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On the right by the pillar box is a circulating library; across the street is the Lantern Bakery, next door to H Brooks, grocer and Italian warehouseman.

There are almost as many visitors in this High Street as there are in its neighbour Cromer, with every other premises a cafe or public house.

This view of the unpaved main crossroads at the junction of the High Street and Waterloo Road gives a clear impression of the original narrowness of the eastern section of the thoroughfare, with the old

Here we see the busy High Street in the days long before it was pedestrianised. The large building at the end of the road is the impressive Shire Hall, built 1789-1791; it serves as the courthouse.

Popular Sabden attractions are Pendle Antiques Centre in Union Street and Pendle Toy and Train Museum. A favourite walk is down the valley between the rivers Calder and Ribble.

The town, a prosperous agricultural centre, consists mainly of this long street, with its attractive lines of trees, which widens at its west end into a picturesque boulevard with grass verges.

At the bottom end of the High Street is The Vale, a park formally opened in 1937 in fields between the now vanished London and North Western Railway station (demolished in 1960) and the gas works, also

The next building has been demolished, and so has the whole of the right side of the street.

At the top of the High Street stands the old National School, now the Village Hall (centre).

The boundary runs along the A45 and veers left by the Lawn Works to meet the A5, Watling Street.

The cobbled street to the immediate left, just beyond the chemists, is Lycette Road. The cobbles have long since been covered over, but there is still a pharmacy trading from the same premises.

in the 1950s Reginald Hine, the great Hitchin historian, wrote of the town, 'It is lamentable what we have lost during the last 100 years', he was complaining of the desecration of the buildings and streets

It is still possible to sit here and watch the world go by today, although this open area once had buildings lining the street between the Market Hall and the Mitre.

As well as being a holiday resort, Bournemouth was gaining a reputation as a smart shopping town, and by this time department stores were lining the main streets.

The initials of the former can still be seen on the premises of the NatWest in Westgate Street.

This photograph shows the statue of King Edward VII, the eldest son of Queen Victoria, at the corner of Union Street and Union Terrace.

On the junction with Westgate Street is the Theatre Royal, one of only three surviving Regency theatres in the country, built in 1819 by William Wilkins, architect of the National Gallery.

The boy on the swing is Norman Pearson, watched by his mother; Norman still runs a cycle shop in the High Street. Mount Noddy Cottage, nestling in the trees, was demolished in the 1950s.

Plaxtol is a pleasantly-situated hilltop village, with a long main street. There is a lovely group of cottages near the church, which date from the 17th century.

This is the corner of Piccadilly, where it meets the top of Market Street. On the left is one of Lewis's entrances. Pauldens, in the centre, moved here after a fire destroyed their store in 1957.

The cobbles of this street remain, but the shops have become houses. The church spire was demolished in 1947. Not medieval, it was installed in 1827, apparently using a design for another church.

When this picture was taken, Ripley consisted of just one street. The village was extensively remodelled in the 1820s, though parts of the parish church date from the 14th century.

When this picture was taken, Ripley consisted of just one street. The village was extensively remodelled in the 1820s, though parts of the parish church date from the 14th century.

They look like ragged street urchins in their rumpled clothes and battered boots, and were probably bought their penny treats in return for posing for the photographer.