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named after the colour of the soil, used to be a narrow winding road; but with the development of the Parkhill estate in 1947, a cutting was made through here to provide quicker access.

This is the corner of St Anne's Road West and Garden Street (right) before it was fully surfaced.

The butcher's on the right-hand side of the road is taking every precaution to keep the temperature down inside his shop.

The road to the right leads to the railway station, but directly along the leafy street is The Spa, a particularly popular hydro.

The pho- tographer is looking towards North Road.

Pembury is now slowly being absorbed into the outskirts of Tunbridge Wells; it is situated on the main A21 London to Hastings road.

Pallister Road is the impressive Bank Building built in 1899 to house the London & County Bank as well as a number of shops, including the Home and Colonial Stores.

D E Baker's department store (extreme left) flanks the entry to Church Street from the Market Place; the road was very much narrower than today, following the road widening scheme and demolition

Two chums (right) march down Commercial Road, in the South Yorkshire colliery village of Skelmanthorpe.

Solid Victorian architecture in this tree-lined road.

The A623 Chesterfield-Chapel en le Frith road is now almost completely surrounded by tall trees, which obscure the limestone crags we can see in this picture.

Saxmundham sits astride the main Ipswich to Lowestoft road. The town experienced rapid change and development after the railway arrived in the 19th century. The Bell Hotel was built in 1842.

The Harrow stands on the road to North Ockendon.

A mixture of craft lie alongside the jetty awaiting to load.

A view taken along the coast road between Westport and Louisberg, showing the almost conical Croagh Patrick.

The unsurfaced roads and thickly wooded banks climb down the steep slopes at the end of the Vale of Pewsey.

The Fitzwilliam Arms, on the main road to Peterborough, was possibly altered from a row of cottages.

At one point they were nearly removed dur- ing a road improvement scheme, but prompt action by the locals preserved them.

Marshal Conway's great 18th-century landscape improve- ments and garden buildings in the grounds of Park Place included the rustic boulder-bedecked bridge on the right, carrying the Wargrave Road

New Road Side is here still a street of small, traditional shops.

The houses in the background are those in Southwell Park Road. The tennis courts and bowling green are to the left.

The road is very different to its modern counterpart, and reflects how much the sea was the main way out of St Ives. Cars pass by today where boats were once pulled up on the beach.

Pateley Bridge, in Upper Nidderdale, lies on the road between Grassington and Ripon, and was once an important crossing point over the river.

This late Victorian scene of the High Street typifies a more tranquil era, where the only signs of traffic pollution appear to be from the passing of the pony and trap further down the road!