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A modern mini-market now houses Stokesby Post Office, and the building shown here has become a candle maker's workshop and a tearoom with a charming garden beside the river.

On the right we have Robertson, a chemist, and the local post office adding to the many shopping facilities for the inhabitants. The odd thing is that there are no banks in the village today.

Now used as offices, the Post Office in Forster Square was erected in 1887. The fine open square also housed the nearby Midland Station and warehouses.

The front of the premises of the post office and general stores has recently been changed with the opening up of the front of the part behind the telephone box.

On the right the weatherboard house is Retreat House, for much of the 20th century a post office, and now much extended.

Extra road traffic has also made the road outside the busy village stores and post office (just to the left of the car) a frequent bottleneck.

Farleigh Hungerford's post office closed in the 1990s, but the village retains a school, a church and a pub.

Mr Chappell`s newsagent`s and post office is fondly recalled by local residents but is now a Londis store.

The post office scene is virtually unchanged, except that the sun canopy has gone, and bicycle parking replaces the postbox under the cigarette advertisement, which has also vanished.

The main public entrance to the Post Office is just out of sight around the corner on the right. Staff entered through the central doors.

The large building in the background is the Post Office, which was open from seven in the morning till ten at night.

On the right are the old Post Office and the red brick and pedimented agricultural hall of 1882, both now occupied by Anglia Television.

The octagonal chimneys with moulded caps match those we can see on the post office but the frontage of the inn is built in quartz and tufa, giving it a more rugged appearance.

Today it is smaller than in the past and many of the cottages are holiday homes. The Post Office closed in June 1990 because of the decline in trade.

James Powell, the vicar from 1789 to 1844, married Mary Twining of the tea family; the lychgate, visible behind the telephone post, was built in his memory.

A new retail block has been built between the post office and Marks & Spencer, replacing Lesters and the White Swan. Boots has moved from its previous location next to Woolworths.

The young man may be delivering post, judging by his bag. He is apparently travelling on two wheels, as he is wearing bicycle clips. His straw boater is in the fashion of the time.

Bournville Cocoa can be seen advertised in the window of the local post office and stores - a reminder of the days when the village shop was an integral part of the community.

An excellent view of the post-WWII town looking across the railway lines into the town. Note the many railway wagons in the yards in the foreground of the picture.

All Saints' Church in the distance survived bombing and post-war clearance, along with a thatched pub, the quaintly-named Barking Dickey, which later became a greengrocer and then a bank.

All Saints' Church in the distance survived bombing and post-war clearance, along with a thatched pub, the quaintly-named Barking Dickey, which later became a greengrocer and then a bank.

The post office stores have moved around the corner and the letter box has gone.

Forty pairs of horses were maintained at the inn for posting.

A view of the High Street showing—on the left—the Town Hall of 1900, which housed Barclays Bank and the Post Office downstairs.