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The town was the first in Ulster to use electric street lighting; this lamp illuminates what was then the T-junction of Main Street and Cross Street. The public house is still in place.

Formerly named `Hill of St Thomas`, or `Hill Street`, it runs from St Thomas` Green to Market Street. Note the `parked` cars to the left and the busy traffic!

A tramcar rattles over the junction of Frederick Street and Princes Street. Edinburgh was well served by its tramway system for 85 years; services came to an end in November 1956.

Moulsham Street has now been cut in two by the building of Parkway. It is a continuation of the High Street, which we see in C73044.

Behind the Morris 8, Church Street turns to the left with Boots 'Cash Chemist' on the corner. Today Potter Street is one-way - the traffic in the photograph is facing in the wrong direction.

This view looks from the top of King Street down towards Cross Street. We can see that the street narrows towards the bottom.

A workman pauses from his digging - most likely connected with the gas street-lamp - while the photographer captures this street scene on the outskirts of Felixstowe.

When Abbot Anselm laid out his grid pattern for the streets of Bury St Edmunds, Churchgate Street was planned as the main thoroughfare, a ceremonial route to St Edmund's shrine.

Although there are shops in higher Buxton, on High Street and the Market Place, the major commercial centre is Spring Gardens in the lower town.

It is a few years after No R87001 (above), and the High Street is still almost deserted - just a couple of cars but no pedestrians, despite the new-fangled zebra crossing.

Looking down the busy, bustling high street to the Albert Memorial clock tower. Horse-drawn trams vie with the carts for the road, whilst the street is busy with shoppers.

Bathchairs were once a common sight on the streets of Southport. They could be hired by the hour from the likes of John White in Shakespeare Street, or from the hydropathic establishments.

Castle Street is Clitheroe's main shopping street. Shops here have been kept by the same families for years, and they still have a reputation for quality and service.

Market Street leads from Old Market Place behind the photographer to Upper Parliament Street, and is terminated by the Theatre Royal's 1865 stuccoed front with its six-columned portico.

The 'gateway' to the High Street at the Exchange Street junction has changed.

It is here that the turnpike rejoins the Roman road called Watling Street.

Of all the buildings, only the house in the distance on the left, No 1 Ermine Street, survives. It reminds us that Buntingford High Street and Royston Road follow the line of the Roman Ermine Street.

This street is now bedecked with flower baskets, but the splendidly cut granite blocks and steps of the houses still survive, as do the cobbles, or 'setts', of the street's surface.

Ladies protect their complexions with parasols whilst viewing Watergate Street from the parapet above the gate. The view up the street has changed little since the gate was built in 1867.

Note that Smith Bradbeers has moved to this corner, from Market Street (see page 25). Note also the roofline, with chimneys and upper rooms above the shops in the centre.

The library was donated by the town's other benefactor, Thomas Blake, in 1873 – it is located towards the bottom of Broad Street. He

Looking north along High Street, the prominent clock on the right catches the eye.

The massed ranks of the staff pose outside the post office, which opened in West Street after occupying several addresses in the High Street and Petworth Road.

This view looks east from the upper windows of the old Town Hall along Church Street.