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High Street 1903 The graceful sweep of the narrow High Street provides the setting for some splendid Victorian shop fronts, with H.

North Street 1899 This view was captured from just outside the old Half Moon Hotel, later to become the Urban District Council Offices.

From early morning until midnight, The Strand is London's busiest street and invariably congested with traffic.

Here we see a very clean Bridge Street lined with interesting buildings – the street tempts us to explore its secrets.

At the bottom of the street on the left stands the New Griffin Hotel, an important landmark in this street.

Much of Theale High Street remains unchanged, though it is unlikely that we would find this part of the village free of traffic today.

This view looks northwards along Middle Street (otherwise known as Chapel Street) in the centre of the village towards a 17th- century thatched cottage on the corner with Grove Road (centre

Like much of Bridge Street and the Circus (shown here in the foreground) this street, too, is now a smart pedestrian area.

This view from St Mary's tower has Monk Street in the foreground. Centre left is the Bethany Baptist Church, which opened in 1827 when 30 members left the Frogmore Street Church.

The High Street, leading to the railway station (which opened in 1850, providing access to London and other parts of the country), was thriving in the decades before the First World War.

This is the junction of South Street and Union Street. The monument was erected to commemorate the Crimean War; as with many such monuments, it came complete with a captured Russian cannon.

Taken from the bridge over the River Bride, this view looks northwards into the southern section of the High Street.

A view of Fore Hill, an attractive street which continues from the High Street, descending to the River Ouse.

The distance between the building lines on Lord Street is 88 yards, which makes it much wider than either Union Street, Aberdeen, or the Headrow, Leeds.

Considered to be one of the finest boulevards in Europe, Princes Street was the place to shop and eat. Restaurants included a branch of Ferguson & Forrester, the Royal British, and Littlejohn's.

This photograph shows the junction of Gold Street and Silver Street.

The street here is dominated on the south side by the slender spire of St Nicholas's church, unfortunately demolished in 1955.

Another view of the High Street at a less congested point and on a very hot and sunny summer's day: the shopkeepers have lowered their sun-blinds to protect their wares, and the lady on the left has

This view, with something of a frontier town feel in 1890, is now the brashly cheery High Street. At this time, though, it is much more sedate.

This view was taken at the top of the High Street. In the centre is the New Inn public house and tea gardens, formerly owned by Cobbs' Brewery.

The terraced houses and cobbled street of Long Row at Belper is one of the many legacies left by Jedediah Strutt who, with Richard Arkwright, brought industry to the town in the late 18th century.

Once upon a time, quiet, low- pollution trolley buses brought people into Church Street, which, before its uninspired redevelopment, was the main shopping thoroughfare.

Medrose is a small hamlet within the famous slate-quarrying village of Delabole, down a lane off the main street.

This view looks east along the High Street, which lies on the Roman road between London and Colchester. High Street is rich in pleasing architecture, and the scene is little changed today.