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The village also had a butcher, another grocer, two boot makes, an undertaker, a plumber, two carpenters, a market gardener and bee keeper and an insurance agent, as well as the three public houses.

On the opposite side of the road, Boots the chemists were still firmly entrenched on the corner of Sankey Street.

At this date it contains Sturgeon's, boot and shoe shop, and the International Stores.

We can see that the 1960s have arrived with this modern shop and office block, which is housing an enlarged Boots the Chemist.

Local sources state that the timber frame was indeed a fake - the battens were held in place by old football boot studs!

On the left is a formidable display of boots and shoes cascading over the shop facia.

Evans gave way to Boots, and Cousins ceased trading some years ago, after relocating to Park Street. St Georges Road is to the left, opposite Obelisk Street.

Also, by this time we often see names that we now know very well - on the wall at the end of the street is a sign for Boots, described here as 'Cash Chemists - Largest in the World'.

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.

These men are suitably dressed for foul conditions in their thigh-length sea boots and thick fishermen's ganseys.

The buildig on the right is part of the White Horse public house, with the cottages of Clementina Carpenter, a tobacconist, and John Fosbury, a boot and shoe maker.

All the buildings on the right-hand side were soon to be demolished and the site redeveloped by Boots.

The old-style sign for Boots the chemists is in the centre of the left-hand row.

The parade of shops on the left are currently occupied by Thomas Cook, Abbey, a hairstylist and a photographic shop, whilst Boots is in the adjacent block.

The Town Square itself had begun to take shape by 1958, with the development of the shops on the left (incorporating Sainsbury's, Boots and Woolworth's).

Further along is the Golden Eagle pub and Boots the Chemist. The Methodist church, right, makes an austere impression.

Evans gave way to Boots, and Cousins ceased trading some years ago, after relocating to Park Street. St Georges Road is to the left, opposite Obelisk Street.

Here, it is Frederick Pluck's - supplier of boots, shoes, woollens and tailoring.

The village expanded with the boot and shoe works in the later 19th century, but the original stone village survives.

The Boot Inn, an 18th-century painted stone and thatched-roofed building, survives, while the shop beyond is now Whibley's, a newsagent and general store.

The sign lists 'linen and woollens, clothing, hats, fancy articles, boots and shoes, groceries and ironmongery'.

On the other side (left of the cars) boot and shoe seller George Percival Read boasts 'Established 1844' and iin the 1930s would be offering 'Moccasin', 'Norvic' and 'Mascot' brands.

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.

It began as an agricultural community; it later developed as an industrial centre, concentrating on rush mats, lace, the quarrying of ironstone, and the manufacture of boots and shoes.