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The new W H Smith building, near left, had replaced the bank since 1926.

Thirty years prior to the building of the new Town Hall, Leicester was in a dreadful sanitary condition, with privies literally over-flowing into the streets, and it was not until the mid 1850s that piped

As we walk down Northgate Street from the cross, and turn right by Debenhams, we will enter the relatively new area of Kings Square.

This early Edwardian dusty street scene reminds me of a cowboy film! Close scrutiny of this picture shows us a hardware shop (left), Staffordshire House, established in 1849.

The new building on the corner of the High Street, with its three large shops and two floors of flats above, can be seen in greater detail in this photograph.

Bisley stands high on a hillside to the north of the River Frome; it has a wonderful assortment of winding streets and rooftops at different levels, as though the village has grown out of the landscape

The grid-like pattern of the streets west of Laindon High Road preserves the layout of some of the early plotland estates.

These views (below and pages 40-41) up and down Church Street would have been familiar to Dylan Thomas, who lived near New Quay in 1944, and to many visitors, who have to park their cars at the top of

This view looks north from above the Memorial Park, with the huge Facit New Mill on the right. Built of Accrington brick, it replaced a mill demolished in 1904.

Comparing this with D83003, we see that the Plume of Feathers now has bow windows and has been repainted.

This is the main shopping street between the Market Place and New Bridge. On the right is the Black Bull Hotel, noted for its two-storey bow window which projects into the street.

The New Inn, sporting its new Watney's Red Barrel sign by the door and the sign board with the house style lettering, stands up the hill in Road Weedon on the old London to Holyhead turnpike.

The statue of Hull's leading writer, Andrew Marvell, has been moved; George Street became the new centre of entertainment. Bars, bistros and night clubs flourish here.

Originally, the fire station was at the southern end of Mill Street, next to the Salvation Army Hall. By 1955 a new station had been built on the corner of Brooke Road and South Street.

Once known as Fyfield Street, or just The Street, this end of the village now takes its name from The Queen's Head pub.

Like many other shopping streets in Salisbury, Fisherton Street has changed very little over the last fifty years, in spite of most of the shops themselves moving or closing down and being replaced

A fascinating photograph showing Leigh Road at its junction with Market Street.This corner of Eastleigh has changed significantly: the new buildings interposed with the older ones on the left-hand

New Canal commemorates one of the many open waterways which ran through the medieval streets until the 19th century. The largest of the waterways was known as Town Ditch and was filled in 1875.

New Canal commemorates one of the many open waterways which ran through the medieval streets until the 19th century. The largest of the waterways was known as Town Ditch and was filled in 1875.

Continuing uphill past the end of The Paragon and at the junction with Guinea Lane, Roman Road heads for the junction with a steeply climbing Walcot Street and London Road.

The new W H Smith building, near left, had replaced the bank since 1926.

The grid-like pattern of the streets west of Laindon High Road preserves the layout of some of the early plotland estates.

This view down Silver Street, widened here at the junction with Gold Street in the 1930s, looks towards Dalkieth Place.

This town can be confusing for the visitor, as not only has it two rivers, but also two High Streets.