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Boot and shoe repairs are undertaken in these premises in one of the back yards in the cramped village of Mousehole. Perhaps it is Mr Jeffery himself who is posing at the steps in the foreground.

In the early years of this century the village included an apothecary, a butcher's shop with traditional glazed tiles, a forge, dairy, a shoe-maker and an undertaker's.

In the early years of this century the village included an apothecary, a butcher's shop with traditional glazed tiles, a forge, dairy, a shoe-maker and an undertaker's.

Union Street is littered with shop names and advertisements. On the left are signs for Frisby's Boot Stores - 'Best for Shoes, Best for All'.

F Holt`s shoe shop can be seen on the left of the Walk.

On the right-hand corner with Dalton Road is Saxone Shoes, now Thomas Cook.

Boys wearing ties, jackets and short trousers, and girls with neat ankle socks and strap shoes are typical of school-age children of the 1940s and 50s.

The building on the right was once the premises of C Baverstock, 'Shoeing & General Smith'. Shere even had its own fire station. It can be seen on the right just past the trees.

Northampton shod most of Cromwell's army; over the years it acquired status as an important boot and shoe manufacturing centre.

Moving south from Thrapston we reach Raunds, another small Northamptonshire market town transformed into a Victorian boot and shoe manufacturing town.

The broad expanse of the A24 London Road heading towards Stonecot Hill and Morden is lined with parked cars and bicycles outside the shops.

The nearby hamlet of Staylittle allegedly took its name from a village blacksmith who was so quick at shoeing horses that his smithy became known as Stay-a-Little.

The water in the pond behind the children in their smart pinafore dresses and hats (and no doubt muddy shoes) is at its summer low level - it still survives today.

This street of small distinctive shops and handsome 18th-century terraced buildings is the commercial hub of the town.

The buildings then became overcrowded housing for the woollen industry's factory workers, and after 1850, for shoe-factory workers.

Next to this is Frisby's, a well-known shoe chain.

Union Street is now pedestrianised; this view shows some of the modern shop fronts installed by 1955 which replaced the much better Victorian ones.

That industry was replaced by shoe making until the 1960s.

On the left is Tinley's shoe shop and just beyond that, though hidden from view, was the local branch of Redgates. On the right the King's Head has changed from Brampton Ales to Warwicks.

Other shops include Grays Co- op and Stanley Barker's butcher's. The girls' white shoes and socks are typical of the mid 50s.

The shops have definitely changed in recent years; you can now kit yourself from the skin out with lingerie, shoes and high class couture, whilst a One Stop Store provides for more basic needs.

Reaching Street, we are in 'company town', a town dominated by the shoe makers C and J Clark. It is therefore appropriate that we start at Clark's original factory, which fronts High Street.

From the north-west corner of Market Place, Town Street descends the hill past a drapers, a dairy utensil manufacturer and a shoe shop, all three displaying their wares.

A branch of Stead and Simpson, a shoe shop, is on the right directly opposite Cash & Co, also a shoe shop. Below and to the right of St Mary's Church we can see the gable end of the Old Post Office.