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We are looking down towards the Market and the Town Hall, with the Lloyds Bank building beyond the Savoy Cafe (right) - Lloyds Bank moved to Whalley Road in 1962.

The National Provincial Bank, as banks do, took advantage of this 'additional wealth', followed later by Doug Taylor's garage and the inevitable council roundabout.

Newly built in red bricks is Coode, Shilson and Co's St Austell Bank (now National Westminster); it was commonly known as 'the red bank'.

Until Barclays Bank was built in 1904, the Methodist church had the only public clock in the village.

The medieval parish church, Ashtead Park house and its landscaped park, now part of the City of London Freemen's School, are south of this main through road, the A24 London to Worthing road.

In this view, the photographer looks back past the Bucks Evangelistic Mission Hall to the Georgian-fronted cottages on the right of photograph number A84022.

York Street, on the right to the other side of the Midland Bank, was cut through only at the end of the 19th century to improve traffic flow to Richmond; traffic previously had to funnel

The Bank Street/Great Square corner was rebuilt in the 1930s with a building capped by a stylish cupola (centre, at the end of the street).

The Bank Street/Great Square corner was rebuilt in the 1930s with a building capped by a stylish cupola (centre, at the end of the street).

old town was also increasingly surrounded by rows and rows of terraces in Pitsmoor and Hillsborough to the north, in Walkley and Crookes to the west, in Sharrow and Heeley to the south and Park

An old custom at Formby was the carrying of a corpse three times round the Godstone in the belief that it prevented the dead from coming back to haunt their relatives.

There had been a house (probably half-timbered) at Bank Hall in the Middle Ages, but in about 1780 it was decided to improve the building, and the structure seen in the picture was the result.

There were two Littlehamptons, a busy port and fishing village about half a mile inland on the east bank of the Arun, and the seaside resort which grew up after 1800.

There were two Littlehamptons, a busy port and fishing village about half a mile inland on the east bank of the Arun, and the seaside resort which grew up after 1800.

Along the north bank of the Canch is a footpath that leads east to Priorswell Road, with the Memorial Gardens on the right bank behind the trees that line it.

An iron footbridge connects Bevere Island to the east bank and a lock, built in 1844, to the west bank. The name comes from Beaver Island but the beavers died out over 1,000 years ago.

The village of Muker, set toward the western end of the dale, dates back to 1274. After a chapel of ease was built here in 1580, the delightfully named Corpse Way gradually fell into disuse.

A smart two-seater convertible is parked outside the imposing Barclays Bank, which had been built in 1910 as the Boston & Spalding Bank.

Prices in general were falling back to their pre-Great War levels, having risen dramatically during the conflict.

An old custom at Formby was the carrying of a corpse three times round the Godstone in the belief that it prevented the dead from coming back to haunt their relatives.

During the 15th century, Headcorn was a cloth-making centre which prospered with the arrival of Flemish weavers, and its single, long street has several fine buildings dating back to that time.

The stationmaster watches carefully as the little girl is brought back from the edge of the platform by her mother, whilst the boy clutches his wicker basket.

A footbridge now spans the river between the two and there has been extensive development on both banks of the river.

The building beyond, between it and the Queen Anne style bank, was demolished about 1930 and replaced by a smart Moderne stone-fronted Midland Bank.