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The shop fronts in the left-hand row have retained much of their original quality, but Flair, the ladies' hairstylist (right), has made the alterations which were regrettably to become

If the activities prove as popular as they are expected to, there are plans to develop Ainsdale Lido into a visitor centre, shop and training facility.

All on the right was demolished and replaced by a shopping centre and an indoor market, The Agora, in the 1970s.

This is the High Wall of the harbour, with Higher Walk on top and Lower Walk below, with the Gin Shop alcove and steps (left).

The sign between the upper windows boasts that the shop was patronised by HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), the second son of Queen Victoria, who died before his mother.

In its heyday this was a huge village with shops of every description and five prosperous inns; there was even a beer house run by Matthew Austin.

The Duke of Cumberland on Market Green and the Tiger Inn at the end of the street remain, but the small shops are now dominated by estate agents.

builders materials, Charles Love & Son's ironmongery and radio/TV engineer's (right), Lisles petrol station (near right), and further down the road, car sales showrooms as well as the usual high street shops

The ownership of shops and banking establishments may have changed, but the activities of the current incumbents have stayed much the same.

Many of the Manchester Ship Canal workers settled here, where there was plenty of work to be had in the ever-spreading town.

Wilkinson's (centre right) is now Marshall's fruit and vegetable shop, and a Chinese takeaway has appeared.

Most of the best shops in Walsall are either in the town centre or situated on the edge; between them they pull in thousands of shoppers.

Behind the parked van on the left are the premises once occupied by W Good's drapery and millinery shop, next to the ornate facade of the mid-Victorian Town Hall with its clock.

Further on was Hall's men's wear shop, but it too is no more.

Halfords, the cycle shop, had to compete with at least three other cycle retailers. They sold bikes on hire purchase at 2/6 a week.

Two ladies are passing the shop window of butchers W and R Fletcher Limited, and a painter is up the ladder further down the hill.

The site was redeveloped as Barclays Bank and several shops, while the former Wilts and Dorset Bank to its left is now Lloyds TSB.

The spire of the Congregational church stands proudly above the row of shops spanned by the Westminster Bank and the premises of John Rayns Smith (the first white building on the right).

Further on was Hall's men's wear shop, but it too is no more.

This is a close-up of the many and varied shops that graced Fishergate just a year after the first Preston Guild of the 20th century.

On the right is a branch of the London and County Bank, with Dorset's shop next door exhibiting a gleaming display of light fittings.

In the photograph, a butcher's shop front (left) with its rather flimsy canopy has been built into a rather good 17th- century cottage.

The shop fronts in the left-hand row have retained much of their original quality, but Flair, the ladies' hairstylist (right), has made the alterations which were regrettably to become

Sheffield's lowly position in the league table of provincial shopping centres, 18th in the most recent study (December 2003) and far behind regional rivals Manchester (third), Nottingham (fifth