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Taken from the corner of Pioneer Avenue and the Rothwell Road (A6), and looking towards the town, the photograph shows the five-storey Co-operative Wholesale Corset Factory on the left and its associated

Boots and International Stores had both been long-term tenants of this corner, but in 1976 Boots moved away, and the Leeds Permanent Building Society, followed by the Halifax, moved in.

As we look north towards Market Square, Hutchinson's tobacconist shop is at the corner of Langton Street.

There was a Cock Inn on the corner then. These shops were built in the 1920s, and look much the same today.

The shop on that corner was one of the most well-known in all Fylde: Richards the ironmonger's stocked everything that a farmer might need, plus a wide range of domestic articles.

This prevented the outside wheel on its solid axle juddering as the tram took the corner. No doubt passengers were grateful for the greaser's efforts.

The building on the corner houses two large shops, a 'high class' grocer's and, next door, a confectioner's. Opposite is the post office, with a pillar box outside.

The tree bending towards the church reflects the wind-swept character of this isolated corner of Norfolk.

Westgate, dating back to the 14th century, provides access to the south-west corner of the old walled town.

'Pooh Corner' is in the High Street and all the 'Enchanted Places' are in the parish. In the picture there are close-studded timber-framed houses on the left, including Sexton's shop.

Opposite on the corner of Bridge Street is the shop run by Len Mylott in the 1950s.

On the left is the corner of the shop, with its penny bubble gum dispenser. The former agency for the County Fire Office is Rous's cycle shop (right).

The Gaiety Theatre dominates the corner where the Aldwych breaks off from the Strand.

There was a Cock Inn on the corner then. These shops were built in the 1920s, and look much the same today.

The four corner towers - of which only two survive to any great height - have walls nine feet thick at the base.

This view is almost identical to R84007 (page 28), but the photographer has stepped back to include Huins on Market Place corner and its neighbours, E A Hodges and Boots the Chemist.

Here, children play with their toy yachts in the dedicated Children's Corner at Ventnor. In the background promenaders walk past a prominent establishment offering hot and cold sea-water baths.

Apart from the Baker's Arms on Barkby Road corner and an extended bank, the village's main shopping area is now but a memory.

However, popular history associates these Tudor cottages on the corner of Eldon Street with Cromwell's visit to Warrington in 1648 whilst pursuing the Scottish army.

A tea-room has opened on the corner of Princess Street to cater for the increase in the population. The shops on the left have now made way for more modern blocks of shops and offices.

Here we see the great castle-like north- east corner tower and, to the right, the Great Hall's oriel bay window and the (now glazed) cupola to vent the hall's former open fire.

This is the corner of the Bowness boating area used by rowing boats for hire, following the onset of mass tourism from the mid19th century.

Looking south past the junction with Queens Road, the houses are little changed, apart from being fitted with ubiquitous plastic windows (apart from No 10 on the corner).

It is hard to believe that this elegant corner of the West End is now smothered with giant neon advertisements.