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This road is typical of the building projects that were conducted after the Second World War.

Common Road was one of the early developments. It comes off Hursley Road, and descends to a stream crossed by a ford where the water might be so deep that food suppliers could not get across.

What was a quiet semi- rural turning has become a busy road junction, complete with road widening and traffic lights.

Fore Street, leading into the A350 Trowbridge Road, is now a very busy road in and out of town.

Wash Road was a road of many farms: Watch-House, Mundell's, Petchey's, Benson's, Puckle's, Sellers, and Laindonponds.

To the west of Castor lies Ermine Street, a Roman road; excavations have shown that the village is built over a large Roman estate.

This view looks east, and shows the bridge across Grange Vale, a road that connects the Brighton Road with the residential areas of Grange Road, Worcester Road and Mulgrave Road.

The coming of the Heads of the Valleys Road greatly changed the landscape of this area. Today this busy road is rarely as quiet as this.

This photograph shows Ledsham Road close to its junction with Chester Road. The scene has changed remarkably little over the years, apart from the names above the shops.

This important road junction makes possible an alternative traffic flow between Bebington and Bromborough, and between the M53 motorway and New Chester Road (the A41).

The view was taken looking down Church Road from Cartmel Road by the crossroads, and is still much the same in appearance.

Wash Road was a road of many farms: Watch-House, Mundell's, Petchey's, Benson's, Puckle's, Sellers, and Laindonponds.

This is one of the unmade roads to the west of Rectory Road—perhaps Hillcrest Chase or Rectory Park Drive. St Michael's church looms in the background.

This is one of the unmade roads to the west of Rectory Road—perhaps Hillcrest Chase or Rectory Park Drive. St Michael's church looms in the background.

The next views are of the residential roads laid out to the east of Brighton Road.

In 1991the junction with London Road (to the left) was realigned in the interest of road safety, and a pedestrian refuge in the High Street was installed.

Corve Street is the main road leading north to Shrewsbury. Notice the way that the road suddenly becomes that little bit wider.

The name of the inn comes from two stagecoaches, 'The Fly' and 'The Bull', which plied the road. Cars of the early motor age travel along the road, or wait at the side.

These included improving the Arboretum and, in 1929, building a new ring road from the top of Foden Road to Bescot Road. The ring road became known as Broadway in 1931.

Liverpool Road was a long road running from Church Street, Eccles to the airport out at Barton.

Piper Road, like Booth Road where my mother was born, was an old toll road. Piper Bank, sweeping up towards the moors, is traversed by the road built in 1818 through the Glen.

This is the cross roads of Storeton Road (out towards Storeton where the famous quarries are) and Woodchurch Road. The Half Way Hotel on the right is still there today.

We are looking along Mill Hill Road from the Shippons, a large public house in Thigwall Road.

The Lickey Hills are actually in Worcestershire, and so is this road junction, though only just. As the hills are owned by Birmingham, it is reasonable to include the area in this book.