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This relatively tranquil view of the Ewell Road looks towards the cross roads and the foot of the High Street from the forecourt of the imposing showroom and garage of Cheam Motors.

We are looking east along Whitby Road, with Vale Road meeting it on the opposite side. The wall and trees on the left have now gone, and the Sportsman's pub now stands here.

South-eat of Chesham town centre the road runs alongside the River Chess in its flat-bottomed valley.

Given the Earl of Scarbrough's family name, Lumley Road is a straight road with the old High Street winding along south of it, diverging to the left of the trees to meet again at Lumley Square in front

To the south, across the Sleaford to Skegness Road, an alley leads to Lord Cromwell's College just beyond the road frontage buildings; it is another 15th-century brick building, known as the Old College

The man walking across the road appears oblivious to the oncoming cyclist, and our cameraman is no better: he stood in the middle of the road to get this shot.

London Road is not the main road to London any more. Here a few Victorian houses survive, mostly rendered, some with verandahs. Further north is a small oak forest.

A little further along Hospital Road the Chesterfield Canal passes under the road; the bridge was rebuilt some thirty years ago.

In the 1780s the roads through Cark were minor tracks, and stepping stones were used to cross the beck. There are a number of bridges serving mill-workers' houses.

Fronting London Road, it faces the entrance to St Mary's Road where the Technical College was to be built in 1955.

Ashby Road becomes the High Street at the crossroads (centre); to the left is Packington Hill, and to the right Broadhill Road.

The road to Harlow was a turnpike costing 1s for a coach and horses, and 1d for a horse.

Stand across the road, roughly in the spot where this picture was taken, and you will see that little has changed, apart from a few more trees, some road signs and plenty of traffic.

This view looks along the London Road to The Square, with Hinwick Road to the left. The Nags Head dominates with its 1880s gabled bay and oriel windows.

Northleach was once one of the most prosperous wool towns of the Cotswolds in the 15th century, and an important cross-roads of the Fosse Way and the London-Cheltenham roads.

The roundabout was removed in 1979 to make way for a new road junction.

This view was taken standing against the old Butter Cross looking down the St Ives road.

The Wesleyan Chapel, erected in 1870, was demolished when a new Methodist church was built further along the road in 1936.

We are looking in the same direction, only this time the view is taken from lower down the road, and shows the fine villas very much associated with the town.

Ashby Road becomes the High Street at the crossroads (centre); to the left is Packington Hill, and to the right Broadhill Road.

On the other side of the road, at the junction to Station Road, a farmer`s trap waits for the Swan public house to open.

Before the opening of the Churchill Road in the 1960s the main route from Wisbech to Outwell was through the Market Place onto Church Terrace, then along West Street or Norfolk Street before joining the

We go along the Frimley Green Road, and arrive at Frimley Green, with Wharf Road to the left of the picture. The shop and the house next door have been replaced by a modern parade of shops.

At this major junction of Cheam Road, Carshalton Road and the steep High Street, the splendid and ornate sign of the Cock Hotel with the Courage Brewery rooster mounted above sits in the centre.