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Note the tram lines running down the middle of the street. On the left is the imposing Georgian church of All Saints, built in 1795.

Now much busier than portrayed in our picture, this junction has acquired all the additional street furniture that is apparently so vital to a modern lifestyle.

The roofs behind, parallel to the High Row of the Market Place, are houses in Waterloo Street, demolished in 1963.

The carefully-pollarded lime trees along both sides of this north to south street help to shade the frontages of the varied shops and other retail establishments which flourish here.

Ludford is a now a single-street village on the Louth to Gainsborough road at the head of the River Bain, which flows south through the Wolds to join the River Witham.

This photograph shows the more residential character of this street. A rare tin sign for Arthur Rozier, tin and zinc worker, is on the 16th-century jettied building to the left.

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

The coming of the railway put Whitby firmly on the tourist map; its harbourside streets, ruined abbey, and souvenirs made from jet (a fossilized wood found locally), all proved a magnet for holidaymakers

The tower of the medieval St Peter's Church, seen here on the left, dominates much of Dorchester's High Street.

In the days of horse-drawn trams Darlington Street was considered wide enough for a single line only, and here inbound and outbound cars have made use of the passing loop.

The name sign 'East Street' has been reused on a 1960s replacement for the buildings on the right, while beyond the Gothic-style school soars the 280 feet tower and spire of St Wulfram's.

Given the Earl of Scarbrough's family name, Lumley Road is a straight road with the old High Street winding along south of it, diverging to the left of the trees to meet again at Lumley Square in front

Here we see a clean and spacious street with no traffic. The buildings were all good quality brick with stone cappings and gate posts.

The long straight high street eventually opens up into the Friday market place.

Looking down New Street to the Moot Hall, we can see on the right a brick Georgian house where many BBC trainees lodged in the 1960s.

High Street c1955. Ardingly, pronounced Arding-lie, is situated to the north of Haywards Heath and is famous in Sussex as the setting for Ardingly College.

Here, the High Street splits into three roads: to Leicester; to South Back Way and to Stockerston. The rather crude signpost has now gone and there is no entry from this direction.

The Blackfriars, otherwise known as the South-East Tower, was used in the 19th century as a shop at street level with accommodation above—there was even a small cottage built on top.

Now, together with Bond Street, it is a dispiriting introduction to Nuneaton for those of us who arrive by train.

Ashby Road becomes the High Street at the crossroads (centre); to the left is Packington Hill, and to the right Broadhill Road.

The High Street was still predominantly Georgian at this time. On the right-hand side is The Golden Cross Hotel, rebuilt in 1932 on the site of one of Bromsgrove's oldest coaching inns.

The Original Cake Shop in Parsons Street (run by E W Brown at the time of this photograph) was demolished in 1968.

The High Street leads towards Stockton in the centre. The property on the left is little changed today.

This stretch of the High Street is wider than the rest, probably because the market was originally held here; the market was moved into the Guild Hall with its clock tower on the left, designed by Withers