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Bradleys, on the right of the street, is an interesting premises.

A guidebook in 1795 described Weobley as having 'a few small streets meanly constructed, without either market or traffic'.

This view of the River Tove is taken from the bridge that crosses the river on the line the Romans set for Watling Street, where the road itself changes alignment from north-west to west-north-west.

Note the complexity of building styles along the street line – the Victorians had no concern for harmony or for what was appropriate.

In the 19th century the street was occupied in the main by saddlers, but their premises gradually closed as horses gave way to the horsepower of cars.

The New Shambles, off Finkle Street, were built in 1803. The word 'shambles' comes from the Old English 'sceamol', which originally meant a bench for the sale of meat.

Freeman, Hardy & Willis must have been one of the earliest high street chains to establish themselves in large and small towns alike.

Barclays Bank dominates the west end, while Lemon Street can be seen emerging on the extreme left. In the centre of it all a policeman on point duty waits for traffic to direct.

Fore Street is in the Copperhouse district of Hayle, which takes its name from a copper works (later a foundry) of the 18th and 19th centuries.

The Co-op still had scattered shops along the street, alongside Lillian Worrall (dresses for smart ladies) and H Winstone (tobaccos) with their elaborate Abdullah sign for Turkish cigarettes.

The Co-op still had scattered shops along the street, alongside Lillian Worrall (dresses for smart ladies) and H Winstone (tobaccos) with their elaborate Abdullah sign for Turkish cigarettes.

We have now passed through Stonebow into the southern part of the High Street, which grew up along the old Roman road south of the walled city.

Although it is as well-designed as a high rise building can be in a small-scale setting, the twelve-storey Civic Centre lurks menacingly just round the corner in Silver Street.

In this view the northern wing, which turns the corner into Bridge Street, is still virtually brand new.

Built in 1782 to designs by Thomas Baldwin, Somersetshire Buildings remain the most elegant and ornate in the street; the bowed centre house is a total contrast to the regular flat fronts of the other

From Terrace Walk, York Street passes the rear of the Roman Baths, screened by the rusticated walls and corner pavilion added by Brydon in the 1890s.

This popular public house in Goring Street was formerly known as The Bull's Head; the old sign, which hung over the door for years, was removed by the brewery and transferred to a public house in East

As we leave the station, the first street we see is Dorridge Road. Broad and leafy, it retains a handful of older houses like the mock-Tudor one we can just see on the left in this photograph.

It is the oldest existing building on the High Street, the earliest part of it dating from around 1400. In its time it has been a farm, a carrier's business and an antique shop.

These street lamps appeared in 1897.

Until the 1930s, trams ran along Prestbury High Street en route to the top of Cleeve Hill. A workman was employed to grease the rails at the sharp bend just out of sight in the distance.

Horse-drawn trams, hackney carriages and heavy-wheeled goods carts rattle along the stone setts of Dale Street, passing some of the city's major financial and commercial buildings.

It could seat up to 1,750 people and replaced a smaller chapel in Hammerton Street, which was sold to the Baptists.

Lord Street was laid out in the 1820s, the buildings along it displaying a wonderful medley of architectural styles, but apart from stone setts and tram lines, its general appearance has, perhaps, changed