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All Saints' Church in the distance survived bombing and post-war clearance, along with a thatched pub, the quaintly-named Barking Dickey, which later became a greengrocer and then a bank.

A new retail block has been built between the post office and Marks & Spencer, replacing Lesters and the White Swan. Boots has moved from its previous location next to Woolworths.

Forty pairs of horses were maintained at the inn for posting.

The post office stores have moved around the corner and the letter box has gone.

A view of the High Street showing—on the left—the Town Hall of 1900, which housed Barclays Bank and the Post Office downstairs.

An excellent view of the post-WWII town looking across the railway lines into the town. Note the many railway wagons in the yards in the foreground of the picture.

All Saints' Church in the distance survived bombing and post-war clearance, along with a thatched pub, the quaintly-named Barking Dickey, which later became a greengrocer and then a bank.

Bournville Cocoa can be seen advertised in the window of the local post office and stores - a reminder of the days when the village shop was an integral part of the community.

The young man may be delivering post, judging by his bag. He is apparently travelling on two wheels, as he is wearing bicycle clips. His straw boater is in the fashion of the time.

The large building in the background is the Post Office, which was open from seven in the morning till ten at night.

On the right are the old Post Office and the red brick and pedimented agricultural hall of 1882, both now occupied by Anglia Television.

Today it is smaller than in the past and many of the cottages are holiday homes. The Post Office closed in June 1990 because of the decline in trade.

The octagonal chimneys with moulded caps match those we can see on the post office but the frontage of the inn is built in quartz and tufa, giving it a more rugged appearance.

James Powell, the vicar from 1789 to 1844, married Mary Twining of the tea family; the lychgate, visible behind the telephone post, was built in his memory.

The main public entrance to the Post Office is just out of sight around the corner on the right. Staff entered through the central doors.

The ugly Post Office (right) replaced the fine old granite building which was once the town house of the Trevenen family of Bonython Manor.

Resourceful individuals often took advantage of the growing number of visitors to North Wales in the post-war years.

Opposite the post office is the Ship public house.

Two little girls have been pressed into service to add human interest to this picture of the rustically styled post office.

The weatherboarded building on the right has served as the post office for many years, and the white building on the left is the Blue Boar.

Under the Mendips, the Old Post House (by the phone box) and Weare House (to its left), now private houses, and the Lamb Inn (behind the photographer) offered refreshment and accommodation to travellers

The Posting House on the right is a reminder of the earlier age of horse-drawn transport.

Street furniture is changing with the introduction of the ugly concrete street lamp post outside the timber-framed building that was Beach's bookshop.

This is a quiet mid-afternoon picture, deserted save for workmen re-fitting the shopfront to the post office on the left.