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Once this was the part of the street with clothing shops; it is now the part of town with the banks, building societies and estate agents.

Notice the lamp and sign for Payne's, the silversmith's and jeweller's (left), and the signs on the right, which show the variety of services and goods on offer at the half -timbered shop which is now Banks

The entrance to Barclays Bank is seen to the right of the picture.The High Street leads to the North Gate of the cathedral.

Our last view shows Dorney Reach with the Berkshire bank on the left.

On the right are Barclay's Bank, Merchant's, haberdashers, the post office, Bell, the Co-op (with dome), and Poole's, furnishers.

Outside the Midland Bank, a queue of people waits patiently in the sunshine for the next bus.

This view is taken from the sandy Roman Bank path looking to Chapel Point.

Further on and to the left are a family who might have just popped into Lloyds Bank to withdraw some cash. Are they going to stroll still further to the village stores?

To the left is a pub; the third building along in the distance is Lloyds Bank, and next to it is the Square Brewery. Little has changed, apart from new businesses trading here.

The entrance to Barclays Bank is seen to the right of the picture. The High Street leads to the North Gate of the cathedral.

The headquarters of Somerset County Cricket Club, founded in 1875, lie on the south bank of the River Tone; although the grandstands are much changed, the arched one still in essence survives.

The towpath for barges and sailing ships was mainly on the Surrey bank of the river. These sailing barges were still in commercial operation well into the 1960s.

Because of its prestigious reputation and close proximity to the Bank, city financiers clamoured to live here, and annual rents from a single house could reach the incredible sum of three hundred

Behind the pony trap on the right we can glimpse Hiley's Restaurant (now the Nat West Bank), noted for its shilling dinners.

Nearby are the National Bank, the Royal Exchange, the Stock Exchange, and the Athenaeum Club.

The old Northamptonshire Union Bank on the right of the picture is now the Nat West, though fortunately the facade remains intact.

There were two hotels in the village, the Vine in the village centre and the Grange along Sea Bank Road just behind the sand hills.

A few minutes from the centre of the original village and situated by the weir, this small 19th-century hotel on the banks of the River Lea, with its eight rooms, was, and still is, popular with anglers

The photographer walked away from the river bridge up Hart Street towards the Town Hall in Market Place and turned back by the Bell Street junction to take this view towards the church with its dominating

On the Windsor bank the non-Etonian spectators watch the Procession of College Boats. In the distance, lined with spectators, is the bridge, nowadays pedestrianised.

Back at the river, this view shows the crowds watching the Procession of College Boats, held every year on 4 June to commemorate George III's birthday.

During a terrible flood in 1952, the river burst its banks and five feet of water surged through the hotel and stables.

This view of the Mill House, further north along the Buckinghamshire bank, captures wonderfully the curious formality of late Victorian leisure activity as the fishermen sit stiffly in

Widnes was then just a sleepy little hamlet of a few houses on the banks of the Mersey.