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The High Street is noted for its Arcade shopping centre, which dates back to 1901 and includes ornamental stained glass.

The King's Head dates back to at least 1726, but it underwent a major reconstruction in the 1880s.

Tree-lined, and with lush green river banks, the River Ribble runs through pretty villages and on to Clitheroe, joining with the River Calder and the River Hodder.

This view looks from the Canch banks towards the modernist library.

Homes backing directly onto the beach have suffered in recent years from flooding. The Carry On film star Hattie Jacques was born here.

The popular General Stores stands on the corner with the District Bank opposite.

Viewing platforms can still be seen on each bank. The first Oxford v Cambridge boat race took place here in 1829.

The gardens behind Bank House, situated in the lower High Street, were given to the town of Stroud in 1930 by Mr Ernest Winterbotham, and were intended as a quiet corner where shop workers could enjoy

In the distance is the bank of the sand dunes.

On the left is the Bank of 1903, with columns between the windows and circular fanlights.

The ornate building on the right, occupied by the Midland Bank at the time this photograph was taken, is still there, but it is now Hamiltons, a pub and wine bar.

It still stands, with the surrounding grounds transformed into a park; the house is now used by numerous clubs and societies. The ivy has been stripped off, and a café is now situated round the back.

In 1949 the market was moved to Red Lion Street, but it is now back on two sides of the Green - Market Place and Church Green East.

St Bartholomew's church dates back to 1240, but even before that there was a church on this high ground. The strong tower appeared in 1450.

It is after World War II, and Britain is getting back into economic gear. The Pier Orchestra under Lionel Johns continues to entertain.

This 1890 bronze statue of General Gordon of Khartoum on camel-back was the work of E Onslow Ford, and commemorates his illustrious career.

The Flower House on the corner became a bank in more recent years, while Wheelers car showroom on the right was demolished in the early 1970s and replaced by offices.

Prices by the mid fifties had doubled on what they had been around 1946: a pound of sirloin cost 4s 2d, 3lb of flour 1s 3d, a dozen eggs would set you back 3s 10d and a pound of butter 2s 6d.

A royd is a northern name for an assart, a practice going back to medieval times when the population of a hamlet cleared land, usually sufficient to make one or two fields, for crops.They would sow

Next to the Trustee Savings Bank is an alley, down which I used to go to school. It led into Obelisk Street. Tolley, the first shop, used to produce their own soft drinks on the premises.

The word 'fold' means an enclosure of land for animals, and 'Chadynge`s fold' may well date back to the Saxon period.

Part of the nave and the chancel at St Mary's has walls dating back to Saxon times, and the walls incorporate many Roman bricks.

A stagecoach service operated on a daily basis from Leeds and back, and wealthy travellers using the Great North Road would stop over and sample the delights of the pump room.

A stagecoach service operated on a daily basis from Leeds and back, and wealthy travellers using the Great North Road would stop over and sample the delights of the pump room.