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A little further down the hill that we see in No O74048 is the post office; it has now closed, but the same thatched cottages remain.

The Square, the building located at the head of the slipway, was once the village post office and is now part of the Mermaid restaurant.

The post office with shop is the former school house (1858). The village school was on the right through the little gate.

The village grew thanks to railway workers and commuters, and shops moved onto the ribbon development on the Bristol to Bath road - we can see a post office, an optician's, a chemist's, a Co-op and a petrol

The post office/shop by the Morris is still there, along with the Jubilee Hall, opposite, which was built for meetings.

Here, the very spacious and pleasantly laid-out corner of just such an estate indicates the post-war planning and housing ideals. Note the bubble car for inner-city shopping.

The post office (right) is unchanged, but the telephone box has been replaced.

Here we see one of the town's post-offices.

The Corner Shop and Station Parade Post Office still provides an invaluable service to residents and passers-by, but an extension has been built on to the end wall for Saab who also trade

The inner relief road carved through here in the late 20th century from left to right, destroying the post office and the surrounding houses.

Standing in the shadow of a great chestnut tree, the Royal Anchor Hotel, once a posting and coaching house, dates from the time of Samuel Pepys who found 'good, honest people' here.

The post office is on the left with its sign outside.

In medieval times, guards were posted to keep watch and to guide people from the nearby Forest of Galtres so as to protect them from the packs of wolves that roamed the area.

Built in 1540, during the post-moot age really, this red brick and half-timbered Moot Hall would have been a hotbed of commercial and legal activities during the town's most prosperous

Just at the rear of this photograph is the end view of the new village shop and post office, the only change to the scene.

It is not just a place to buy groceries or post a letter, but a place to catch up on all the local gossip - or a place to meet old friends.

The Romer Arms pub is unchanged, but the Daventry Co-op Industrial Society shop (left) has been rebuilt as Newnham Stores and post office. The tree on the right was replanted in the 1980s.

On the right is the old post office and the agricultural hall.

Viewed from the post office, this memorial to Queen Victoria is known as the Pepperpot because of its shape.

Next to it, and somewhat heavily disguised as the town post office, is a 16th-century timber-framed building.

The building on the far right is the post office.

A grey day in post-war Lytham. The photograph gives the impression that the town is waiting for someone or some-thing to lift it from gloom and despondency.

The village sign shown on the right of the photograph depicts a cuckoo, a rebus for Cuckfield, whilst the village stores (left) were a branch of Spar and also housed the local post office

This is the old Eastleigh Road, and we can see the post office and the telephone kiosk on the left. We are looking towards the old oak tree, which is just out of sight at the end of the road.