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The elegance of the pier was reflected in the broad streets of the town, which were built to resemble fine boulevards.

A wonderfully varied street scene in this ancient town displays the varied architecture from different centuries in the town's history.

from Frith turned his camera to the left he would have photographed Theobald & Son the basket makers, and what would become to be known as the Red House; outside here, meetings were often held in the street

The Jubilee Clock at the junction of Victoria Street and Loch Promenade was presented to the people of Douglas by George Dumbell in 1887.

In this view we are looking north-west up London Road towards the Queens Head in the distance, beyond the junction with East Street.

We look north-westwards up The Street to the Coach and Horses Hotel (left centre), where the Victorian landlord was James Ingram. Charmouth House is further up the hill (centre).

A view looking north along the High Street.

The street familiar today is clearly much in place by the mid 1950s. Westminster House (left) is the only post war addition on view.

Here we see the eastern end of the High Street, with the wall of the Congregational Church on the right.

The decision was made to demolish the building and in its place build a multi-purpose church (in Hargreaves Street, see photograph A19722), and the demolition of the church began in June 1987.

Beyond, on the corner with Mill Street, is No 26, Weston's, a stationers and newsagents, an earlier building re-fronted in the 19th century with a late Victorian shop-front.

Lamp-posts that had lost their lamps now became supports for road directions, and streets were lit by electric lamps on long concrete posts; these were not in the least attractive, but were functional

The village street at Bothenhampton (middle distance, left to right), with suburbia beyond, seen from the vicinity of Quarry Farm with an apple orchard and thatched cottages above the stream

On the opposite corner of Monk Street the agricultural merchants has gone, to be replaced by the new South Wales Electricity Board building.

This view of market day shows Hawes's main street packed with visitors, farmers and their wives.

It has quaint streets, a promenade, cliffs and a harbour, together with a fine old church.

The view from Stone Street is perhaps one of the most famous of all Kentish scenes. The ancient church has many treasures, and there are many other interesting buildings.

After this date there was an inevitable spreading of streets and tramways.

Boston never achieved the fashionable fame of other Yorkshire spa towns like Ilkley and Harrogate, however, the buildings here on the High Street illustrate the affluence generated by the mere mention

At the end of the street were the swimming baths, which opened in May 1911.

On the junction with Westgate Street is the Theatre Royal, one of only three surviving Regency theatres in the country, built in 1819 by National Gallery architect William Wilkins.

The High Street leads to the North Gate of the cathedral. It is interesting that in the right foreground a Belisha Beacon stands, before the introduction of zebra crossings.

This photograph was taken about half-way along Market Street; it shows many shop premises, most of which have changed hands several times in the intervening years.

Alford is a most attractive small market town on the eastern edge of The Wolds, noted for its thatched Manor House in West Street, a 16th-century hall house with crosswings, all encased in brick in 1661