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A delivery cart from Hine Brothers, butchers in Beaminster, is seen here in the main street at Melplash.

Founded for women 28 years before this photograph was taken, Somerville College is barely visible from the street.

Here we see pupils at play in the street outside the old school at Whaley Bridge. Note the pinafore-wearing girls and the white starched collars of the boys.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, when these houses were built, the streets echoed to the hum of cloth looms.

Sir Henry Thompson, son of a vice admiral and curate of the parish church of St Peter and St Paul, helped to found Holy Trinity Church in West Street, as well as church schools in Park Lane and Fontley

Another potential library site was released by the closure of the Ramsden Street Chapel in 1933, which was bought by the council and demolished in 1936 along with the adjacent late-1830s 'Guild

This view looks south down Trumpington Street, with the Front Court of Pembroke College on the left with its distinctive classically designed Wren Chapel.

Fore Street boasts many excellent examples of Georgian and Victorian architecture, with a Shambles and market arcade rebuilt in 1796.

The street remains much the same today.

The buildings have not changed much, but the street has lost its hustle and bustle. Car parking was allowed at this time.

Below Church Hill and the main street, Victoria Road provides us with our first glimpse of the sea and of the Moot Hall.

In the 1890s Deansgate was one of the main shopping streets and commercial districts.

The street elevations show multiple bays with doorways with Gibbs' surrounds.

This view shows the end of Boutport Street, where it enters The Square. The large building in the distance is The Athenaeum.

It was possible to keep healthy on Princes Street. The Edinburgh Cafe at number 70 did not serve alcohol, and there was a Turkish baths at number 90.

It is unusual that the vicarage in the High Street is built to a very high standard and size, a reflection perhaps on the wealth of this large and prosperous parish.

Topsham is a muddle of delightful old buildings, with narrow lanes and alleys diverging from its long, winding main street.

Viewed from the corner of the High Street, Boots is on the left hand side, with W H Smith opposite.There is a striking canopy over a former hoist at Stokes Tea and Coffee Warehouse on the left of

The attractive old streets of St Peters are still one of the most delightful aspects of Broadstairs.

Two old farmhouses facing the High Street have shops - one of them advertises bed and breakfast (right).

Looking along Market Street towards Market Square, at the far end we can see the old Town Hall.

The post office and general stores in Leigh Street was, and still is, important to the community. The building opposite has been demolished, and now forms the entrance to Leigh Close.

This view shows the High Street devoid of traffic, with the shops of Melias Ltd, grocers, and Storey Cooper, drapers, with their summer awnings out.

The visitor to Wimborne today will find it hard to imagine the streets being as empty as this, with pedestrians and cyclists dominating the scene.