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Rather curiously, the High Street turns sharp right at this road junction, and heads down to the beach. The road in the centre distance is the Coast Road to Redcar.

Linking Lower and Higher Bebington, Heath Road also forms one boundary of the Wirral Grammar Schools site.

Tragically the left hand side of the road was demolished in the 1960s and replaced by appaling flat-roofed buildings.

The photographer has gone uphill to look past the shopping parade in all its mock-Tudor timber-framed glory to the crossroads with Reigate Road and Fir Tree Road opposite.

Brittany Road runs inland from Kingsway at the corner shop pictured in photograph No H128002.

The visitor approaching Frinton by road has to pass over a level crossing. Here we see the wide expanse of sandy beach, ideal for family holidays.

These superior chalets are on the sand-dunes above the beach; as estates like this are privately-owned, the roads are usually not made up.

We are looking towards Colne with the road up to the Heath on the left. The thatched cottage on the left was until recently home to the village carpenter and funeral director.

Looking north, this view shows the old Great North Road before the new A1 bypass. Note the bollards in the centre of the road - an early form of traffic calming - which were subsequently removed.

The road at the right leads to the original railway station, whilst the road cutting under the city wall leads to the new station built in the 1870s.

The road is now called the London Road, and most of the cottages in this picture are still there today.

We are looking east along Broadway towards the road junction with King's Road and King's Lane.

Woodland Road is better known today as the A68. In the second half of the 19th century, Darlington was growing fast, attracting industry and business.

Monton Green is also the name of the road in our photograph.

Our last view in this chapter before turning north back to Hailsham shows the Horse and Groom pub at the junction of the High Street and the Eastbourne Road, the A22.

This photograph was taken further down the road and two years earlier than photograph 61439. Buildings clad in white weatherboarding line the road, which is quite steep for horse-drawn transport.

The Victorian villas on the Edge can clearly be seen at the end of the road and across the field, then known as Lifeless Moss.

This road goes to Winchester. To the centre right we can just see the opening of Mortimer Lane, which leads to Bishops Waltham and to Marwell Zoo.

This road comes from Cold Overton, a fine Leicestershire village, on the hill just 2 miles away. As the sign shows, in 100 yards the road joins the busy A606 Melton-Oakham Road.

The road past St Mary's church originally took an indirect course to avoid a marshy area, but in 1801 the marsh was drained and a more direct road was built.

Cobb Road, as we see it today, dates from about 1830. Its narrow predecessor was described as a 'private road' in 1813.

Designed and built by Alfred Kitchen at his foundry near North Road Station, the 'Derwent' entered service with the S&DR in 1843, two years after 'Locomotion' had been retired.

This picture was taken at the junction of London Road and Kingston Road. The coach appears to be a revival of the great days of the coach era when many such 'equipages' used to pass through here.

This picture is taken at the top of old Harnham Road, looking back down towards the bridge.The cottages on the right are still there today, but much else has changed—and not many people would sit