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Beyond, at the corner of Silver Street, is the old Constitutional Club of 1895, lots of blood red terra cotta, with the Usher Gallery beyond.

Although many of the buildings are today little changed from those shown here, the lack of pavements and tarmac on the street gives it a vastly different appearance.

Many of the cottages lining Quay Street, which leads below North Hill to the harbour, belonged to fishermen who once sailed after herring.

Just distinguishable by its tall chimneys at the top of the street is Harvey's Hospital. Rebuilt in 1841, it was bequeathed to the town's poor by a 17th-century merchant.

From this elevated view point we get the impression of what must have appeared a somewhat green street.

The Royal Oak, now a private house, can be seen at the top of the street.

The Street at Lancing was originally part of the main route through North Lancing, but it became an access road after the creation of the manor ground and a by-pass route in the early 19th century.

On either side of the High Street, some of the former well-stocked shops have become estate agents, marketing the many bungalows and houses that were built for families who came year after year to enjoy

Until the 1990s, Broadway High Street was home to the Gordon Russell furniture factory.

Twenty years later, the scene is much the same, although the street has now been sealed with a tarmacadam surface.

This picture shows its quaint, narrow High Street with the 450-year-old Lord Nelson pub, originally a customs house, on the left. Note the motor cycle and sidecar in the left foreground.

This building stands on the corner of Barrack Street, and is now a private house.

This estate was built after 1951; it was formerly the site of a mixed orchard, whose produce was sold through a greengrocer in Minster High Street.

In common with so many towns on The Wirral, West Kirby is not enslaved to the usual High Street brand names and retains a remarkable measure of independence.

Two helmeted local 'bobbies' stride towards the camera in another view of the Market Place in Chesterfield, looking up the High Street towards the famous Crooked Spire of the parish church of St Mary

The ornamental floral beds that here border St James' Street have now been removed, but buses still use the area as their terminus.

The ornamental floral beds that here border St James' Street have now been removed, but buses still use the area as their terminus.

A local farmworker, dog at his feet and scythe over his shoulder, stands outside the Ship Inn as an early motor car (which looks suspiciously as if it has been superimposed) drives up the Main Street

Daniel George Bingham, a great benefactor to Cirencester, was born in Blackjack Street in 1830.

The memorial cross stands on Lawrence Sheriff Street, and was erected to the memory of those who died in the First World War.

The High Street has a fascinating diversity of provincial architecture dating from the 16th century through to the late 19th century.

Here we are looking west along Hart Street with its interesting shops, inns and tearooms.

This view of a virtually deserted Emgate shows a street of sturdy 18th- and 19th-century houses leading up to the Royal Hotel at the top of the hill.

Here is a view over Colston Avenue to Colston Street, with Colston Hall theatre just hidden behind the General Insurance building (centre right).