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Shopping trends have changed since the early days of the New Town.

The pavements have been removed and the post box in front of the Butter Cross has moved into Little Minster Street, next to the Vickers shop (right) that is now O2.

A tram takes Edwardians to Charlton Kings along a High Street decorated with some lovely examples of shop advertising signs.

Lower House (right) and the former shop date from 1520-50. The late 19th-century shop front is inserted under the jetty. The Branks family ran the shop, which shut in 1992.

Notice the shop in the building on the right – this was known to local children as Dolly's Shop, and it served as an unofficial tuck shop for the local children from the school that was between it

The row of shops is still there, but Mellor's baker's shop (centre) is now a locksmiths; the shops with awnings outside are now a florist's and the offices of the TGWU.

This premises is now a fashion shop. Today, Union Street is pedestrianised and home to many clothes shops and some antique shops. The occasional soldier can still be seen marching down the street.

This was in the days when supermarkets complemented high street shopping. Out of town shopping and subsequently deserted high streets were still some way off in the future.

The buildings remain much as they were earlier; only the shop fronts have changed. Robert Dyas's long narrow shop had frontages on both High Street and Baker Street.

The shelves at the front of the shops and the hooks overhead indicate that these were butchers' shops.

Stylo Shoe Shop, John Collier ('the window to watch'), Richard Shops and Stead & Simpson are among the many varied shops facing the Market.

The 18th-century King's Head Hotel survives, and so do the shops to the right, a 1930s parade, and a few shops beyond the hotel, but there has been much injudicious rebuilding from the 1960s onwards

This view shows the same buildings as C490092 from the other end, showing clearly the Westminster Bank before its amalgamation with the National Provincial to become NatWest.

The old terrace of shops to the left include J N Read & Son, butchers.

Fifteen years earlier, this scene would have looked very different: the houses and shops on the right were still open farmland.

We are a little further north than view C105008; we can see the BP petrol pumps of Overton's Garage with the parade of shops beyond the Crossways.

Named after the 17th-century London pleasure gardens, Ranelagh Street provides an important link between Lime Street and the now pedestrianised shopping centre to the north of Hanover Street.

Mr Pallister's butcher's shop flanks the entry to Bow Street. Next to him is Elizabeth's the outfitter's and then Mr Winter's jeweller's shop.

The variety of shops in Morden was to alter after the underground railway station opened in 1926 and large-scale retail development began.

The corner site (right), with Price's confectionery and newsagent's shop beneath the flats above, has now been developed.

According to a directory of 1899, it then consisted of a post office, a blacksmith, a grocery shop, a bakery-cum-beer shop, and a few farms.

Arthur Hemmens's tiny shop clearly has a minimal space available for display.

Most of the buildings shown here have gone, and there is a large indoor shopping complex and car parking facilities where the clock tower appears.

Here we have a close view of Mr Evans' builder's and ironmonger's shop built on to the old tower, which was constructed in the 14th century.