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Despite its name, this is the main road into Ellesmere from the west, in other words from Wales.

With a half-hipped timbered frame, visible at the gable end, and attic windows plus roadside flowers, early 16th- century Anthorn Cottage continues to give character to Blandford Road in

Thames Side Road is on the right with a mobile home park beyond, while on the left in the distance is now the blue steel bridge that carries the M3 over the river.

Above the trees and below the houses in the centre, the busy Heads of the Valleys road passes very close to the canal.

The Rochdale Canal was built as a cheaper alternative to turnpike roads for Rochdale`s woollen trade.

Here we see Brynmawr, the highest town in South Wales, from the old Blaenavon Road; this is one part of Brynmawr which has not changed at all.

Looking up Trafford Road, one can see the large villas on the Edge, above the village that serviced their needs.

A boy is sitting between the shafts of a handcart in the middle of the road. At this time the main business activity in Flookburgh was fishing on Morecambe Bay.

This is a steep site, and the road along the front of Draycott Terrace is supported by a substantial stone wall. The terraced cottages in Primrose Valley below are still intact.

This is how the church is seen by motorists coming from St Austell, before the road passes below the solid churchyard wall on the right.

Now part of a strictly controlled conservation area, this group of shops on the corner of Green Lane and Norton Road blend into the environment.

Mence Smith (on the left), still catered for the home handyman before the DIY superstores arrived, while the radio shop also sold bicycles - perhaps to some of the cyclists emerging from Commercial Road

As early as 1841 the church laid out 24 allotments for churchgoers, off London Road.

It is built on a spit of land to the south side of the Teign estuary, and can be reached by only one road. It is immensely popular with visitors, and on a Sunday lunchtime it is very crowded.

This view shows the junction of the two roads, where The Vernon Arms has been offering refreshment to travellers for many years.

Old barns and farmsteads were scattered along this road, but by the 1960s had become houses. Here we see the Wyre Garage and general stores.

Before the promenade defences were completed in 1905, Blackpool's sea-front hotels were literally that, with only a narrow road separating them from the waves that crashed onto the beach.

Car ownership is no longer confined to the rich, and the mass-produced, 'sit-up-and-beg' vehicles were now a common sight on the road. A

Cars in the market place, road signs to direct the traffic and the addition of electric street lighting are just a few of the changes.

The views are remarkably evocative of a past era of the town, as the road has, with one notable exception, been entirely redeveloped.

View 49180 looks west from the junction with Langley Park Road along Christchurch Park, with the well-known copper beech trees newly planted in the verges.

The Hatfield Hotel (centre right) looks very modern for 1950, and contrasts with the Victorian buildings on Parade Road South. In the foreground is a Victorian sprung cart in the shape of a lifeboat.

The building at right angles to the road (centre) is the medieval Guildhall.

This fascinating photograph shows Leigh Road at its junction with Market Street. This corner of Eastleigh has changed significantly.