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A few miles from the old port of Pwllheli, this small village on the side of the river Erch would seem to offer little to the passer-through; but a few houses, a church and a small shop offering anything

Timothy Whites, the chemist, was a familiar sight in post-war Wales and is a conspicuous business on the Square.

But the cars are getting bigger, and the Vauxhall exudes the post-war General Motors influence - Britain is going to get a lot more American yet!

Behind Ken Pett's green post office van on the left of the picture, you can just see the remains of Norman Burton's shop which burnt down during the early hours of 6 January 1948.

The lady on the left is standing outside Budleigh's post office, as we may even today, for it has so far survived on the same site.

The small, ornate castellated building in the centre of the row of shops used to be Heswall Village Post Office, but that later moved to its present position in the building to its immediate right.

At the top of Shooters Hill there is a sign-post. To the left of the sign-post between the buildings can be seen a lovely view of the harbour and the boats of the Yacht Haven.

The village also had a well-known post-type windmill, which was sited by the main road. The 14th-century Blackboys Inn has been recently restored after fire damage.

Also on Town Street was the Salvation Army, tithe cottages for the local clergy, and, grouped around the old Arcade, the post office, bank, bakers, florists and cobblers.

Finally, on the left is the old Post Office.

Severely modern and uncompromising in its architecture, this grammar school symbolised the progressive educational changes of the post-war period.

Severely modern and uncompromising in its architecture, this grammar school symbolised the progressive educational changes of the post-war period.

Our tour of Aylesbury peters out amid the post-war expansion to accommodate London's overspill.

This interesting picture of the village street and the post office shows the village postman about to mount his bicycle.

are Harry Webber, hairdresser, in the former Oakes Bank of 1885, the International Stores (Frederick Riches was manager), who traded here from 1909 to 1976, and Eccleston's, draper and grocers, now the post

Severely modern and uncompromising in its architecture, this grammar school symbolised the progressive educational changes of the post-war period.

There is no longer a post office next to the ornate and elegant Scala Cinema (second from the right), and the Rhymney General Stores (extreme right) is now a chemist`s.

We are looking eastwards down Main Street from Chideock House (left) and what is now the Old Post Office (right). It was run by Charles Gibbs and his daughter Hilda.

In the distance can be seen a small shopping centre with a post office at the point where Spring Lane branches off from Riverside.

Beyond, the building with the four-shaft 17th-century chimney stack was used as the Post Office until recently and is now a clothing shop.

At the centre, secreted away within an 18th-century brick skin, is a superb late mediaeval hall house, complete with a fine crown post roof and an original window on the rear elevation.

Most of the buildings on the right have since been rebuilt, while on the left all up to the three-storey brick building with the parapet, now the Abbey National, have also gone (and some beyond).

On the left are a fish and chip shop, the post office and a baker's shop.

It was also the post office, William Brinkworth having been appointed postmaster in 1897.