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In 1949 the shops along Hagley Road were all taken. Booksellers and stationers T W Atkinson even operated a library from which books could be loaned at 2d a time.

Horley is on the old main London to Brighton road before it was diverted around the area of new Gatwick airport. Single and two-horse traps wait by the roadside.

Down past the latticed railway bridge is the new road over the bridge to Middleton. At this time, before the First World War, the town is still very relaxed.

In 1955 the land to the left of the road was part of Chandler's market garden.

This picture postcard village is strung out along the road, with the River Darent running through it and under the 15th-century humpbacked bridge (seen here behind the horse and cart) alongside a ford

At the south end of the High Street the road widens to a pleasant green, formerly a market place.

Coningsby, on the south bank, has lost much of its historic character: in this view of Silver Street the house in front of the mill survives, but not the mill; all to the left has gone, and the road at

Heading towards Boston, we reach Donington on the Grantham to Boston road, an attractive market town, once the centre of a flax and hemp trade with three hemp fairs a year.

A monument to her stands at the junction of Westgate Street and Vinery Road. In the distance is the Thingoe Union workhouse of 1836, which also served Bury after 1884.

There are two mill streams, one known as the Barton River, from which water is provided for the Itchen Navigation Canal, and this branch, which follows the Fair Oak Road with Montague Terrace on the right

Visitors to the town seem to have been made up from two groups: travellers using the Great North Road, who stopped over just long enough to sample the waters in the Pump Room before departing for more

Beyond the Esso petrol logo of Stevenson`s Garage are road signs, pointing into Barrack Street, for Beaminster and Crewkerne.

In the years immediately prior to the Great War, a number of British car manufacturers got round the problem of the poor state of most of the country's roads by offering 'colonial' versions of

Washington is on the main London to Worthing Road at the foot of the Downs.There are fine views of Chanctonbury Ring, a ring of beech trees planted on the site of an Iron Age hill fort 800 feet up

Fortunately for Bunbury's continued tranquillity, the main road totally bypasses it, so that it can be vry pleasant to sit on the bench here on a sunny day.

It is difficult to realise that this was once the main Roman road from London to Godmanchester and on to York.

It is a pity that the pace of modern life makes so many visitors miss Loughor Castle; its present situation alongside the busy A484 road means that unless one is actively hunting for this fine medieval

Looking West towards Commercial Road To the right is the Central Library. The old terrace of shops to the left include J N Read & Son, butchers.

With the aid of the architect T J Winperis, in under a year he had built the Marina and Marina Road, which opened on 5 July 1877.

Boroughbridge probably saw its best days when it was a coaching town for traffic on the Great North Road, and had no less than twenty-two inns.

The main street, Watchhouse Road, may have taken its name from a lookout camp here at the time of the Napoleonic Wars.

Being on the junction of the coast and beach road, it provides a convenient watering-hole for tourists.

Heading towards Boston, we reach Donington on the Grantham to Boston road, an attractive market town, once the centre of a flax and hemp trade with three hemp fairs a year.

The trees on the grass verge are now much bigger, and tend to obscure the view along the road.