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On the extreme left is Botley Post Office, and next to it is a chemists; the former is now a dress shop, and the latter remains a pharmacy.

This photograph was taken about half-way along Market Street; it shows many shop premises, most of which have changed hands several times in the intervening years.

This photograph was taken about half-way along Market Street; it shows many shop premises, most of which have changed hands several times in the intervening years.

As the county and assize town of Kent, as well as its chief agricultural centre, Maidstone is also a busy market and shopping centre, and many of its older buildings are overshadowed by the commercial

Bombs and demolition saw them off: the left side was rebuilt in the 1960s, and the right side was replaced by the dire Mall shopping centre in 1971.

Not so lucky to the right: these Georgian buildings were replaced by the Podium Shopping Centre, a gimmicky 1990s semi-literate 'interpretation' of Georgian architecture - but at least it screens the truly

We are looking westwards along Leys Avenue; we can just see the last of the Georgian-style shops and flats in the distance.

The pleasant sunshine seems to have forced the owner of the shop on the right to lower the blinds. However, the absence of any signboard would suggest that it was unoccupied.

This parade of large shops and houses are just round the corner from the station. The pebbly storm beach gives way to a vast fine sandy beach, covered in this photograph by a high tide.

E J Riley's, once the towering giant of snooker and billiards and based in the town, had a shop on the left. They also made other sports equipment such as golf clubs and bowls.

Beyond, on the corner with Mill Street, is No 26, Weston's, a stationers and newsagents, an earlier building re-fronted in the 19th century with a late Victorian shop-front.

Frisby's and Lorie's are still in business along with Foster's, the gents' outfitters (right), and a shop called The Wattle, a newsagent and tobacconist (left).

The shop has now shut, and its frontage has been replaced to blend in with the rest. Beyond is the gable of a builder's yard, now a dwelling.

This was Wilmslow`s main shopping street after the war, and by 1955 the traffic restrictions had started to appear, with the no-waiting signs at the top of the street.

In the 1920s, the owner of a chain of grocery stores had two carved cats placed on the upper front of his shop - they were supposed to frighten the rats away from the river bank.

The owners of these parked cars must be shopping. The first building on the left was Barclays Bank; today it is still Barclays, but it has had a fresh lick of paint.

There are a variety of shops here, including Denmead Village News and Denmead Post Office within the One-Stop convenience store.

The space in front of the shops is now a car park, and the traffic island has shrunk.

R Sweet's shop is now painted white, and is the Misterton Post Office and Stores, while beyond is The Globe Inn.

Since then it has served as an inn, a grocer's shop, a chemist's, a tea room, a community centre and a royal bailiff's residence. It is the parish office today, and is in need of some restoration.

At the road junction is the Black Lion, rebuilt in 1839, and a grocer's known as Top Shop. The Tudor houses have been subdivided to provide houses for the poorer members of the village.

The shops on the left were originally dwelling houses dating from 1760. Note the wide pavements - an indication of the 'quality' of the area.

The eight-sided Caen stone building was built in 1501 by Bishop Storey, so that the poor displaced from the market area by merchants' shops had somewhere to sell their wares.

The Star Inn is now more of a brasserie than a pub, and the adjacent post office has been replaced by a television and video shop.