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Briggs's men's wear shop (left) has now closed, ending the firm's involvement in the town from the late 19th century. The Forge Hammer beyond advertises Ansells beer; the pub was to close in 1956.

The Cabin is now part of the Forbuoys chain, but it is still the same sort of shop.

This view is taken looking along Station Approach north from beside the station; at this date, the shops and houses are almost unchanged since they were built in the 1890s.

In 1925 the Square was beginning to show the degree of traffic problems that were to blight the town in future years.

The curious row of arches beyond the hotel are said to be the site of the medieval shambles or shops, and some are now converted to a bus shelter.

At this end of the High Street many houses survive; those on the right have single-storey shops in front.

The shop with the Daren Bread sign is still a baker's, Stratton Bakery, and A Warner beyond is still a butcher's.

The upper stories of the buildings on the right are little changed, although many of the shops are under new ownership.

The Garden of Rest is on the left of this photograph, in which we can also see the colonnade which enabled visitors to shop under cover all down one side of the Pantiles.

The Hepworths shop in photograph No 25657 was taken over by a local bank and given a splendidly bulbous and fruity Flemish-style ground floor soon after 1890.

Considered to be one of the finest boulevards in Europe, Princes Street was the place to shop and eat. Restaurants included a branch of Ferguson & Forrester, the Royal British, and Littlejohn's.

Inside there was space for 43 shops and over 100 stalls. In addition, a fish market offered sixteen choice counters.

On the extreme right, Wells's grocer shop has a fine gilded glass signboard.

Holy Trinity is an unusual building in that several shops, such as the one occupied by King & Son, were built onto it.

It grew both in physical size - occupying a rabbit warren of connected shops on the corner of Cattle Market and Market Street - and in its range of goods.

In the right distance, the building that used to be a blacksmith's shop is now a museum. Houses line the left hand bank. In the foreground are examples of the tub boats mentioned earlier.

On the other side there is another shop; the notices outside advertise a farm auction and stock for sale.

In this photograph we can see Victorian shop fronts in a range of styles, a glimpse of a world that time has swept away.

Another view of this central shopping area, demonstrating the planners' clear intention to incorporate greenery in the shape of existing trees, and the flower boxes on the central island reservation.

Mining profits attracted shops and service industries, all eager to cash in on the 40,000-odd tons of copper ore that the mine was producing annually by the early 1860s; by this time, the population had

Next door is the National Provincial Bank branch, with the tailoring and foot- wear stores of Barnes further along the parade of shops.

The posters on the corner shop are advertising 'Dark Passage', noted in the Kingshill view. The venerable Austin Seven must be about twenty years old at the time of this photograph.

Around 1955 these three shops provided locals with all manner of things; meat, groceries, sweets, cigarettes, toys and hardware; there was even a lending library.

They were replaced by uninspiring, flat-roofed shops of little or no merit. Tarmac replaced cobbles, and drab concrete street lamps got the better of the ornate standards in this picture.