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This branch line canal was built to link with Telford's last canal, the Shropshire Union canal.

Here we see the railway junction for the Uppingham branch, although little remains today to show that the railway passed through.

An architect-designed villa on the left has probably recently been built in this settlement, which is just north of Callington and at the terminus of the railway branch line from Plymouth.

Today a branch of Blockbuster Video occupies the site.

Over the years Bordon expanded as a civilian community, and it also developed as a training ground used by military units and other branches of the Armed Forces.

This view looks across the broad expanse of firm sands to a goods train, which is probably carrying slate on the now-vanished harbour branch of the railway.

E A Hodges has become just another branch of Dillons, presumably as a result of a take-over.

It lies adjacent to the older village of Rossington, but took over in importance when mining became the local industry, gaining its own branch of the Doncaster Co-operative Society, seen on the right.

St Mawes lies on a sheltered branch off Falmouth harbour. Here we see the as yet undeveloped village and waterfront from the pier.

In the 1960s it was home to a branch of the Runcorn and Widnes Industrial Co-Operative Society.

It now houses a branch of Boots, the chemists, and all the plaster on the front façade has been recently removed revealing a beautiful jettied timber building.

On this side of town the Midland operated a short goods branch to Brampton.

On the left is Quay Station, built in 1874 for the Ilfracombe branch; it was demolished in 1922 when Town Station was built on the other side of the Taw.

A branch of Tesco Metro now occupies the building. The best clue to recognising the building today is to look for the two flagpoles. Other redevelopment in the High Street has also taken place.

Town Lock is one of two mechanised locks; the other is Newark Nether Lock at the northern end of the branch.

There was a Co-op branch in this street, and Mainwaring`s (extreme left) was an important store here.

George Oliver`s shoe shop (left) was one of several Cornish branches in the early 20th century; it still exists in a modernised form as Messrs Timpson.

A branch of Barclays Bank lies further down the street on the corner.

On the right, a road branches off to Wheathampstead. Codicote had a number of interesting charities.

Jax, a cheerful low-price dress shop for younger customers, replaced the more staid Co-op; Millett's, which began by selling army surplus goods, branched into camping equipment and tough outdoor clothes

Wainwright the chemist's (right) is an old Eastleigh firm that until recently survived in the centre of the town, but this branch has become a showroom for heating appliances.

In the autumn, the overhanging branches form a seemingly never-ending tunnel of gold as the traveller journeys onward.

In the centre background, the traditional building of Lloyds Bank can be seen, and on the extreme left is a branch of Fifty Shilling Tailors.

Note the branch of Lloyds Bank on the left, and the Scala cinema on the right next to N Joseph, General Stores.