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In the picture there are close-studded timber-framed houses on the left, including Sexton's shop. The Hay Wagon Inn is just visible on the right, with a temporary sign.

Typifying the sixties town planning dream here, Broad Walk presents a range of shops away from the hazard and pollution of the motor car.

Three advertisements proclaim Colmans products high on the shop building on the right.

The estate agent's office (right) was subsequently a bank branch and is now a florist's shop, while the post office, outside which stand three self-conscious young girls, has been transformed into a private

Denmead's local shop advertises Saxa salt in the window. The original village, to the north-east, was known as Barn Green.

The White Hart has changed little over the years, but the imposing clock tower, and the shops to its right, have now been replaced by a large modern store.

The most striking building amid the shops is the rough-hewn late Anglo-Saxon tower of St Michael's Church, with its two tiers of paired belfry windows.

In the foreground would have been a collection of dilapidated shops, and a large wooden maltings out of shot to the right.

These shops were built in the 1920s, and look much the same today.

The shops and houses to the right of the church have all gone; now, trees form the boundary. The whole scene is overlooked by the tower and steeple of St Peter and St Paul's church.

Higham Ferrers is undoubtedly the smartest town, architecturally, in the boot and shoe belt that runs east along the River Nene from Wollaston to Thrapston.

The gabled Grant's butcher's shop has been removed to the Kirkgate Museum in York, Singer's has lost its elegant shopfronts and has been texture-coated, and Star Stores opposite was rebuilt in rough replica

Already, The Cross is showing signs of congestion, but for the time being people still feel relaxed enough to linger in groups chatting - The Cross was traditionally a meeting place.

His shop was to be replaced within a year by the Westminster Bank. On the right is Robert Mattingley's clothing and boot warehouse, and the Anchor, kept by Robert Angier.

A new estate of housing also now replaces the post office and shop on the left so that this view is very much altered.

True, the shops may have similar uses, but the Victorians made the most of the spa town by building wide, airy thoroughfares.

The bus station was built to incorporate a parade of shops, seen here beneath the canopy.

The Railway Hotel and two blocks of Tudor-style shops were built, but Howard's vision was scuppered by the Second World War.

Tesco (centre) is now an interior design shop.

Fahy's, on the opposite corner, is now Hector's Sandwich Shop, and the paving slabs have been replaced with a rather attractive combination of red bricks in white flags.

This view along the main street towards the Market Square displays an air of rural pragmatism, with several of the shops displaying their wares for inspection outside.

The growth of the urban one- stop convenience store and filling station unexpectedly reflects a return to the situation found here, where F & F Hawell's shop is located next to the village

Apart from the Baker's Arms on Barkby Road corner and an extended bank, the village's main shopping area is now but a memory.

The butcher's shop on the left advertises 'New Season Lamb: Easter Dainty Dish'.