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Here we see The Blue Boar with its fine Tuscan porch (left), and opposite, The Retreat (now the post office).

This is another view westwards from opposite the Bull Hotel, with a sighting of Boy Scouts in hats (beside the lamp-post) and a pavement placard for Devonshire Cream Teas.

In front of Broadgate's post-war development is a statue of Lady Godiva, still notorious for nudity after 1,000 years.

The Picture Post placard outside a newsagent's (right) reads: 'The man behind the cancer treatment'. Cars and fashions bespeak the 1950s.

There were few post boxes so John used to blow a whistle as a signal for villagers to bring their mail.

The King's Arms (left) is a fine example of a coaching inn and former posting house. Stables to the rear were reached through the archway leading from the town square.

The post office, run by Robert Farrant, is on the left next to Strickland Cottage (is there a link with the author Agnes Strickland of Reydon?).

The Star Inn is now more of a brasserie than a pub, and the adjacent post office has been replaced by a television and video shop.

From left to right we see the Duke of Wellington Inn, Green Oak Farm, and the post office, extended forward in 1966.

The post office (the white building) is still open for business.

The church is now flanked by different buildings: Rubie's on the left made way in 1928 for the rather good stone-clad neo-Georgian Post Office with its circular porch.

By 1955, one cottage was the post office, with a separate telephone kiosk outside.

Blundells at No 135 advertises post-war Utility furniture, and Belisha beacons have joined the street furniture to identify pedestrian crossings.

The post office is four doors down on the left. It still has a date stone of 1901 beneath the roof. The first car on the right is a 1956 Ford E83W Utility.

There are a variety of shops here, including Denmead Village News and Denmead Post Office within the One-Stop convenience store.

Post offices had long opening hours. Delivery boys gather outside the main doors, carrying parcels to and from the city's shops and businesses.

Nowadays, we have been sucked in to thinking that convenience shopping is something wonderful, village shops, post offices, and even pubs are in decline.

In the centre of town, Baxtergate contained the post office, The Angel Hotel (telephone number Whitby 57) and St John's Church, as well as many shops.

In the centre of town, Baxtergate contained the post office, The Angel Hotel (telephone number Whitby 57) and St John's Church, as well as many shops.

During one year there would be other changes; a zebra crossing was later removed, and the older lamp posts with wrought iron branches would be discarded in favour of tall concrete poles.

Opposite is C P Smith's post office stores.

On the extreme left is Botley Post Office, and next to it is a chemists; the former is now a dress shop, and the latter remains a pharmacy.

Outside the stables of the Shelley Arms Hotel, a large 18th century coaching inn, produce stalls display items for sale.A car speeds past—the event was recorded on slow film, so the image is blurred

The north winds have taken their toll and bent the lamp-posts which illuminate this slope during the evening.