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Moulton is only a stone's throw from the centre of Northampton; when the town thrived on shoe manufacture, many men and women walked from this village to work in the shoe factories.

Cove's London Hotel (centre left) is now the Moorish Wine Bar, and J H Easterbrook's Boot and Shoe Warehouse (left) is now two separate businesses.

street and noting the names of some of the cottages (Shoemakers and Tanners, for example), one is reminded of another important local industry – leather and the production of boots and shoes

This view of the Rec shows the steam engine hiding the terrace of houses known as Mount Pleasant.

The shop with the clock, at this date called The Shoe People, still sells shoes. The shop front at Fairweather's next door has been extended across the entire width of the building.

The name of the Crispin Inn in Great Longstone recalls one of the village's former specialities, boot and shoe making - St Crispin is the patron saint of that trade.

A view taken from the junction with Grosvenor Road which shows some of the firms in business in the early 1960s.

In the middle is the hanging sign for the Three Horse Shoes, which closed about 1968.

The second shop from the left is T E Clegg's shoe shop; how many fisher families could have afforded shoes?

There was a joke - especially appreciated in a boot and shoe town - that one cycled to save shoe leather.

For centuries Gnosall was a small agricultural village, but in the 19th century many of the villagers also made shoes for the Stafford shoe manufacturers.

For centuries Gnosall was a small agricultural village, but in the 19th century many of the villagers also made shoes for the Stafford shoe manufacturers.

The tall building behind Underwood's shop (now The Corner Shop) is the old Harcourt shoe factory - recently converted into flats and a sound studio.

There was a joke - especially appreciated in a boot and shoe town - that one cycled to save shoe leather.

When we compare this photograph with 54230, we see that since 1906, R & H Law have expanded to occupy all the top four shops on the right, and had become a large furniture and upholstery shop.

Beyond Crispin Hall, most of the houses and shops date from the Clark era, with the occasional much lower earlier cottages interspersed.

Comparing this view of Friar Street to the similar one taken in 1891, shows that the three-gabled building next to the car has had a coat of render stripped away to expose its timbers, while the shop on

On the right, amongst the premises visible are Cash & Co, a shoe shop, Olivers Shoes, Lloyds Bank, and one of Tenby's oldest shops, Medical Hall, established in the 1830s.

In the early 1900s, no village was without its blacksmith's shop.

Timpson's Shoes were a chain store with branches all over Britain. The shoes were made just round the corner in Market Street until the 1930s.

These red brick terraces were built to house the employees of hosiery and shoe manufacturers at the turn of the century.

This view of the Poultry Cross and Silver Street clearly shows a sign over Olivers' shoe shop.The County Hotel is in the background.

This view of the Poultry Cross and Silver Street clearly shows a sign over Olivers' shoe shop.The County Hotel is in the background.

Timpson's Shoes were a chain store with branches all over Britain. The shoes were made just round the corner in Market Street until the 1930s.