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On the left, behind the white picket fence, is a small shop advertising Sunlight soap. Auction posters are wrapped round the wooden village signpost.

Here we see the grocer's shop of William Free Ltd. It was also the village post office until it closed in the 1980s.

Shops and arcades were opened around the town, such as the impressive example of Victorian architecture seen above.

Beyond the cycle outside Savage's shop (left) is Rose Cottage of 1904, with white busts on either side of the door. At the end is Post Office Corner.

The signboard on the pavement near the women and children advertises a fish and chip shop.

Here we see the bare central beach of a century ago, with no Embassy Centre, fairground car park, Marine Walk and Esplanade, shops, arcades or cafés.

The wall on the left on which the child is sitting has since been extensively redeveloped as the river frontage for a shopping development. It is now a series of steps leading down to the water.

On the left, just out of view, was the old butcher's shop and pie factory.

Although difficult to read the name, the sign for the florist shop on the right reads 'Bridget Like Florist', and it is still 'Like's Florist' today.

There were around 160 shops in the town centre by this time, and the Development Corporation had turned their attention to providing Basildon with a health centre, and also police, fire and ambulance stations

It was cheaper to shop in Tunstall than to go to Hanley by road, as there were three toll booths to get through.

Bus shelters, one with a shopper waiting, occupy Tudor Square, once called Bally Green, at the end of Market Street, which is Dalton's main shopping street.

The prestigious shopping streets in the background quickly grew up to cater for their many needs. Here we see horse-drawn cabs waiting for passengers in the Square.

As early as 1909 visitors were coming to Lyme Regis in search of fossils.The Fossil Depot shown here on the right was the first permanent fossil shop in Lyme.

Lincoln suffered a lot of demolition in the 1950s and 1960s, including No 12 on the far left, now drab 1970s offices, and the buildings beyond which made way for the Stonebow Centre shopping mall of

It was just 480 feet long, with facilities which included shops, a clock tower and a landing stage.

The shops below the hotel can be seen and also those below Pier Hill. Southend The Golden Hind

Apart from its role as resort and port, Weymouth became important as a shopping centre during the last century.

Many of the shops in the High Street are re-fronted timber-framed buildings.

The Old Barn, now Oakham School shop, can be seen to the right.

This compact village once possessed all the useful facilities of a rural community - a blacksmith's, numerous thriving shops and a large pinfold to corral stray animals.

By Edwardian times Lyndhurst's shops were catering for something of a tourist boom. Several establishments are seen here offering refreshments.

The pavements of Market Street were crowded with pram-pushing mothers shopping for the week's provisions.

Adam adapted Palladio's design for a bridge with shops and houses to produce an elegant masterpiece.