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In this view of the road near the church, the quiet nature of the road is clearly visible, recalling a typical village scene before the car began to strangle the English village.

Almost sixty years after photograph 42025 was taken, Frith's photographers returned to take a further view down Chertsey Road.

It wound its way along the narrow roads to the main road, on the horizon, and from thence to Cardigan.

It sits majestically aside the Barry to Cardiff road, facing Barry. The pressure of road traffic has necessitated a roundabout, although only one Wolseley car can be seen.

Fronting London Road, it faces the entrance to St Mary's Road where the Technical College was to be built in 1955.

On the left, where the road sweeps round the corner, is the toll house for Lendal Bridge, built in 1863; it is now used as a teashop. The tram lines are plainly visible.

Otford is on the main Sevenoaks to Dartford road, alongside the River?Darent; it has become something of a commuter village today.

On the opposite side of the road from the parade of shops is the Ilford works, built to develop everyone`s holiday film, and with a wartime history of processing the films brought back

On the corner of Gainsborough Road Mr Chapman stands outside his shop (right), with an advertisement for Frederick Tibbenham, a cabinetmaker at No 19, beyond him.

Park Road eventually became Park Street, and is now fully developed through to its link with the modern relief roads to the south of Luton.

Originally, the road crossed a bridge to its left, but since 1832 the present superb suspension bridge has taken the road to the right, allowing the hotel to steadily expand towards the western

The splendour of the Conservative Club building dominates the 'town' end of Castle Street, although the narrowness of the roadway belies its importance as the main road leading to London.

Road improvements have left it just off the main road today.

The notice below the road direction sign in front of the building reads: 'Radcot Road impassable to Queen Mary type vehicles'. Neither of the signs is there today.

Standing opposite the start of the churchyard, Frith's photographer looks back along the High Street to the Vicarage Road junction and the A319 main Bagshot to Chertsey road.

This view of the cross-roads in the centre of the town shows how free from congestion the roads were at the time of this photograph, before the days of universal car ownership.

We are looking west over the village pond into Manor Road; the house on the left is The Beeches.

The bakery of Mr Christmas stands at the junction of Kennel Lane and Church Road, to the right. The shop on the right is that of Boyce the fishmongers.

Hocombe Road is the northern boundary of Hiltingbury, and indeed of the borough. It is also the boundary of Cranbury Park, the Chamberlayne family estate.

Alighting at the railway station, it was now possible to travel comfortably by carriage down Beach Road, admire the Esplanade, and return up Cliff Hill back to your train via Marine Parade and Plymouth

Here we see it from Wallasey Road looking up what has always been known as Liscard Village, even though it is a road.

The signpost pictured here reminds us that Little Sutton straddles the main road linking Chester with Birkenhead.

We are looking out over Grange to Morecambe Bay from Charney Well Road, which rises steeply above the town. Now, houses occupy the slope in front of the camera.

The iron fence and bushes in the foreground at the junction with Meathop Road have now gone, and the old street lamp at its end has been replaced by a modern one by the side of the road