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They also enjoy a 'mardle', or bargain, and barter for a good deal.

The Marconi works had sprung up in 1912 opposite the goods yard and cattle pens belonging to the railway. Guglielmo Marconi had first established his firm in Chelmsford in 1899.

By the mid 1960s, Dunmow`s electric cables were being put underground: our photo shows what a good thing this was, aesthetically speaking.

Timothy Whites & Taylors was once a familiar shop selling medicines and household goods on many high streets.

It was a popular street for local shoppers, with a large selection of family retailers, though even as long ago as 1925 shops were catering for tourists with beach goods and souvenirs.

Three- and four-storey buildings jostle for position, selling all kinds of goods and services.

The drovers and dogs would drive the sheep into the river, forcing them to swim to the other side and thus get a thoroughly good dipping.

The Post Office Stores provided provisions, small household goods and postal services for the villagers.

only about four hotels in Hornsea, but by the mid 19th century more were built to accommodate the influx of visitors wishing to sea bathe, which was considered to be a cure for minor illnesses and very good

Though famous for its leather goods,Walsall grew up on coal and ironstone mining, iron working, and limestone quarrying.

In 1720 it was described as ‘well built, handsome, and enjoying a good trade’. In this view it looks a ramshackle establishment, with Chinese-style latticed balconies and shabby cellars.

A good time was assured for all. The family tricycle was always a popular attraction.

Shoppers calling into J Coomber the butcher (second on the right) had to rely on their bicycles to transport their goods home.

A good strong 'Maid of Kent' carries her shopping home, right, while the pedestrians, left, look as if they would rather wait for the bus!

In 2001, wild Exmoor ponies were introduced to graze the coarse vegetation, keeping areas of heathland in good condition.

Beyond the apron-clad figure of the proprietor of the Golden Tea House, with its tea caddy sign (left), is The Good Intent at number 33, a pub opened by a Godalming brewer in 1867 which closed fifty years

This Pembrokeshire store sports a veritable Aladdin's cave of goods from whitewash to ice cream, and from newspapers to cake and cigarettes.

Some residents at the far end of town are Devonians, while the rest are 'Dorset Good and True'.

The Ship was described as one of the 'three good inns' of Mundesley in 1845. Among the facilities offered by the hotel were a quoits bed and bowling green.

A weekend or holiday for the many children making good use of the slide and swings in this view.

This stone bridge is in an attractive spot, popular with walkers, as many good footpaths from Great Harwood, Whalley and Read converge here.

A good time was assured for all. The family tricycle was always a popular attraction.

With fewer cars on the road, cycling was a good deal safer.

Goff's Farm is a good example of a 17th- century Wealden farmhouse. The Half Moon is a 16th-century inn.