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Boots the chemist had built their original store on the corner opposite the Royal Hotel at the bottom of Market Street.

Looking southwards through the desirable heart of the town`s northern suburb, we can see No 50 further down the street (left of centre) and Nos 53 to 59 (far right) on the other side.

The lower end of West Street, looking westwards, has all manner of public houses from the Sun Hotel (left) to the Lily Hotel. Between them are the showrooms of Bridport Motors.

Bradpole is Bridport's northern parish and suburb, and here we are looking along Middle Street towards the 1863-built spire of Holy Trinity Church (skyline, left of centre).

Rectory Lane used to be called Duck Street. The water-carter (right) has just drawn water from the spout and trough recessed in the wall (far right).

Burnham desperately struggles to keep its identity separate from the sprawl of Slough, but the historic core is surrounded by suburban housing and its main street has seen injudicious change since 1955

present Nationwide were rebuilt before the First World War and part is now the Pennsylvania pub, a reference to William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania in the USA, who lived at Basing House in the High Street

Ten years has made a tremendous difference in the appearance of both street and market day. The stalls are more tidy and professional in the goods on display.

Now we look westwards down the south side of West Street, from Knight and Son, tailors (far left). The next building housed stationer and printer W Frost who published the 'Bridport News'.

Leaving the town centre we move along Church Street to the Missenden Road, just past the junction with Pednor Road and Wey Lane.

In the broad High Street old inns, houses, small shops and buildings in honey-coloured local stone jostle in a medley of complementary styles.

Parked on the road further up the street is a Mini estate, which was first sold in 1960.

Wesley Street (right) is a reminder of the great Methodist preacher who encouraged the many chapels in the Ribble and Calder valleys.

The curious raised pavements on either side of the street are possibly a development designed to counteract the effects of heavy rain.

There is a pleasing lack of uniformity about the facades and rooflines of the buildings in the High Street, some of which are small cottages, and others grand town houses.

Carter and cart-horse head up Main Street in a view across to the plateau of Langdon Hill (centre). Behind them is the gable- end of the Farmery and Hope Cottage.

The tall stone building on the right with the heavy cornice is Debenhams store on the corner of Market Street. This was originally Griffin & Spalding's store, and built in the 1920s.

It is hard to believe that Lydney's streets once echoed to the sounds of battle.

Situated in Market Street and close to Apiary Gate, the church design echoes that of Non-conformist chapels up and down the country.

The view looks toward Cowal, and it is mandatory that every Pipe Band which takes part in the Cowal Games, held each August, must march from the Castle gardens along the street to Cowal, playing most of

This building is still standing in Town Street, and was built in the early 1880s in local stone quarried at Golden Bank.

This view shows one of the principal shopping streets for this town of around 13,000 people.

This peaceful unmetalled street is now the busy A329; the B4009 Newbury road emerges between the Bull at Streatley public house on the left and the Georgian Elm House just beyond.

Here we see the beginnings of a familiar retail pattern: multinationals are taking over the high street. On the left is Home & Colonial, which by this date had several hundred branches.