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We are taking a detour out of Buckden to the Offords; the Offord & Buckden Anglers Club now have a car park and hut here.

The Royal Bazaar was opened by Frederick Collins in the 1880s as the Royal Bazaar and Fancy Repository.

The white house in the distance has had several names - Rose Cottage, Rose Bank and now (2004) The Old House.

This is Loves Lane leading off the Main Street and heading for Horn Mill.

Beyond Martin's Bank and the shops is the Black Bull Inn, which carries a date stone of 1855.

Laygate Lane is one of a number of sturdy Victorian terraces in South Shields; many of them were built speculatively by developers as the town expanded thanks to the coal and alkali industries.

The bank at the left has become the District Bank, and the building also houses the Inland Revenue.

On the right of the picture is Barclays Bank, and next to it is the National Provincial Bank, now defunct.

The Hepworths shop in photograph No 25657 was taken over by a local bank and given a splendidly bulbous and fruity Flemish-style ground floor soon after 1890.

The popular Complete Angler Hotel lies on the Berkshire bank and looks out across the Thames to Marlow.

The view down the street in 1950 is not greatly different from 50 years before, although a car has replaced the pony and trap.

On the right is the splendid facade of the old Northamptonshire Union Bank, which became the National Provincial Bank and today is Nat West.

Boots Corner was a well-known landmark; the buildings demolished in 1975 included Boots, the Yorkshire Bank and Whitby Fish Sales.

Petersfield is a true market town, for markets are still held here on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The Hepworths shop in photograph No 25657 was taken over by a local bank and given a splendidly bulbous and fruity Flemish-style ground floor soon after 1890.

There are roads along each bank and houses face the river, giving it a slightly Dutch feel.

Opposite, two three-storey Georgian town houses (now the Job Centre and the Conservative Club) belonged 200 years ago to the Fryer family, founders of the Wilts and Dorset Bank and suppliers to the

By the time of this photograph, the river was being used more and more for pleasure: streamlined boats are moored by the bank, and a canoe with its lone occupant is heading towards Lendal Bridge

Swain Street runs south from the harbour; it is narrow and mixed architecturally, as can be seen in this Edwardian view.

By 1440 the town was trading in dairy produce, wine, fish, garlic, silk, iron, coal, copper and lead.

By the time of this photograph, the river was being used more and more for pleasure: streamlined boats are moored by the bank, and a canoe with its lone occupant is heading towards Lendal Bridge.

There are roads along each bank and houses face the river, giving it a slightly Dutch feel.

This view shows how much more traffic there was by the 1960s, and a 'No Entry' sign to King Street.

The popular Complete Angler Hotel lies on the Berkshire bank and looks out across the Thames to Marlow.