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On the right, Gordon Thoday, with branches throughout East Anglia, sold dress fabrics.

A branch line soon followed, and Eastbourne station opened in 1849, but Polegate grew, and until it was by-passed recently it was something of a bottleneck on the Bexhill Road, the A27.

Further on is the Rickmansworth branch of the National Provincial Bank, which replaced Eastman's butcher shop and the Royal Herts Laundry.

The branch line opened on 24 August 1903 and closed on 29 November 1965.

A new dock was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1881 and was opened in 1882, partly paid for by the Great Northern Railway, who extended a branch line to it.

Here we have a quintessential country branch line railway station scene, with the Furness Railway Greenodd to Lakeside train approaching the platform.

For all its evocative name, Higher Bebington Road is quite short in length; it services Bebington High Sports College, the Higher Bebington recreation ground and the local branch of Wirral

Bowling's the ironmongers moved to Grove Road in the 1920s, and their shop became a branch of the Midland Bank. This has since been converted to a pub called 'The Old Bank'.

Up to the time of Dr Beeching's 'axe', its station at nearby Mardock was served by the single track Buntingford Branch railway line which also ran through the villages of Widford, Hadham, Standon, Braughing

The newly constructed offices of the estate agents Soar & Soar flank one side of the Lloyd's Bank branch, whilst behind the rear of the Hamptons furniture van on the right of the picture is the upper floor

Inside the gate leading to Church Place are memorials to the Hunnybun family; a branch of this family were well-known coach builders and harness makers in Cambridge.

It is now occupied by a branch of Superdrug. Barclays Bank on the extreme right was built in the early 19th century.

Behind the Barley Mow pub in the centre of the picture, the northern and southern branches of the River Wey unite.

The Horning branch of Roy's of Wroxham proclaims itself 'the biggest village store in the world'.

Typically, the Lloyds Bank branch has gone.

The prominent many-branched telegraph pole is now a truncated spike.

The relevance of two fish and chip shops sited directly opposite the Pied Bull pub needs no further comment, but one has to question the suitability of the branch of a national bank - apparently located

It is a strange coincidence that the only two royal visits to Guisborough were made by the same branch of our royal family and to the same building in the town.

Half way between London and Edinburgh on the busy Great North Road, Ferrybridge was a hub, with smaller roads branching off into West Yorkshire.

On the right is a branch of the London and County Bank, with Dorset's shop next door exhibiting a gleaming display of light fittings.

This photograph looks north, and shows what became the focal point for the estate, with the branch library to the right on the corner of Corsham Road, and the parade of shops, including Bollom, dry

At one time the building was used as a court house; it has subsequently been used as a branch of the County Library and as a museum.

Opposite is Cawdells' department store with its imposing 1930s frontage; demonstrating the commercial success and wealth of Watford are branches of the National Provincial, Barclays and Lloyds Banks.

A branch of Stead and Simpson, a shoe shop, is on the right directly opposite Cash & Co, also a shoe shop. Below and to the right of St Mary's Church we can see the gable end of the Old Post Office.