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Sad to say, investors were unimpressed, and only the road layout and a hotel block and shops were built.

These two photographs show the market place over a span of ten years.

When this view was taken, Manchester Road was a much more important shopping street than it is today.

Making the deliveries was the first foot on the career rung, followed by serving in the shop.

Two buildings at the far end have been demolished for road widening, and even the White Lion (right), which became a pub in 1558, was taken over in about 1970 and is now an extension to The China Shop.

By 1958 plans were drawn up to allow the building of shops on the garden.

In Forryan Close a framework knitting shop survives.

Two buildings at the far end have been demolished for road widening, and even the White Lion (right), which became a pub in 1558, was taken over in about 1970 and is now an extension to The China Shop.

Today they range from business management services and marketing consultants, antiques shops, and cafes to private homes. On the right is a boatyard.

Owing to a large fire in 1888, the works were rebuilt using the then innovative 'saw tooth' roof design to allow light onto the shop floor.

In the basement of the house on the left of the picture, William Rootes had a bicycle repair shop, the forerunner of the Rootes Motor Group. Central Kent

The second shop on the left of our picture is the offices of the local newspaper, the 'Advertiser & Times'.

The block of buildings incorporating the Hotel Central and Lennards shoe shop (right) all have different occupants.

The street was laid out around 1802, and soon many taverns, hotels, inns and shops were built.

The block of buildings incorporating the Hotel Central and Lennards shoe shop (right) all have different occupants.

By the end of the 14th century these had solidified into a block of shops called Middle Row.

By the end of the 14th century these had solidified into a block of shops called Middle Row.

The 1898 view shows the earlier type of blinds used by the shops to protect their goods: the awning is supported on wooden posts driven into the road surface.

The shops displayed their wares to the elements. The traffic was slower, but the pace was more fervent. The encouragement to buy was the most important thing of the day.

The shops displayed their wares to the elements. The traffic was slower, but the pace was more fervent. The encouragement to buy was the most important thing of the day.

So, they had to build attractive housing within easy walking distance of work, and provide shops and places of worship.

From 1959, the 450-acre site was slowly developed as a pioneer shopping park.

Note the shop frontage for Stephen and Fred Green on the left (now a chartered accountants).

Then comes a fish and chip shop, an Indian take-away and the apparently closed E H Deer, a tobacco and newsagent`s.