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It provided a crossing of the Dee from the Watergate to nearby Curzon Park, as well as for traffic heading to and from the direction of Wrexham.

BBC and ITV aerials proliferate above the rooftops of Maltby.

BBC and ITV aerials proliferate above the rooftops of Maltby.

Here we are at the lower end of Kirkgate, all car-free today.

It is a mere 35 years on from picture 25945, but how things have changed: the age of the car has arrived, and telegraph poles now line the roadside.

Warfleet lies downstream from Dartmouth on a small creek, and in the mid 19th century it was the site of one of the earliest villas in town.

The village sign shown on the right of the photograph depicts a cuckoo, a rebus for Cuckfield, whilst the village stores (left) were a branch of Spar and also housed the local post office

A view of Datchet High Street from The Green.

Everyone in the village had a job on the estate, and everyone had a place in the village society. The Roman road from Ribchester to Ikley passes through Downham Park at the end of the village.

If we look northwards towards Crown Street along what is now called The Pavement, we see that the frontages of the shops have changed little over the past fifty or so years, although many

The chains in the minster library are attached to the fore end of the books, which therefore sit spine inwards on the shelves.

A lot of London companies relocated, such as Cossor's - they made cathode ray tubes and radar screens, essential elements in the war effort.

Cheltenham is (rather self consciously) the capital of the Cotswolds; it stands in the Vale under the western escarpment.

The lane winds gently down between stone banks towards this picturesque fishing village of white-washed cottages and bright spring flowers.

In 1905 it became the duty of the hotel boots boy to pull and tie down a cord which silenced the quarterjacks during the hours of darkness.

This large, late 19th-century factory is still in production with brands including Rigby and Peller of London.

At the east end of the town is Alford Mill, a six-storey, five-sail mill built in 1813 by Sam Oxley, an Alford millwright.

Shipbuilders swarm across the Walney bridge from the dockyards at the end of a wortking day. It resembles scene from Lowry. A crane at Vickers dockyard can be seen in the distant background.

Perhaps the best-known feature of Burnsall is its magnificent, five-arched stone bridge across the River Wharfe, seen here from the river.

Pardey & Johnson traded from the gabled building on the left. Basically a grocery shop and off-licence, it also accommodated Wickford's post office around the time of our picture.

The photographer was standing towards the northern end of Hagley Road, looking towards Stourbridge.

Newport has always been an important trading town, and at the height of its fortunes carried goods such as timber, malt, wheat and flour.

Carriages standing in front of an imposing line of banks, taverns and offices epitomise bustle, trade and commerce.

The street today is a mass of shops and attractive buildings, none more so than Tuckers Hall.