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This is the main shopping street in Great Yarmouth. The most interesting feature of the town is the Rows, enormous numbers of parallel alleys leading off to the west of King Street.

The Foregate and Foregate Street continue the line of High Street northwards and developed as a suburb many centuries ago.

This street of small distinctive shops and handsome 18th-century terraced buildings is the commercial hub of the town.

This is the main shopping street between the Market Place and New Bridge. On the right is the Black Bull Hotel, noted for its two-storey bow window which projects into the street.

This is the main cross roads in central Epsom, High Street and Waterloo Street, and is gloriously uncluttered in this period view.

Girls, perhaps the shop assistants, crowd in the doorway of the post office, while at least one fisherman is walking up Fore Street.

New Canal commemorates one of the many open waterways which ran through the medieval streets until the 19th century. The largest of the waterways was known as Town Ditch and was filled in 1875.

New Canal commemorates one of the many open waterways which ran through the medieval streets until the 19th century. The largest of the waterways was known as Town Ditch and was filled in 1875.

Note the abundant cigarette advertising in the shops in King Street, and the steam roller at the bottom of the street (centre).

This view shows Marske High Street on a quiet day, with two vehicles from the United Bus Company on their routes between Redcar and Saltburn.

A bustling street scene at the junction of Oxford Street and the Charing Cross Road.We think of advertising as a modern phenomenon.

There was probably a settlement at Enfield when the Roman legions marched along nearby Ermine Street, the important Roman highway that can still be seen adjacent to Enfield's High Street.

Evans gave way to Boots, and Cousins ceased trading some years ago, after relocating to Park Street. St Georges Road is to the left, opposite Obelisk Street.

Bank Street underwent an unexpected transformation in February 1941, when this corner was destroyed by a bomb.

Where the bus mean- ders westward, the dual carriageway of Balkerne Hill removed a number of buildings on each side of the road on its noisy way to the Southway roundabout, cutting Crouch Street

This view of St Peter's Church, which stands at the junction of St Peter's Street and East Street in the city centre, shows just how busy the traffic was then.

The Ilminster by-pass now takes traffic from this street, and little has changed here. The shop and garage on the left are now houses, and new houses stand high on Strawberry Bank beyond.

Today every street in the country seems to have lines, arrows and commands painted all over it.

The vicar of St George's envisaged a need for a hospital, and so in 1866 he set up a hospital in a house on the corner of Cross Street and Albert Street - it became known as St George's Hospital.

Almost every decade saw the construction of a new city landmark: the Methodists' Victoria Hall in Norfolk Street in 1908, Sheffield Newspapers' Kemsley House in High Street in 1916, the City

A central post office had been built in High Street in 1882-85, but in 1907 it was replaced by the present building in Wide Bargate which was soon extended to include the sorting office and the

Looking down Market Street towards St Mary's with the spire of St Martin's just visible beyond.

The ladies of the town used to meet in Main Street at the Loft Café.

Corporation Street was the last major roadway development in the city centre made by the corporation.