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Webbs had branches in ten other towns, so they could safely claim to be 'The Midland Counties Outfitter'. The Old White Horse (right) would become Burton Menswear in 1962.

of the Roman Ermine Street, but close to the market Ermine Street becomes the Old North Road (which was the A14 and is now the A1198) taking travellers to Godmanchester and Huntingdon, whilst the A10 branches

On the left in this picture is the branch of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society. Every customer had a membership number against which all transactions were logged.

Later used as an area office by Courage until 1978, the whole site has now been redeveloped as the main local branch of Barclay's Bank, although the original façade has been retained.

The whole building was put up by the Bank of England in 1826, its second branch in the provinces. Samuel Brooks bought the premises in 1847 when the Bank of England moved out to newer premises.

The shape of things to come is the brand-new National Bank building; this bank had a London base boasting capital of £7m, and several branches in Ireland.

Sir Henry Price and the Fifty Shilling Tailors A branch of the Fifty Shilling Tailors stands on the right of the parade of shops in this photograph.

Forster Green clearly thought the length of the street was the right distance from his Castle Place headquarters to site another branch.

At the southern end of the High Street the road branched to the east into Saffron Lane, later known as Queen Street.

Romsey's mills depended on the river Test and its branches for their power.

For many years the green was dominated by a large tree with a low branch which many generations of village children had fun sitting upon.

All these retail units were soon occupied by branches of the national chains, in line with the changes that were taking place in high streets everywhere.

The Jaegar Shop on the extreme left of the picture conjures up memories of tweeds and country pursuits; nowadays the branch is much more fashion orientated, but nevertheless to be found on the High Street

CLIMBING CAREFULLY up the branching sycamore, a group of pensioners investigated the tree house.

At about the same time the Great Eastern Railway Company constructed a branch line from Liverpool Street to reach Southend via Rayleigh.

The railway arrived in 1859, and included a branch line to Aldeburgh.

When a branch line finally arrived in 1857, Henley developed both as a commuter town and as a leisure one.

A thatched farmhouse in the New Forest - an unlikely setting for a ranch dedicated to the memory and horse-riding style of the Wild West.