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Despite its moderately tumble-down appearance, The Porch is now a bank.

Although the scene is basically little changed, apart from the loss of the National Provincial Bank on the right (it was replaced by an archetypal building of the 1960s or early 1970s, larger but of

Looking east, the steep bank has a low covering of bushes which obscure the views if allowed to grow up, and in 2004 a lot of clearing work was done.

Standing in the centre of the town at the junction of roads to Yorkshire and the north is the extravagantly ornate Union Bank Building, occupied by Barclays in the 1950s and now by the

The two buildings to the left are banks, with the modern Whitehall Theatre between the two.

On the opposite corner from the Yorkshire Bank was Redman's the grocer's (centre right), beloved by local housewives for their selection and good value.

It is still possible to walk along the banks of the local waterways, just as these Edwardian children did nearly a century ago. A canal to Tiverton once started from near French Weir.

The headquarters of the Yorkshire Gliding Club at Sutton Bank, on the edge of the North York Moors high above the Vale of York with views to the distant Pennines, must be one of the most spectacular in

Unlike most churches, it has no tower to mark its position, and few people passing through Astwood Bank will even realise it has a church.

Moored alongside the far bank in this photograph is a floating tea room; the rowing boat in the foreground is, in fact, the ferry to the Dropping Well, a popular tourist attraction.

The school, now a museum and library, sits comfortably beneath the bank on which the parish church of St Michael, seen in the background, stands.

On the near bank, adults sit equally at ease, talking amiably to the man standing with relaxed stance alongside the yacht.

To the left of the Town Hall is the local branch of the National Provincial Bank, while to the right The Central Pharmacy is still a chemists, but under the name of Cherrington.

The odd thing is that there are no banks in the village today.

Everything beyond the Wilts and Dorset Bank (now Lloyds) has been flattened. Otherwise, this view has all you would expect from such a vintage photograph.

Note the branch of Lloyds Bank on the left, and the Scala cinema on the right next to N Joseph, General Stores.

The parish church of All Saints stands on the banks of the River Ouse. Like a watch tower overlooking the river, the tower is embattled and has pinnacles at the corners.

The school, now a museum and library, sits comfortably beneath the bank on which the parish church of St Michael, seen in the background, stands.

Pownall Bridge over the River Bollin carries the public footpath that runs from Wilmslow along the river bank to Styal.

Springtime daffodils adorn the bank in front of the battlemented, mostly 15th-century parish church of St Cuthbert at Crayke, a lovely village overlooking the Vale of York.

On the right is Lloyd's Bank, and beyond it is the entrance to Cheap Street. The road below was frequently flooded by the River Frome.

In the centre background, the traditional building of Lloyds Bank can be seen, and on the extreme left is a branch of Fifty Shilling Tailors.

The boy on the left appears to have been diverted from what he was doing: probably he has been hailed by the two cyclists opposite Lloyd's Bank, who seem to be about to head across the road towards him

Next to William Deacon's Bank is the Great Wall Restaurant, one of the first Chinese restaurants to open outside a major city.