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A local resident described life in Caversham just before the turn of the century, when this photograph was taken: 'When we went shopping in the trap, we would stop outside the shop and the shopkeeper

There is a mounting block outside G G William's ironmonger's shop (to the left of the bridge), now owned by Martin Day under the logical name Bridge Hardware. The roof has additional dormer windows.

This row of shops with their protective glass awnings was built in the grounds of Cleveley Lodge (the building at the far left end of the row) in the 1930s.

Shopping Changes Basildon has experienced a shopping revolution in the last 50 years.

The lower part of the house is now a shop that sells mobile telephones, but the upper storey remains virtually unchanged.

The awnings are out at the far end of the street to protect the stock in the shop windows from the summer sunshine, and in the foreground we can see frames for the awnings that have not been put up yet

For five hundred years commerce has surrounded this area with ironmongers, shoemakers and fish and meat shops.

All the buildings in the picture survive, although the shop fronts have changed. The white and gold-fronted Lyon`s tea shop is now an Italian restaurant.

Today the trees have matured, and the shop fronts have changed dramatically. S G Smith on the left is still at the end of the parade of shops, and still sells cars.

New shopping arcades were established along Low Street and North Street at the turn of the century, as the town's population continued to enjoy the fruits of the cotton boom years.

This photograph, taken 15 years after B258003 (p20-21), shows the new shop masthead on Boots. The range to the right of the Post Office has been rebuilt as Lipton House.

Like Morgan's the confectioner's (C240004), this shop (left), a post office and grocer's run by Pardey & Johnson, was built at the end of the 19th century.

This view of the old Causeway shows Cliffords the chemist's (extreme right) just before the shop closed. Part of this building now houses a fish and chip shop.

The Shopping Arcade has scarcely changed since this photograph was taken in 1931. The shops were once the outbuildings of the Swan Yard.

The new shops on Broadway are on the site of the former outside market. Also just visible on the left are the new Cornhill shops, which are on the site of the Odeon cinema.

We can see tall lampposts, telephone line posts (still here), a bus stop and local shopping.

The late 19th-century shop extension beyond is Towell's fish and chip shop. The wide 18th- century façade with seven windows is The Limes. The shop next door is Len Aldous the saddler.

The shops on the left were built with bricks from the Nevendon Road brickworks. The shrubs conceal Ladybrow, a former doctor's house and surgery.

We can see of Wightmans' hardware shop, and on either side are the garage's petrol pumps. Small shops on the other side of the street sell Lyons cakes, Woodbines, and Walls ice cream.

At first glance, this row of modern shops, named after the local Anstey Hall, has not changed since 1960; but closer inspection reveals new tenants in the shops, larger trees and flower beds, and more

A barber's shop has replaced the radio shop on the left, and the Willingham Auction Rooms now occupy the adjoining building.

Across the road James Barlow, 'family grocer and provision merchant,' had the biggest food shop in the town; from the open doorway an appetising smell of ground coffee drifted into the street.

The Co-op have modernised their premises from the original three shops (a baker's, a grocer's and a butcher's) to a modern supermarket.

Rasen Bikes are in the large shop on the left, which was E C Hall's shoe shop. The White Swan beyond is still there, and next is another shoe shop, E C Hall. A young lady is in charge.