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It contained department stores, hotels, furniture shops and shoe shops, and it was noisy with horse-drawn vehicles and advertisement-adorned trams.

At the west end of Lumley Road there were a few shops in 1899, but the view is utterly transformed now from Roman Bank, a reference to the old Roman sea wall.

The Lakeland stone structures were built to last, and apart from changes to shop fronts, little has changed over the years.

The most surprising feature of this busy shopping scene is the complete lack of any vehicles.

Apart from The Corner Shop at the far end of the parade, trading here has changed its nature with the second and third shops in the foreground now used by Palmer`s chartered accountants and

Although the B1004 is called the High Street, it is South Street that provides the main shopping centre for the town.

Brooke Cottage was the place to visit for parents and children alike if they had a sweet tooth, for it was formerly the village sweet shop and store. Next door there was a shoe shop and cobbler's.

Leading to the cathedral, this narrow alleyway with its overhanging shop fronts was the usual route by which pilgrims approached the climax of their journey.

Here is the three-storey flat-fronted brick house of the later 18th century, small bungalow shops added to two-storey houses of various dates, and to the left the utility weather-boarding above the barber's

The first shop on the right is now a florist. Morgans, 'Complete House Furnishers', has become the Alamo restaurant and bar.

The telephone kiosk is of a more modern type, and the shop front has been developed and a post box placed outside. A tall chimney on an outbuilding, leans considerably; this has now been rebuilt.

Opposite the Co-op (which displays two of them) is George Smith's shop, 'growers of flowers and fruit'. Smith, a market gardener, had the shop purpose-built in 1898 to sell his produce.

The Phoenix and the attached shopping precinct to the west of the modern town centre are typical examples of the late 1950s to early 1960s New Town expansion.

On the left of this photograph of the High Street is the boarded-up shop of E Wraight, cycle agent. The Wraight brothers were also builders, blacksmiths and undertakers.

The ground floor to the left is now an entrance to a shopping arcade, and the right- hand shop is now a Nottingham Building Society office.

The ground floor to the left is now an entrance to a shopping arcade, and the right- hand shop is now a Nottingham Building Society office.

They are passing two of the main food shops of the town.

The post office and shop now also serve as a successful tea shop, and display examples of the work of local artists and craftsmen.

Head's cycle shop on the right has now moved into the confectioners on the corner, and is an electrical shop.

In contrast to the bustle of East Street, the southern length of South Street was very much a secondary shopping area. There are fewer people and fewer cars.

The shop on the right, Fosters, is still the village shop. The garage on the far left still remains, but is no longer an Esso one.

The V Richardson shop is still a shop, but the next but one beyond, dated 1886, is now a house, the Old Bakery. On the right are the flint walls to the grounds of the Manor House.

The tall building behind Underwood's shop (now The Corner Shop) is the old Harcourt shoe factory - recently converted into flats and a sound studio.

Yorkshire Street was one of the main shopping streets in the town. Along here could be found McDonnell's store, which was the place to go for fresh Irish eggs and home-cured Irish ham.