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The front of the shop to the right is unchanged since Edwardian days and is now Coltishall Pharmacy, but the corner where the confectioner's small shop stood has been redeveloped and now houses Coltishall

This long terrace of shops with flats above is typical of the earlier growth of Corby.

This is the main shopping street through Woodhall Spa. There was a railway crossing across the street in the distance.

Ely's fish and chip shop (left) on the corner of Chantry Road has a Dutch gable. Beyond is the sign for Clarke's Tea Room, and then the Co-op, built in 1932.

This photograph shows the view south across Devonshire Street into King Street. Half hidden by the Musgrave monument is Graham's grocers, established in 1793.

Looking across the green, on the right-hand side we can see the boot and shoe shop of the Foord family, and in the centre the butcherís shop of H J Harvey.

This is a comparatively modern scene in the High Street, showing two-way traffic and a variety of cars.

The row of shops opposite was known as The Polygon, though R H Toothill's chemist shop is on Church View.

50 years later and Bancroft is on its way to becoming a busy shopping street. We last met Sanders in the High Street.

A coffee shop now occupies the 'pure ices' premises beyond, whilst the gable-fronted building has since become a book shop.

In the earlier one, looking north up High Street, The Greyhound Inn is still an 18th-century colourwashed building, while Burgis' shop on the left corner and the dor- mered cottages beyond are

Of course most of the shops have changed hands, for example Killwick's, (pronounced Kill'ick's) the furniture shop, is no longer on the corner of Station Parade.

First local schools have closed, and then shops, post offices and pubs have followed suit. Sometimes the only way to retain these facilities has been to combine them under one roof.

The post office and shop survived until about 1995, when the premises were taken over by Weddinghouse, a business selling and hiring wedding dresses and costumes.

This floating shop is more than welcome with holidaymakers, who are not keen to lose sailing time by visiting shops on land. They also enjoy a 'mardle', or bargain, and barter for a good deal.

On the extreme right of the picture stands Freeman, Hardy & Willis, and next to it is a shop selling Jaeger clothing.

Adjacent are Read's shop and the thatched Old Cycle Shop.

A look at the shop fronts is interesting, with names like Gilbeys, selling wines and spirits; the Home & Colonial Stores; Dewhursts the butcher's; and Drakes, selling coats and gowns, all reminding us

It is remarkable that the Old Curiosity Shop has survived. It was built in about 1570, and is said to be both London's oldest shop and the inspiration for Charles Dickens's home of Little Nell.

This is the shopping parade, with shops to meet the everyday needs of the local inhabitants. As in Eastleigh, the ground floors of houses have been converted.

In 1965, according to a sign in the window of Price's electrical shop in the centre of the village, it was possible to rent a television at a cost of eight shillings a week.

Godsmark's (second from left) have been in business and in the same shop for over 80 years, but most of the other businesses have changed. W M Kirk (left) is now Ambridge's Fish and Chip Restaurant.

The proprietor of J L Brooks' ironmongery shop has not yet opened the shop's wrought iron entrance gate.

The new ground floor shopfront of Plumpton's is on the left, followed by three shop signs on Oliver's, Burdon's and Thurlow Champness.