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By 1903, however, production had ceased, the population had dropped back to under 6,000, and traders were having a thin time of it - look at the empty streets here.

Leading away from the Market Place (the Market House is visible in the distance) is Silver Street. The posters on the corner shop are advertising 'Dark Passage', noted in the Kingshill view.

Greenock was the birthplace, in 1736, of James Watt, who was born in a house on Dalrymple Street.

The clock on Botley's Market Hall is still a familiar landmark in the High Street. Just this side of it can be seen the premises of Botley Garages, now a sports shop and a hairdresser's.

This view looks north towards the Market Place and captures well the character of this market town, most of whose 19th- and late 18th-century buildings still line the streets.

About half the buildings in the High Street area are 18th-century or earlier, although several have been disguised externally.

A beamed and peg tiled old court house still stands in the main street not far from the White Hart pub, right.

Between the High Street and the Beach village, where the fishing community lived, were 12 narrow alleys, known as Scores.

Behind the thatched cottage in Church Street, where the author's great-uncle and great-aunt lived in the late 19th century, is the castle mound built in 1066-71 by William Mallet.

The cattle market was off Crow Street, adjacent to the ancient market place. Between the 1930s and 1970s this was one of the largest pig markets in the county.

This scene suggests that before the advent of modern tourism there was little to disturb the peace, and a dog could safely wander the streets without fear of traffic.

This view up St Margaret's Street shows two fine Georgian buildings: the one on the left has a Tuscan-columned doorway, and the one on the right is Westbury House.

This photograph was taken at the corner of Sambourne Road looking towards Carter's Corner, Nos 50–54A High Street and No 2 Portway, recently restored by the Warminster Preservation Trust.

The street is lined with a medley of newly-constructed buildings.

The clock on Botley's Market Hall is still a familiar landmark in the High Street. Just this side of it can be seen the premises of Botley Garages, now a sports shop and a hairdresser's.

On the opposite corner of Monk Street the agricultural merchants has gone, to be replaced by the new South Wales Electricity Board building.

It led into Obelisk Street. Tolley, the first shop, used to produce their own soft drinks on the premises.

This is Chorley's main street, the A6, Lancashire's main north to south road; it used to get very busy in the summer.

The bendy section is now a quiet side street, while Heathfield House has lost its ivy.

A small group gather beneath the ornate canopy of the Andrews Hotel (right) whilst of all the signage apparent in the street 'Morgan Painless Dentistry' is perhaps the most conspicuous

Original plans for one grand avenue leading from Queen Street to City Hall proved fruitless - a development partially hindered by the Bute retention of the adjacent Greyfriars site.

This view is looking along residential Hartington Street. The King's Hall was once host to international performers, such as the pianists Rawicz and Landauer and the singer Heddle Nash.

The cottage stood on the west side of the northern end of Elstow High Street, but was demolished in the 1960s. The village is not a great deal larger than is indicated in the picture.

After climbing through the narrow streets of Durham, we suddenly come upon a dramatic opening into the light and space of Palace Green, dominated by the awesome cathedral.