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Grindleton is a classic case of village development: here ancient roads cross, and ribbon building took place along those roads.

We are on the main road to Sandwich. On the right can be seen the Co-operative Store, and on the left Bicker the newsagents.

Buxted 'new' village - on the main A272 road - was built in the Victorian era close to the railway by Lord Liverpool, who moved the tenants from the old village in Buxted park.

By the 1960s the addition of road markings indicating the one-way traffic system are now visible in the High Street, and road signs are positioned by the market cross.

The war memorial is situated on the junction of Station Road with Hills Road.

The medieval settlement of Crawley, situated half way along the London to Brighton Road, was ideally located to become an 18th-century coaching town.

Note the rather rough surface of the road at Church Crookham. This was not uncommon at that time; although cars were on the increase, many roads were still little more than broad tracks.

This view is taken on Ormesby Road, looking south towards the junction with Ladgate Lane in the distance.

Hiltingbury Road was upgraded from a track and went through to Hursley Road. A shopping parade was built, as we see here.

There was little going on in Betwys-y -Coed until the road was improved for the Irish Mail in 1808.

Washington's village street was formerly an ancient road that ran along the greensand ridge.

The Cross Roads c1955 Kidlington Garden City developed as a dormitory commuter settlement in the 1930s.

The police station (right) on the corner of Malden Road and Burlington Road was opened in 1892.

Some picturesque cottages were destroyed to widen these roads and create the roundabout, which now dominates the view. On the far side of the roundabout is Lickey Road, the main route from Birmingham.

The photographer is looking up Bridgnorth Road towards Wollaston Junction. The High Street branches left at the junction.

This is part of the Tivoli Centre on Coventry Road. Erected in the 1960s, it neatly sums up the building trends of the time.

This view of the then new dual carriageway section of the A367 Radstock road, Wells Way, as it drops down from Odd Down towards the city, seems a curious subject for a photograph, but in those far-off

The old flaming torch sign (left) marks the approach to the village school in Holmfirth Road, Meltham, another Pennine edge town founded on the textile industry.

To the left, Bartley`s is still selling flowers on the corner of Boxall Road.

The White Lion, the white building we can see on the left of the road, stands overlooking the road junction.

A lady pushes a pram towards the shops, while the man beside the Morris Minor (centre left) calls over the road to his wife. The second shop on the left is Lloyds Bank.

The photographer is looking up Bridgnorth Road towards Wollaston Junction. The High Street branches left at the junction.

This is part of the Tivoli Centre on Coventry Road. Erected in the 1960s, it neatly sums up the building trends of the time.

From outside the Squirrel's Head public house, Hare Hall Lane (now Upper Brentwood Road) stretches off towards Hare Street.