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Merrie Men performed in the wooden theatre on the left, near the bathing machines, whilst the fair ground was also near the high water mark with a helter-skelter, roundabouts, a rifle range (right), a photo

The latter apparently has a feature on 'Forces Favourites - Beautiful Colour Photos!'

One suspects that Frith's photos of the river shown on these pages may have been commissioned by Mr Leroy to sell to his customers - he appears in this one too, in a Canadian canoe, fashionable at

This and the following three photos, although from the same vantage point, span a period of 60 years.They show many changes in some of the buildings and in the mode of transport.Two horse-drawn vehicles

A gap of just eight years after photo number L130223 sees this junction now dominated not by horses but by motor cars and buses. The number 11 bus still passes this point.

At the time of our photo, its three echelons included ABC Wallpapers, Forbuoys newsagents and Robinson Rentals at the bottom; Peter's gents' hairdressing and Hart's store in the middle; and offices for

Pump Cottage (in the middle of our photo) was—as the name suggests—the source of the village's water-supply. It dates from about 1860. The well pre-dated the cottage by a decade.

Henley is renowned for its annual regatta, which takes place in July; notice that the Forge House Studio, on the left, is displaying a banner advertising Regatta Photos.

Note the 'Cyclists Only' sign in the photo: cycle paths are by no means a recent idea.

This earlier photo looks east and gives a better view of the thatched cottage and the large house with the impressive porch. Beyond is a grocer's at the 'Hovis' sign.

Note Bridge Buildings, vantage point for the photographers who took some of the other photos of the Square.

Rose Cottage, one of three cottages built for farm workers, is the foremost cottage in this photo.

This was demolished to widen the road shortly after the photo was taken.

By 1928, the Rustic Bridge seen in photo 40743 had been taken down. The two houses on the left were owned by Spicer Brothers, who owned the paper mill, and were called Orps Mill Cottages.

Our photo- graph was taken before the M6 or the Chorley by-pass opened— Chorley was troubled by heavy traffic for many years.

At the time of our photo, the pub offered 'dancing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening—to the music of the Roundabouts'.

At the time of our photo, the pub offered 'dancing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening—to the music of the Roundabouts'.

The sign on the building to the right forefront of the photo advertises Stroud's Agency for Servants; it is now a fashion accessory shop.

In the village are a good variety of houses, including the early 16th- century rectory and Hallside Grove, a Gothicised house of quality set behind the low wall on the left of the photo- graph.

To the left is the public library, designed by Edward Potts and noted for its Venetian windows.

This and the following three photos, although from the same vantage point, span a period of 60 years. They show many changes in some of the buildings and in the mode of transport.

The tower was taken down shortly after this photo was taken. The site of the church is now marked out in stones and there is a memorial table. The graveyard has become a pleasant open space.

By the mid 1960s, Dunmow`s electric cables were being put underground: our photo shows what a good thing this was, aesthetically speaking.

Within fifteen years of this photo, the roadway had been made into a proper bridge, and there had been an infilling of bungalows on the left- hand side.