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The seaside end of the Isle of Purbeck branch railway arrived in Swanage from Wareham in 1885.

'Phildelphus Jeyes' was a local business then, a branch of the chain set up by Philadelphus Jeyes of Northampton - the inventor of the disinfectant, Jeyes Fluid.

The corner shops are now a Nottingham Building Society branch.

Westmill stood near the northern end of the now-closed Buntingford Branch Railway line, and was famous for its almost forgotten Folk Museum.

The Monmouthshire Canal ran from Newport to Pontymoile, with a branch to Crumlin. Allt-yr-yn is the name of the hill in the distance.

Spring Lane, originally called Back Lane, branches off from Riverside and can be seen at the top centre turning back into the main road. This is the centre of the old village.

We may be thankful that the grandiose 1860s Italianate building beyond, once Boots and nowadays a Halifax branch, does survive.

The George Hotel on the right with the porch survives, but the branch railway line to Burnham- on-Sea, its level crossing gates shown closed, has long gone.

Timpson's Shoes were a chain store with branches all over Britain. The shoes were made just round the corner in Market Street until the 1930s.

The site of Goodwood Furnishing (right) was originally occupied by the Rimmer family's fish, game and poultry outlets, and it is now home to a branch of Lloyds TSB Bank in a purpose-built

The lady on the bridge would very likely be going to the shops - she is just about to pass over the second arch of the railway bridge which accommodated the branch line forking off to Midhurst

On the left, next to the Lloyd's Bank branch, is the fashion shop of Renee Shaw, with Fuller's tea shop, Dewhurst's the butcher's, and John's menswear shop further down the hill.

We can also see London House, a draper’s, Branch’s shop, a dairy and a game and poultry shop. A line of very tall telegraph poles are topped with pointed finials.

The Devon is in reality a branch of the Trent, but it played a vital role in Newark's commercial success.

Webbs had branches in ten other towns, so they could safely claim to be 'The Midland Counties Outfitter'. The Old White Horse (right) would become Burton Menswear in 1962.

The latter is a branch of Bonnetts, who were originally founded around 1804.

On the left is Home & Colonial, which by this date had several hundred branches. Their pricing policy was aggressive: signs in the window proclaim '2d in the shilling returned'.

This splendid branch railway ran from Ulverston to Newby Bridge and Lakeside at the foot of Windermere.

Thus began a travel agency which developed branches over a wide area, and continues today.

Victoria Grove branches off between the trees (right). Further down there is a Ford Corsair. Opposite a Ford Anglia is tightly parked (left) between a couple of Morris Minis.

This later became the world famous company ICI which branched out into agrichemicals and pharmaceuticals.

This junction was the tram centre, with branches leading off to Old Town, left to Gorse Hill and right to Rodbourne.

These are fairly small lines for use by local fishermen; trawlers, however, would tow a line perhaps half a mile or more in length, which with branches could have as many as 15,000 hooks.

Staines may have got its name from the stone- paved remains of a branch of the Roman road of Akeman Street, that once ran to the important Roman station of Ad Pontes nearby, or perhaps