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Ahead is the entrance to Surrey Street by a corner building - it still survives. There are two motor bikes with side cars in the picture, which would not have been unusual at this time.

Straight ahead, W B Mew Langton & Co Ltd are receiving a delivery. A Mini is parked outside the Red Lion pub on the right. Does it belong to the barmaid?

The major addition in this picture is the Liberal Club (with the obvious turret, straight ahead), opened in 1897 by Herbert Asquith, who became Prime Minister in 1908.

The buildings on the left have given way to the Whitgift Shopping Centre, which was named after the Archbishop who had the hospital built at the junction ahead.

The Methodist chapel is on the left, whilst ahead is a railway bridge. The station is to the right, on the old London and South Western Railway line from Waterloo to Exeter.

Ahead is Hungerford Bridge, which carries the railway into Charing Cross on the left. Rising above the bridge is Shell-Mex Houe in the Strand, which was built in the early 1930s.

Ahead is the glass-roofed approach to the castle from the castle's own landing stage by the twin towers.

The car is parked outside the Tudor Snack Bar (ahead, left of centre). Tudor Square is now pedestrianised, and buses stop on the main road.

On the left is the rear of the Swan Inn; a car park has replaced the buildings ahead.

We can see the back of a road sign proclaiming 'Halt: major road ahead' standing by a number of pedestrians on the right. Further along the street is an Odeon cinema.

The Methodist chapel is on the left, whilst ahead is a railway bridge. The station is to the right, on the old London and South Western Railway line from Waterloo to Exeter.

Ahead, with a classical Georgian front, is the Rutland Arms of 1815. The mock timber-framed Chestnuts now has a shop front at ground level. The butcher's beyond has been rebuilt as a bank.

Ahead is the Swan Inn, then run by A E Todd, now Sampson's Diner. To the right is H W Short's printing and stationery establishment.

Will's punishment was to be added to the press gang quota.

Looking uphill with the castle hidden in the trees ahead. The post office with shop is the former school house (1858). The village school was on the right through the little gate.

This nutrient-rich harvest would provide winter fodder for these hard-working draught animals and others in the months ahead.

Ahead, below the church, is Bloomfield's engineering works – Bloomfield's were agents for Massey Harris machinery. To the left was Victor Last's blacksmith's shop.

Ahead is one of the buses which took over from the trams in 1951, although the tram tracks remained for some time.

Stearn Brothers (straight ahead) had been a chemist's since the 1820s. It was owned by Stearn's from 1914 to 1922, but the name was retained until its closure in 1992.

has been pedestrianised with trees, imitation gas globe lights and CCTV, with Starbucks occupying the old Lloyds Bank building (extreme right) and an opticians shop in lieu of E J Gibbs on the corner ahead

The Frith cameraman had only a few ducks for company when he took this picture in 1897, one of a series for possible use within the Frith postcard range.

When this similar view was taken 27 years after No 53495, the Promenade had taken on a more seafront appearance. The paved terrace has since gone as part of the more recent flood prevention scheme.

This photograph shows the centre of the busy High Street, with the road to Bexley and London ahead and the turning to Crayford visible on the right.

Ahead is Moyses Hall, one of the oldest domestic buildings in England, built c1180. Market days in Bury are Wednesday and Saturday.