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Note the splendid 1930s period lettering of 'T C Palmer', the clothes shop, advertising its hand tailored clothes.

The tall domed building on the left survives as a Burton's clothes store, but the building beyond, with the conical roofed turret, was demolished as part of the 1990s Swansgate shopping centre redevelopment

the 1830s on the site of the King’s Mews and a jumble of decrepit buildings known popularly as Bermuda, Caribee, and Porridge Islands, where the poor of London frequented a plethora of cheap cook-shops

The seafront architecture has changed little—but the shop blinds have vanished to make way for amusement arcades.

There are a lot of shops now, and many of the houses that were first built have now altered to accommodate the increase in trade. Traffic travels both ways.

The shopping parade was built between 1960 and 1966 by Wallis, Finlay, Smith & Ball on the site of a house of some historic interest called Fountainville.

Moors Garage has gone too, and is now a photographic shop.

The left-hand shop of the pair is now occupied by the long- established chemist Roper`s, though at the time of our photograph it belonged to the builder`s merchants Brown & Son.

this stretch of the cliff top have decorative balconies overlooking the sea.There was no problem with parking at this time, in what is now a very busy area, within walking distance of the main shopping

The shops on the left remain, although the owners have changed; P G Wood & Son is now Krishna's Village Store.

The Grays Co-operative Society shops on the right are now the Post Office and Elm Park Pharmacy.

The figure in the photograph may well be returning home from her visit to the local shop.

Its beauty means that it has a constant stream of visitors who browse in the antique and gift shops and sit beside the clear Tillingbourne Stream.

The van (right) belongs to Banyard's the butcher's, whose shop was in nearby Church Street. The buildings remain much the same, but all the businesses have changed today.

Today this scene has changed very little, although Austin the gunsmith's (left), and the pastrycook's shop (centre) have changed hands many times over the years.

This floating school set up by the Royal Navy had trained hundreds of ships' crew from all over the world.

A good strong 'Maid of Kent' carries her shopping home, right, while the pedestrians, left, look as if they would rather wait for the bus!

This shopping parade was built for Shirley's growing commuter population in the mid 20th century, but today it is part of a seemingly endless string of commercial premises along both sides of the road.

Late 19th-century Market Street is lined by a miscellany of individualistic shops, a far cry from the predictable monotony of today's high street outlets.

Visitors wander past the shops and the ancient Royal Hotel, whilst their excursion bus waits at the far end.

Amongst the shops on the left are the Bazaar of the Misses Parsonson, Robert Joy's carpet warehouse, John Payn, stationer and printer, William Brampton, chemist, and James Read, furniture dealer (both

To the right with the bay window is the sweet shop run by the King family until the 1980s.

With the High Street to the left, and two little girls (right) posing with all the assurance of modern models outside the villa adjoining Dale's ornamental shop entrance, a cart stands at the beginning

Note the running board on the car in the foreground, and the awnings protecting the shop fronts. Outside the Sir Charles Napier public house stands a telephone box (centre right).