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The New Pier (it dated from 1891) runs along the skyline of this view of the seafront, with its former Boundary Archway (separating Burton's town from Hastings) on the right.

Its position on the A444 between Nuneaton and Burton-on-Trent is belied in this rural idyll.

Burtons continues to occupy the building on the right. The building on the left in this picture, however, has been completely replaced.

Today, a chemist now occupies the left-hand side of the nearest building, whilst the chemist in this picture became Burton's in 1938. It is now the Catalogue Shop.

Today, a chemist now occupies the left-hand side of the nearest building, whilst the chemist in this picture became Burton's in 1938. It is now the Catalogue Shop.

Burtons the tailors is now an estate agents and mortgage shop. Gold Street was a one-way street in the 1950s, with traffic beginning to increase as the motor car became more popular.

The Hunmanby road on the left quickly leads to North Burton Hall. This view has changed little in forty years.

This was the B3157 to West Bay and Burton Bradstock. The closest parked car is an Austin 12 (left).

The bust - on a plinth to the left - is of Charles Sweet Willshire (1837-89), who was a liberal politician and municipal representative.

The bust on the plinth in the foreground is of Creighton Hutchinson, a local doctor and benefactor, who died in 1927.

The buses approach Burton's the tailors, built in 1939 on the site of the Britannia ale house. The bus and coach stop reminds us how well Hornchurch was served by public transport.

Bretby Hall, or Bretby Park, which stands in its own 600-acre park near Burton on Trent, is a mock-Gothic, castellated pile built in 1813 by Sir Jeffrey Wyatville; it is now used as a hospital.

Other than Burton, brewing in Staffordshire received a shot in the arm with the opening in 1992 of the Lichfield Brewery, which produces such delights as Resurrection Ale and Xpired.

Burtons has also gone, though the Victorian Grand Hotel on the opposite side of the street remains.

Burton is considered by many to be one of the most picturesque villages in the Wirral, and it is enhanced by the wonderful panorama over the Dee Estuary to the hills of Wales.

Cantors furniture store (right) is now a building society, while part of the Burton clothing store, centre, is now McDonalds.

In a few yards there were many clothes shops here, including Weaver to Wearer, Burtons and Fifty Shilling Tailors Ltd.

The Queen`s Hotel, which later became Burton's (right), stood in Cannon Street.

The cliff line of Dorset breaks to give access to a small cove and the village of Burton Bradstock, with the River Bride gurgling away to the end of Chesil Beach.

The Town Hall was given to Burton by Michael Bass, who also financed the building of St Paul's and St Margaret's churches.

The Hitchin Playhouse has been replaced by Burtons tailors, the first floor of which houses the Lucania Temperance Billiards Hall. I Pirkis & Son, decorators' merchants, have replaced Gatward's.

The Town Hall was given to Burton by Michael Bass, who also financed the building of St Paul's and St Margaret's churches.

The Town Hall was given to Burton by Michael Bass, who also financed the building of St Paul's and St Margaret's churches.

The parish church is dedicated to St Modwen, the founder of a 7th-century Christian settlement at Burton.The first monastic house in the county was founded at Burton, endowed by the Saxon thegn,