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The road descends to Carter's Brook with Manor Farm on the left. It is interesting that in 1908 the telephone had already reached this remote spot.

The wooden road bridge had to be replaced in 1926: it was rotting, and traffic was becoming heavier.

This road, Lodge Lane, was then the main A13, linking Southend and London. In the foreground is Albert Winn's confectioner's, with its well-stacked window display.

In 1800, Aberaeron was little more than a farm and inn by the main coast road where a bridge crossed the Aeron.

We are looking west towards the cross-roads in the part of Upton known as The Village.

Changed, but still recognisable, The Star and Garter presides over a major road junction constantly busy with traffic.

The new dual carriageway was built all along this length of road, but fortunately all these buildings survive.

It too has since been replaced by a modern road bridge that opened in 1993.

Beside the main road through the village on the base of the ancient cross is an elaborate war memorial.

New in 1772, the road was built to bypass congested town centres from Star Hill, Rochester to the bottom of Chatham Hill.

Road works are in progress outside.

The Grammar School, on Normanby Road, South Bank was opened in 1955.

1960s the photographer must have risen very early to take this picture; although the cars were not yet controlled by lights, even then there was usually much heavier traffic on the main road

The road on the left curves past the houses of Nansladron, where the fields in the valley floor are now caravan and camping parks.

The area known as Park Road Gardens was purchased by Grange Urban District Council from the Rev James Park in 1926.

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church on Burnley Road, Clayton-le-Moors dated back to 1819, and predated all other Roman Catholic churches in the area.

Single-decker buses wait on opposite sides of the road. Note the straight-backed cars, many still with running boards. The church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.

The pub which gave this important road junction its name has existed since at least 1765, when it was used for court sittings.

This view of the Wokingham Road entrance is nowadays remarkably unchanged, apart from the loss of the lamps atop the gate piers and of the lodge cupola in the distance.

Leaving the villages along the river, we move inland south to Earley, now very much part of Reading. In 1910 Church Road was a country lane still.

Back to the river and downstream of Reading, Sonning Lock itself has been entirely renewed but the cottages remain.

The M25 now skirts the south of this former market town, and link roads have destroyed some of the town's ancient character and streets.

Located on Newport Road's old Infirmary site its £50,000 set-up cost was partially met by the Marquess of Bute.

Green-painted iron gates inscribed `In memory of the fallen` open into the Garden of Remembrance from Plymouth Road, just round the corner from the bus station.