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Caption For East Grinstead, High Street C1960

The left- hand ground-floor window now matches its fellow, three dormers have replaced the original two, the end elevation has plasterwork instead of tile-hanging, a larger window and more

Caption For Blaenau Ffestiniog, Church Street 1901

This photograph looks uphill towards the great cliff of Carreg Du, which looms over the town's streets.

Caption For Colwich, The Lock House C1955

Her body was dragged out of the canal two days later at the Bloody Steps in Rugeley, where her grave can be seen in the churchyard.

Caption For Hadley, The Village 1901

The pub is called the Old Bush Inn.

Caption For Fleet, Oakley's Stores, Market Place 1906

The impressive façade of Oakley's Stores simply oozes prosperity as it faces the larger department store premises across Fleet Road.

Caption For Cardiff, City Hall C1960

The Marble Hall forms a magnificent approach to the spectacularly ornate Assembly Room.

Caption For Teignmouth, 1906

In this later image, suits and towels hired by male bath- ers hang out to dry.

Caption For Cousley Wood, The Village 1899

Weatherboarding - as seen on the inn - and tile-hanging are typical of this area of Sussex.

Caption For Usk, The Three Salmons Hotel C1965

The Three Salmons Hotel, which stands on the A471 to Abergavenny, looks much the same today, except that it has now expanded to occupy the premises across the road.

Caption For Buttermere, The Hotel C1873

The hotel at Buttermere, formerly known as the Fish Hotel, was the scene in 1802 of a great scandal: the landlord's daughter, Mary Robinson or 'the Maid of Buttermere', married a man who claimed to be

Caption For Sharpness, The Training Ship Vindicatrix C1955

During that time more than 70,000 boys aged between 14 and 17 were trained on her prior to entering the Merchant Navy.

Caption For Farnborough, Camp Road C1965

Looking towards the junction with Lynchford Road, a rather downmarket- looking Fine Fare supermarket with what appears to be a corrugated iron roof has managed to gain a toe-hold, next to

Caption For Edenbridge, High Street 1906

This main street was once part of the Roman road which ran from London to Lewes in West Sussex.

Caption For Warminster, Market Place C1950

In the middle is the hanging sign for the Three Horse Shoes, which closed about 1968.

Caption For Ulverston, King Street 1950

The clock on the right hangs outside Lakeland Laundries, a chain once present all around the district.

Caption For Rothwell, High Street C1955

Here the photographer looks north along the High Street, towards its junction with Bridge Street to the right, and Desborough Road curving left.

Caption For Lowestoft, A Trip In A Lifeboat C1950

The Hatfield Hotel (centre right) looks very modern for 1950, and contrasts with the Victorian buildings on Parade Road South.

Caption For Garstang, Church Street C1955

Church Street leads from the Market Square down to the Lancaster Canal, where a basin facilitated the handling of cargo on and off the barges.

Caption For Salisbury, Bridge Street C1955

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

Caption For Clovelly, Main Street 1894

Clovelly hangs on the side of the hill, fringed by luxuriant woodland.