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Here in Walton High Street, the occasional pony and trap seems to be the only contribution to heavy traffic.

There was a demand for teashops, and Church Street had three - one is on the left here.

Down the High Street on the left, Robt W Edgar`s Bristol Outfitting Stores was part of the block sacrificed for the road widening.

Washington House, on the main street, was the home of the forebears of American President George Washington. The stars and stripes flag is flown from the church tower every 4 July.

Rather curiously, the High Street turns sharp right at this road junction, and heads down to the beach. The road in the centre distance is the Coast Road to Redcar.

Norton High Street is one of the surprise features in Teesside, with several elegant period houses nestling behind the trees which line the road verges.

At the end of the street, the petrol pumps have gone, and Thrower's the newsagent's has become an estate agent's. Opposite is Hatters, where straw hats were made.

The High Street runs down from the A40 to Burford Bridge and the River Windrush. The upper end is lined with pollarded lime trees.

The second shop down on the left at 55 High Street is Stoodley & Sons, the jewellers, established in 1861 and still trading in Alton today.

The Norfolk Arms can be seen half way up the High Street. The hotel takes its name from the Dukes of Norfolk, formerly the Earls of Arundel, whose principal ancestral home is Arundel Castle.

Here the Market Place has a fair number of local people and tradesmen curiously watching the cameraman's antics in the middle of the street.

There is a cosy feel to the main street of this little village, between Sandwich and Wingham; it centres around the local shop, the Chequers Inn (on the extreme right) and the brick-built bus shelter.

The weatherboarded Chequers pub is tucked away in a corner of the dog-leg at the top of the village street, with the early 15th-century church tower rising above the surrounding tiled roofs.

A walk up Gay Street, named after Robert Gay, who granted John Wood the lease on this hilly area north-west of the old city, leads to one of the most celebrated pieces of this remarkable city's townscape

The street was named after Daniel Milsom, a wine cooper who owned the land. It was laid out mainly in the 1760s.

Upper Weston has all the appearance of a typical Cotswold stone village with its main street winding gently uphill.

Much of the south side of the main street beyond the village shop and the junction with Mill Lane is now occupied by a private school, Monkton Combe School.

This street's name comes from the Anglo-Saxon 'cepin', meaning a 'place of trade', and here its shops include opticians, tobacconists, dry cleaners, book and toy shops and the Crusty Loaf bakers with its

Here we are looking down the High Street, with Smith's chemist's shop – still at this period with only one large window – on the right.

Today it is a busy commuter route, but in 1922 children could play on the street, and the traffic offered very little respect to the rules of the road.

This was one of the principal shopping streets of the town, though the Methodist New Connection chapel and the Salvation Army Hall were also along here.

Northumberland Street runs along the spine of the spur on which the town is built. After the harbour had become unusable, a number of warehouses and granaries were redeveloped.

This vast Victorian hotel, with its half-timbered detail, is a feature of the High Street.

We end this chapter in St Peter Street, which originally led to the old wooden bridge replaced by the present one further west.