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In this view the family businesses of Hargrave's the butcher's (right) and Trott's the greengrocer's next door are still in business, though not for much longer.

Gently winds the lane down between stone banks towards this picturesque fishing village of whitewashed cottages and bright spring flowers.

For many years the river at Barrow has possessed a watery magnetism which has drawn people from the city to its banks on warm summer days, either to enjoy a picnic, or to venture onto the

The Macclesfield road rises in the distance to the bridge over the railway line, with the station and livestock market going down on the left.

The parkland of 18th-century Welton Place sweeps south to the north bank of the Grand Union Canal, in its cutting leading to the east portal of the Braunston Tunnel.

From Bridge Street we head north towards Victoria Square over the Chesterfield Canal, whose bridge parapets are in the foreground.

The car on the left obscures what was the front window of the Daventry Weekly Express office (or The Gusher, as it is affectionately known by the locals).

This is East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (far right), looking eastwards from the north bank of the River Asker.

The advent of the railways in the mid 19th century was to enhance the use of the Thames for pleasure as day-trippers took to the water in punts and sailing boats.

Middleton was granted a market charter on 23 June 1791 and the market remained here until 1939. Surrounded by shops and inns, the Market Place was the hub of the town for many years.

This is East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (far right), looking eastwards from the north bank of the River Asker.

In the immediate post-war era, Luton was a medium sized town - albeit a county borough - about to become very much larger.

This photograph looks eastwards along East Street from the southern pavement, with the Midland Bank opposite (left).

In 1632 the first cattle market was held in Dunraven Place. The Wyndham Arms, a Grade II listed building, used to be an important coaching inn.

This photograph looks eastwards along East Street from the southern pavement, with the Midland Bank opposite (left).

Uppingham School's Memorial Hall and classroom block dominate the street, replacing houses which were demolished in the 1920s.

This evocative late Victorian view with the youths posing beside Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Statue is very much an archive photograph: only the building to the left, a bank, now the

Further downstream and opposite Hampton Court, Molesey Lock is photographed from Riverbank, the busy A3050 along the Surrey bank of the River Thames.

Pitsea Hall Island—to the left of the creek—has a complex history. Originally pasture and arable land, it was taken over by British Explosives Ltd in 1890.

This is one of two mills on the north bank of the Wharfe.

Pitsea Hall Island—to the left of the creek—has a complex history. Originally pasture and arable land, it was taken over by British Explosives Ltd in 1890.

By 1960, the pedestrian crossing over Westgate had been moved to its present position, in the foreground of this view.

If you compare this photograph with the reality of the scene today, it would seem at first glance as if time has stood still here.

The shop extension filled with shoes and boots is now filled with all manner of things for pets. On the other side of the road was a garage, which is now the Job Centre and the Sue Ryder shop.