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Freed of livestock, the Saturday market became a more congenial place; it was thriving and prosperous, despite competition from a new Monday market introduced in 1883.

THE YEARS of decline that had marked the first part of the 1990s were decisively reversed during the last years of the old century and the early years of the new millennium.

The wide arched entrance to The New Inn is a reminder that Lechlade was once an important coaching town.

Turning left into Park Street, we turn right into Southwell Park Road. The road on the left is Southern Road.

It is claimed that Stockton has the widest High Street in England - a good example of early town planning!

This view of Welton, looking back up the main street, has changed dramatically in recent years.

Off West Street, behind Sparnham House, was the site of one of Ashburton's two umber mines - the only ones in the country.

Potter Street Junior School and the infant school were on the same campus, and were typical of the many schools that had to be provided quickly for the very large percentage of school-age children in Harlow

We can see the signboard for the new Fountain public house on the left beside the street lamp, but the pub is set back out of sight. The major roundabout is visible at the end of the road.

Amid displaced stairs and other paraphernalia, Samuel Govier (1855-1934) shoes a horse at the forge in Broad Street, where in 1895 he had been immortalised by the American artist James

Horley is on the old main London to Brighton road before it was diverted around the area of new Gatwick airport. Single and two-horse traps wait by the roadside.

In this photograph, taken a few years after 56473 (pages 30-31), horse carriages still await their fares in the centre of Brook Street.

Built around its fine market place, it found new life in the 19th century when it joined Northamptonshire's boot and shoe industry with several factories and terraces of hard red Midland brick houses.

This was built in 1901 at the junction of Newton Road, King Street and Cornard Road. The police establishment comprised an inspector, a sergeant, and four constables.

The street lighting has been upgraded, though the gradient of the road still forced the cyclist to dismount to push his bike.

Turning right at the top of the High Street into London Road, and taking the first road to the left, we find ourselves in King's Ride, which would take us onto Barossa Common.

Ten years has made a tremendous difference in the appearance of both street and market day. The stalls are more tidy and professional in the goods on display.

The High Street was laid out in 1826 as New Road, but development off the hill was slow.

In April 1936, the owners of the Half Moon Hotel purchased the neighbouring premises of Dingley's, drapers, outfitters, milliners and hosiers, and soon the new building had been redesigned

The school was originally on Bridge Street. It moved here to these new buildings on Derby Road (now called Back Lane) in 1859, having outgrown the original premises.

This view of the High Street shows many buildings that have either since disap- peared or have been radi- cally reworked.

Further down Northgate Street is The New Inn, still in business today and one of the best-preserved medieval galleried inns in the country.

Skirts and hair were shorter than ever before in the new decade! A two hour horse-drawn carriage ride for four people cost two shillings (10p).

The urns have been removed from the parapet, and a new doorway inserted since 1898. Everard's Commercial Hotel is to the left, and in the distance is the earlier Corn Exchange of 1836.