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Overlooking the corner of Manchester Road and Deardengate in the centre of Haslingden, and readily identified by the large clock projecting into the street, is the Commercial Hotel.

The Roman Stane Street crossed the Arun at this point and was strongly defended during the Occupation.

A spring flows beside the village street in Fulking, and on the side of the wellhouse is this text: 'He sendeth springs into the valley which run among the hills.

Along the High Street you will find many old inns and some fine 16th- and 17th-century houses.

The church of St Peter, in North Street, has a superb Norman doorway, possibly the best in the county (so the experts say), and the church has further Norman architecture inside.

Known just as Lyng, East Lyng is strung out along the busy road over the Levels from Taunton to Street. The Rose and Crown (centre left) survives.

Its two public houses, the Anchor and the King William, are at the end of a long street whose buildings present an intriguing mix of architectural styles.

Here we see the same street some fifty years later. Only the traffic and styles of dress seem to have changed.

The Rows are a unique feature to Chester; they provide shops on two levels, the roofs of the shops at street level forming a pedestrian walkway for the shops on the second level.

It is coming up to ten minutes to eleven by St Peter's clock as one of the new electric tramcars rattles along Bridge Street on its way to Saltney.

The whitewashed Fore Street Methodist chapel is to the right, likewise built onto the harbour beach.

The prestigious shopping streets in the background quickly grew up to cater for their many needs. Here we see horse-drawn cabs waiting for passengers in the Square.

Once upon a quieter time, the broad street through the village was perfect for a fair.

Middle Street leads into Shere Lane and then on towards the sandy hills of The Hurtwood. The building on the right was once the premises of C Baverstock, 'Shoeing & General Smith'.

The bus, on the its way from Baker Street to Waterloo, has stopped behind Nelson's Column.

This is a busy scene looking down the High Street.The photographer appears to have persuaded almost all the people in the street to pose for the camera.The only wheeled traffic is the bicycle on the

From the arches of the Georgian Guildhall the camera looks down White Hart Street. The buildings on the right replace medieval market place encroachment.

This is the view down Hockerill Street towards the River Stort, where the spire of St Michael's Church rises above the trees and houses.

It is hard to imagine the crowded streets of Plymouth only a few miles away.

All the cottages on the right of the street have gone now, and are replaced by modern bungalows and the local library. Some of the buildings on the left have also disappeared over the years.

All the buildings on the right of the street have gone.

Grevel House, in nearby Grevel Street, belonged to the prosperous wool merchant William Grevel, supposedly the model for the merchant in Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales'.

The town of Aldershot is largely Victorian; in those early days some of the streets had shops on one side and barracks on the other. The older part of the town lies close to the railway station.

Familiar high street names were putting in an appearance: Marks & Spencer and Halford's Cycle & Motor Store. Bond's was a department store – 'The House For Value and Distinctive Ideas'.