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Across the road, the first house no longer offers bed and breakfast, but the second one has become a guest house and tea shop.

The main road looks empty and quiet but in March 1928 there were several instances of speeding. A motor-cycle was recorded going at 37 mph and a car at 45 mph over a measured distance.

In the late 1940s, the Reynolds family were thinking of buying the Miller's House (pictured here), and it was suggested that Montgomery convert the mill across the road into a home.

We are in Heathcote Road, looking down the High Street, with the grounds of the Staff College visible in the background.

We travel back to the London Road, and at the entrance to the Staff College, we find the War Memorial, erected in 1922 at a cost of £433.

The road here was originally much narrower (see 5241, p.18), but in 1893-95 the pier was widened, involving the demolition of the Golden Lion, a popular harbourside pub, which stood on the left.

A view taken from the junction with Grosvenor Road which shows some of the firms in business in the early 1960s.

Before the creation of Ladies Island, as a result of straightening the River Stour in the 1950s, Ladies Bridge carried the footpath from Cornard Road over the river.

This is a quiet scene away from the bustle of the main road from London to the West Country. The Methodist chapel is on the left, whilst ahead is a railway bridge.

The village of Chaddesley Corbett sits just beside, but off, the main road linking Kidderminster and Bromsgrove, and so retains its charm; it has numerous delightful Tudor and Georgian buildings.

At this date, holiday makers could still arrive by the railway as well as by road.

Only five minutes from the beach, they are on the coast road which used to be known as the King's Highway - this was a 15th-century common way or track to the local villages.

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

Looking West c1965 This peaceful view looks along the road through this quiet village beside the confluence of the Rivers Dudwell and Rother, renowned for its splendid collegiate church.

At the tailor's across the road, blazers are selling for 32/6 - £1.62 in today's money.

The pavement has since been extended to almost cover the whole area between here and Rouse Road.

From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.

The northward view is slightly less romantic: Pitsea High Road crosses the centre of the picture, with the Northlands estate behind it.

One of its key roles was to provide cheap and easy transport when roads were difficult to negotiate. As a result, tanners and shoemakers set up in business along its banks.

Winchcombe's long central street becomes in turn Hailes Street, High Street, Abbey Terrace, Gloucester Street and Cheltenham Road, showing off a great variety of magnificent architecture along the way.

The main road is a lot quieter here than it is today. The garage on the left is interesting for its old-style petrol and AA signs.

Where the brook flows between Ivy Cottage Lane and Whiteley Wood Road are the walks along the side of Wire Mill Dam.

A motor car rattles along Ashley Road. In those days the nearest AA recommended hotel was the Unicorn at Altrincham, a fourteen-bed establishment with garaging for two automobiles.

Here, on the east side of Walton Road, is the village pond. Older houses nearby were destroyed or damaged by a Second World War landmine, Aylesbury's only wartime bomb, which fell close to the pond.