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On the right, however, all has gone under the 1960s blizzard of redevelopment: the jewellers and the Greyhound Hotel made way for Friars Square shopping centre.

In the closing stages of the war, a V2 nearly hit Commer Karrier's despatch shop in Biscot Road, destroying a house.

The ground floor was again rebuilt in 1873, including the round arched windows, which were retained after its closure in 1996 when it was converted into two shops.

claim is Kent's prettiest village: the tower of its 15th-century flintstone church of St Mary's looks down on this spacious square lined with half-timbered Tudor and Jacobean cottages, houses and shops

The row on the right tells of a not-so-distant past: these are clearly old houses left behind, now forming shops and protected by the essential awning.

This advertises the shop as an agent of Sketchley Dye Works, Hinckley (Leicestershire). The company survives today as cleaners and workwear suppliers.

Above the doorway of the shop on the right is the famous logo of 'His Master's Voice' – the gramophone had become a fashionable gadget in every home.

On the eve of the 60s, the bicycle shop has gone and the car now reigns supreme in the square, which is signed as the A1. Coca Cola and snack bars have arrived too.

A remarkably foreshortened shot, westwards down West Street, with the 1785-built arch (far left) being the north- west corner of the Town Hall.

The hairdresser's (right) with its barber's pole has gone, and so has the Gilbey's Wine sign beyond - that shop is now a modern chemist's.

A poster in the shop window is for the re-opening of the organ and choir gallery in St Andrew's Parish Church.

, but many of the buildings seen in this view, particularly on the left- hand side, have gone, including the 1880s Barclays Bank, which is now a building at the entrance to the 1980s Swan Shopping

This view is taken on the Portsmouth Road, now the A3100, with Church Road, the A286 Midhurst and Chichester road, heading to the left of the painted brick shop on the corner, which is now an Alldays

This is the main shopping area of the town; the architecture matches the period of rapid development after the railway arrived.

The shop was demolished along with the gardens as part of the road widening scheme.

The first shop on the right belonged to Mr Strutt, who sold many things; he also ran a taxi business.

Beyond the stucco three-storey buildings, the twin-gabled building and much around it were demolished in the 1960s to make way for the shopping precinct.

Here we see Back Street (left) and the Square (right), with the flamboyant Victorian double shop fronts of the grocers G H Stephens & Company on the corner (centre).

The Midland Bank is on the left, with Stead & Simpson's shoe shop next door. Wide streets denote a planned town.

The postmaster Mr Charman (standing to the right of the ladies) also ran a newsagent's and gift shop in the High Street.

Here we see a very traditional streetscape, with original shop fronts and a unified feel uncluttered by the traffic of today.

This view, showing the centre of Ewell village, was taken looking north towards the Horse Pond and Spring Corner, and includes several splendid examples of the motor vehicles of the period.

In 1913, the shop on the right sold R White's lemonade, which was manufactured in Walkern.

To the south-east of mediaeval Finchley, the High Road drops down from the North Circular Road between an almost standard series of parade shops built around the turn of the century, and past the Rex Cinema