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Ropes were made in the alleyways around West Street. The old expression 'to be stabbed by a Bridport dagger' meant to be hanged by a rope made in the town.

This photograph looks down the High Street towards Salutation Square. Note the Ever Ready delivery van in the centre of the picture and the branch of Hepworths on the right.

This view looks northwards towards Tavern Street, with St Lawrence's church on the left; peering over the rooftops in the background is the unmistakable spire of St Mary-le-Tower.

Western National service buses (centre) stand on Quay Street - they used to meet steamer passengers.

A splendid view down the High Street from the church tower in those halcyon days when there were fewer cars on the road - and when parking a motor vehicle presented few problems.

Looking westwards along Main Street towards Lyme Regis, with the plateau of Langdon Hill forming the skyline (centre).

This view of Northbrook Street shows the facade of Newbury's famous department store, Camp Hopson, established in 1921.

The Thoroughfare is Halesworth's main shopping street. In the mid 18th century, improvements in navigation on the River Blyth led to a big improvement in trade for the area's maltsters and brewers.

The 114 cars and 1,000 horses were the property of the Belfast Street Tramway Company. The company was now ready to bring in electric trams, and had an act of parliament approving the work.

Here we see Trumpington Street, with Corpus Christi College's entrance to New Court (built in 1825 by William Wilkins) on the left. Just beyond is St Botolph's, one of Cambridge's medieval churches.

Looking down towards St Andrew's Street, with First Court, the oldest part of Christ's College, in the distance. The Capital and Counties bank (now Lloyd's) and Post Office are in the foreground.

Even further north along the east side, much has now gone, with the New Town's modern shopping centre reaching the old High Street proper; but some of the spaciousness in the distance remains.

Further west the High Street widens out to the site of its medieval market place. This view from beside The Dolphin pub shows how important the Tudor church tower is to the townscape.

The name means simply 'long street', and the village is spread along the main road, originally the Roman road running from London to Caistor St Edmund, the Roman town just south of Norwich.

It needed the strong iron-clad solid wooden wheels in order to travel over the cobbled streets of the town.

The banks beside the road show how it has eroded with use over hundreds of years; because of this the houses and small cottages on Church Street have steps down to the pavement.

Eton boasts one of the most famous and picturesque streets in the country.

The latter founded the almshouses in Gold Street in 1529.

This delightful riverside town has fine Georgian streets and early 19th-century houses. Jerome K Jerome, who wrote 'Three Men in a Boat', lived near this part of the River Thames in Marlow.

At the height of the coaching era, Maidenhead was littered with posting inns either side of the High Street. Some of these hotels continued to thrive during the age of the motor car.

Again Raikes' house, 38 Southgate Street, stands out.

Further down, into High Street, most buildings survive, with the attractively treed former cattle market on the left, whose trees were originally planted in 1887 as an avenue to the Hospital

Less than a decade after photograph No 32343, the focus of attention is the motor bus in the street. In contrast, note the girl and large-wheeled pram on the left.

This view, taken from the bottom of Main Street, looks up the hill towards the station. It shows the bustling town, with a carriage and a cart the only wheeled traffic.