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By 1955, one cottage was the post office, with a separate telephone kiosk outside.

Opposite is C P Smith's post office stores.

The post office is four doors down on the left. It still has a date stone of 1901 beneath the roof. The first car on the right is a 1956 Ford E83W Utility.

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

South-east of Crewkerne, past its factories and over the railway, is the village of Misterton, which lies along the A356 Dorchester road.

None exist today, although the post for this ferry, seen in the foreground, does still survive.

South Holmwood's fire station was once just to the left of this picture, and the post office (extreme left), doubled up as Crofts', bakers and confectioners.

In front of Broadgate's post-war development is a statue of Lady Godiva, still notorious for nudity after 1,000 years.

The Picture Post placard outside a newsagent's (right) reads: 'The man behind the cancer treatment'. Cars and fashions bespeak the 1950s.

There were few post boxes so John used to blow a whistle as a signal for villagers to bring their mail.

The King's Arms (left) is a fine example of a coaching inn and former posting house. Stables to the rear were reached through the archway leading from the town square.

The post office, run by Robert Farrant, is on the left next to Strickland Cottage (is there a link with the author Agnes Strickland of Reydon?).

This is another view westwards from opposite the Bull Hotel, with a sighting of Boy Scouts in hats (beside the lamp-post) and a pavement placard for Devonshire Cream Teas.

The Star Inn is now more of a brasserie than a pub, and the adjacent post office has been replaced by a television and video shop.

From left to right we see the Duke of Wellington Inn, Green Oak Farm, and the post office, extended forward in 1966.

The post office (the white building) is still open for business.

Close to the junction of Nine Mile Ride, New Wokingham Road and Honey Hill, we can see Chappell's Store, clearly the local retailer for Salmon's Teas but also providing the facility of a Post

The weather-boarded property, left, was a post office, with G H Moorhouse the chemist and a trader, A J Gray, nearby.

Opposite is the post office, with a pillar box outside.

The narrow High Street, with its branch of the National Provincial Bank (later to become the National Westminster Bank) on the right, and the local Post Office, shoe-shop, and newsagents on the left, was

The Post Office (left) also advertises Bronte books and postcards, while the Bronte Guest House is visible behind the antiques shop (right centre).

A small group of children seems to be attracted by an early motor car, while a Hovis delivery cart waits just past the Town Arms.

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

The large house on the left is Brewery House, and behind the post box is Brewery Barn with Brewery Cottages close by.