versions of the railings have recently replaced the ungainly blockwork.

This is a mid 18th-century symmetrical brick building of quality, two and a half storeys high and five bays wide.

Since 1907 the porch windows have been blocked.

There is a blocked arch under the window, where a chapel has been demolished.

There was once a healing well somewhere in the forest which, legend has it, was blocked up during an invasion by Vikings.

Walter Vavasour built the block of buildings forming the Walk in the early 1800s, partly on the site of the yard of Eagle Inn.

This steep-roofed brick building with rather a Gothic flavour, designed by G E Street, replaced a block of fives courts.

The Wessex motors garage, whose signs are displayed on the facing wall, has gone, and has been replaced by an office block.

The Parade is Nork's local shopping centre, a left turn off Fir Tree Road; Eastgate on the left, out of camera shot, has large three-storey blocks of 1930s flats.

This famous vista, taken from Bankside, shows the glorious dome of St Paul’s rising over the roofs of London.The river is edged not with the anonymous and monumental office blocks we see today but

With the exception of one of the pavilions (which was to enjoy a second lease of life as a clubhouse for a golf club) and the stable block, the building was demolished c1930.

This famous vista, taken from Bankside, shows the glorious dome of St Paul's rising over the roofs of London.The river is edged not with the anonymous and monumental office blocks we see today but

The Heath itself is much reduced, but in places you can still find the early spacious villas where they have not been swept away for blocks of flats.

The central block held art rooms and other communal areas, but great effort was made to keep the sexes separate.

The block at the corner is one of the latest boarding houses, and has clearly pushed back some older buildings.

Still recognisable today, this view shows on the right the well-known arcade of shops which started life as an island block between Back Row and the present Market Place; note the rabbits hanging outside

Here is a fascinating picture taken from the newly built block of flats, Low Cross Court.

This building, known as the Matthews Block, was named after Miss Marcia Matthews, headmistress from 1923 to 1945.

But the buildings are unaltered, and so are some of the tenants: Woolworth's and Marks & Spencers still occupy the two main wings of this block, as they have since 1966.