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The shop occupied by Stanley Bros later became an agency for Singer sewing machines.

The rather severe building on the right casts a deep shadow across this wide shopping street. On the left the display of hardware items has spilled out into the road.

Since then most of the shops in the picture - and the RAF base - have gone.

A marvellous set piece, showing East Clandon Post Office. The man posing proudly for the camera outside the shop is Mr Smith himself. A lady is posting a letter, with her dog sitting obediently.

This is one of the major shopping streets of the county town, with the entrance to Pratt's fancy goods store draped with a variety of baskets and bags.

Since the previous picture was taken the Swan has been replace by new shops (1963) and P J May has new premises (1965).

The shops in the centre of Hawkshead are waiting for the tourists to arrive. The grey slate walls of the buildings and cobbled streets are typical of many Lakeland villages.

Both the stationers, Poysers, and the shop of the noted Wisbech footballer, Jesse Pye, now form part of Robert Goddard's clothing outlet.

Away from the boisterous life of the river, Cheyne Walk, with its narrow, balconied houses and modish shops, was a haven of gentility, dedicated to refined if somewhat Bohemian pursuits.

Away from the boisterous life of the river, Cheyne Walk, with its narrow, balconied houses and modish shops, was a haven of gentility, dedicated to refined if somewhat Bohemian pursuits.

The row of shops and houses was built in the late 16th and early 17th centuries on the New Quay, which, as the name suggests, had only just been reclaimed from tidal mud.

Now Mark Mitchell has a new shop nearer to us but the old one is still there, painted white and with the addition of an end gable in the roof.

A traffic-free view of Dale Road shows the Victorian Gothic style of the Old English Hotel (right) to good effect.

In the middle distance is the Exeter Inn, and to the left is P J White's grocer's shop and mini- market - supermarkets were a relatively new concept in the 1960s.

South Road is the main route used for through traffic, which is why we can see a petrol tanker (centre left) going though the shopping area.

The popularity of Frith's postcards was already well established when this photograph was taken, as a sign on the wall above the door shows.

The mix of shops and inns and residential houses in the High Street continues right through Lechlade, which grew up as a medieval market centre.

The block of 41 shops facing Market Square was the first to be built. The butcher's, nearest the camera, is certainly attracting window-shoppers. Just to its left is a cafeteria.

The line was opened in 1887 and had an enormous impact on the village, creating a dramatic increase in house and shop building to accommodate the large numbers of visitors.

Across the Malden road, the parade of shops with flats above date from the mid 1930s.

Awnings protect many of the shop fronts. Ye Olde Oak Hotel on the right still stands, but has changed its use - the cockerel sign remains, however.

The sculpture forms the centrepiece for the shopping centre.

This photograph shows the remarkable range of architectural styles which are represented within this comparatively small shopping area.

Shop and inn make up the heart of this village, built round the edge of an enormous village green. There was a market here from at least 1280.