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There is not a shop to let in sight. Mini cars appear to be flavour of the month with the drivers of Brierley Hill.When introduced in 1959 the Mini was radical in its design.

Aggregates and cladding panels have been used extensively on the tower block; with its associated shopping precinct and multi-storey car park, it overlooks an underpass and a flyover on

The sign against the side of the shop, above the window and entrance, reads 'R.E. Seigh - Grocer and Provision Dealer. Shipping Supplied'.

The Stow was to be the New Town's first major shopping centre. The design is Z-shaped, running from north to south to catch as much sunlight as possible, with a square at each end.

Famous for its many antique shops, which line the broad High Street, Hungerford was given a fishing charter and a brass drinking-horn by John of Gaunt (the Duke of Lancaster), who granted fishing

This notable shopping street leads out of the market place towards the river. The awnings are up so it must be a sweltering summer's day.

Shops and houses, perhaps as many as fifty, were built on it. In 1565 the bridge collapsed. The new structure was rebuilt in stone later in the 16th century.

Taylor's Drug Store signboard is almost as big as the shop premises.

The building closed some years ago, and is now a branch of Ladbrokes, among other shops.

It was possible to place a grocery order at your local Duckworth branch, who would then arrange for one of the Blackpool shops to deliver it to your holiday accommodation in time for your arrival.

Edwards' shop next door is now a dental care business, but the Pickwick's 18th-century shopfront survives.

We get a glimpse of the Crown Hotel (left) and some of the old shops in Middle Row.

Further on, the three-storey brick building has been a draper's shop for some 170 years; its name Commerce House records that this was where Odiham's first bank opened in 1806.

The river Dare runs underneath this main shopping street. The Queen`s Hotel, which later became Burton's (right), stood in Cannon Street.

Not quite so true today, though the High Street remains a lengthy walk of shops.

There were conveniently placed shopping parades at major junctions.

Other shops include Grays Co- op and Stanley Barker's butcher's. The girls' white shoes and socks are typical of the mid 50s.

Then came houses and shops to create today's village on either side of the A322. Two of its close neighbouring communities have the unusual names of Penny Pot and Donkey Town.

What would the fishermen have made of shops such as Dressywear (left)?

The Birkenhead and District Co-operative Society shop on the corner now holds a conservatory showroom.

The Old Quay Inn, to the right, is still trading, and so are the majority of the shops along the front. One change, however, is the demise of the slender spire in the centre of the picture.

The tall building in the left distance was originally the Manse, and became a shop in the 1930s.

The Mayflower Gift Shop survives, but much else has changed.

The shops have definitely changed in recent years; you can now kit yourself from the skin out with lingerie, shoes and high class couture, whilst a One Stop Store provides for more basic needs.