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New Road is one of the main shopping streets of the town. The roads seem empty by today's standards. In the foreground is British Home Stores, and Hepworths is on the extreme left.

Swindon adopted the Public Libraries Act in 1942, and its first public library opened in McIlroy's departmental store in Regent Street the following year.

This was the period when few supermarkets existed and those that did were built in town centres, as most people relied on public transport.

Here we see Trumpington Street, with Corpus Christi College's entrance to New Court (built in 1825 by William Wilkins) on the left. Just beyond is St Botolph's, one of Cambridge's medieval churches.

The entire heart of the town has been moved over the hill to a new site, so that the little that remains of the old High Street is now totally run down.

Here we are at the junction of Cannon Street and the approach to the new London Bridge; the street was opened by King William IV in 1831, and named after him.

Council, the Commission for New Towns, the Civic Trust and the High Street Association promoted a street improvement scheme, and over the years the High Street has been cleaned and restored

Woodhouse's store has recently opened in what was previously Singleton's; the shop received a new frontage and complete refit.

In 1750 the Trust did build two new bridges over the Rivers Hit and Flit, and North Bridge Street and South Bridge Street to run between them.

The railway station at Twickenham was opened in 1848, and the shopping district quickly developed nearby; it was gradually being improved with new shops in the late Victorian and early Edwardian

Its development from a little village straggling up a single high street began in 1870. However, it has an ancient lineage, and the Romans established a major settlement nearby.

This old coaching town on the London to Brighton road had the misfortune to be designated a New Town in 1947. Now swamped by housing estates, the High Street was mainly pedestrianised.

There could be as many as 5,000 new apartment homes in and around the city centre in the very near future.

This was the period when few supermarkets existed and those that did were built in town centres, as most people relied on public transport.

In December 1868, the Queen in Council created a new ecclesiastical parish of Eastleigh; the name with its new spelling had been suggested by Charlotte Yonge, the authoress who lived in nearby Otterboume

By the 1950s, new buildings have begun to overshadow the road. Barker's timber yard occupies the low range of buildings on the right.

The Apex stands in the fork of the junction between the High Street and Church Street, both of which lead down to old landing stages on the Great Ouse. Today, little has changed.

A bustling view along South Street, which was built in 1850 and originally called New Road. It connects the town centre with the railway, and runs south from the Borough towards the River Wey.

When the second station was constructed, new openings had to be made in the walls to give better access, because it was just outside the city walls. Much of the street plan was changed.

Looking North-East to Fleet Street The junction to East Street is on the left, with Catherine Street on the right.

Although a market is still held in the High Street, there are no cattle fairs any more.

In this view of the High Street, looking north, we see a pleasing medley of old and new, the Georgian buildings standing shoulder to shoulder with later Victorian infill.

The photographer is now looking south along Watling Street back to Road Weedon. To the right are the post-war council houses and the filling station in the Globe Hotel car park.

The Bank Street/Great Square corner was rebuilt in the 1930s with a building capped by a stylish cupola (centre, at the end of the street).