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These compact, if undistinguished, houses still stand behind the Fox on the Hill in Smithy Lane, as it leads towards the busy A217 Brighton Road.

The broad expanse of the A24 London Road heading towards Stonecot Hill and Morden is lined with parked cars and bicycles outside the shops.

This is a busy road for both cars and pedestrians. In the foreground, in front of the Galleon (selling confectionery) and Constance Williams's shop, is a small garden with a telephone box.

Turning right into Park Street we come to the junction with Park Road. This shows the view towards Church Hill, with 'Brackenhurst' on the right.

We now start to go down the Frimley Road, and this is the junction with Edward Avenue.

In Nuns Road there is a section of the city walls which gives a grandstand view of the races. This section is open to the public for free viewing from the walls only.

In Nuns Road there is a section of the city walls which gives a grandstand view of the races. This section is open to the public for free viewing from the walls only.

This 204ft (63m) high obelisk on the south side of the main road was designed by Robert Smirke and believed to be the highest in the world at the time.

The 'bus takes pride of place in this bustling Croydon Road scene from the 1920s. The view, taken from what is now a roundabout looking towards London, is surprisingly little changed.

The nature of the road surface is very clear, with the roadmen at work in the days before the use of tarmacadam. The dog awaits traffic from the Bodmin direction.

Chalton Down Mill was a brick tower windmill located on a remote hill top overlooking the main London to Portsmouth road. It was powered by four patent shuttered sails and winded by a fantail.

Lower Brockhampton Farm is so secluded that it sits quietly in its own valley, a mile or so from the nearest road. Today the estate is owned by the National Trust and is a magical place to visit.

This view of Riverside Road was taken from Foundry Bridge. By 1938, the trees planted in the 1880s were mature.

There is an extensive network of footpaths and bridleways in this area, and ramblers and riders can still see unspoiled scenes if they care to wander away from the roads.

Only in 1781 did the construction, a little way downstream, of Worcester Bridge and New Road provide a direct route.

With numbers of worshippers falling dramatically, and the prospect of the inner relief road being built, it was knocked down in 1980: a sadly short life for such a wonderful building, as this interior

It was cheaper to shop in Tunstall than to go to Hanley by road, as there were three toll booths to get through.

Fison's warehouse on the right is conveniently placed for deliveries by road or water, and the railway - just behind the cameraman - was also to hand.

This parade was built in the years prior to the Second World War, as Pitsea's houses began to inch along Rectory Road.

Since the 18th century, substantial houses have been built with gardens leading down to the river, alongside the main road which runs parallel to but out of sight of the river.

Various figures can be seen seated by the 40-ft Cross, which rises from seven steps at the point where three roads meet.

It would have been necessary to stand in the road to capture this view of Silver Street looking down towards the junction with Gold Street, Newland Street and Montagu Street.

At the west end of the village there is a small green along the Badby Road.

The station served the Midland Railway, and its Euston Road frontage is still dominated by the Midland Grand Hotel designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott.