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Early photographs show a village of timber-framed buildings, of which a few survive, all on the west side of the road; they include a very fine 16th-century hall house and a range of timber-framed houses

On the left are the shops which came with the 1930s transformation of this previously rural area, while on the right is the Ernest Bernays Memorial Institute of 1870, only really attractive when compared

Leading from the High Street to the Square, Bell Street is lined with shops and public houses.

The first shop was in a house in South Street, and then new premises were found in Swan Street, to the left of the island site. As business grew, it moved in 1875 to this site in Bocking End.

The shop and garage stand on what is now a busy main road.

The shop was established on this site in 1882, but it was razed to the ground and rebuilt in 1904, which was when the clock appeared.

This is a fashionable place for shopping - note the liveried coachman and the motorcar. Bicycles appear to be a popular mode of transport for the ladies.

The first major chain store to occupy premises in the new shopping centre, Woolworth's, was quickly followed in 1956 by the Co-operative Stores and Sainsbury's, and in the following year by Timothy

West Walk was reserved for banks, solicitors, estate agents, a cinema, and small specialist shops.

The corner shop, here selling crockery, tin bowls and leather bags, is now Peter Briggs, a shoe shop, but it remains largely unchanged, even preserving the same windows we see here.

The corner shop, here selling crockery, tin bowls and leather bags, is now Peter Briggs, a shoe shop, but it remains largely unchanged, even preserving the same windows we see here.

Formerly a dirty, rutted lane, this was changed into a shopping centre from 1872 with the demolition of the Hick Lane cottages.

Almost exactly the same view as No 39994 (pages 16-17) shows that little has changed: even the bicycle, albeit a little more modern in design, seems to form the main method of transport.

On the left, standing proudly above the other roofs, is Fisher's butchers shop. In 1881, Francis Fisher had the cottages on the site demolished and erected this imposing new shop.

The window boxes of the George Hotel are still a feature today, and the range of buildings on the right of the photograph continues to be used as shops, now antiques and furnishings, although previously

On the opposite corner is Freeman, Hardy & Willis`s shoe shop (now the Edinburgh Wool Shop), and further down is the International Tea Company.

Sett-paved yards (right) withstood iron-shod cart wheels. Villagers grew barley, fruit and vegetables, whilst the village shop supplied everything from treacle to paraffin oil.

The main shopping centre has moved up the hill to Leigh Broadway but this High Street is still popular with its cafes, public houses and antiques shops.

The lonely Vauxhall E Series (centre) drives towards Letchworth along Hitchin Street past the shops and inns.

Note the absence of road markings, the Co-operative shop on the left, and the various cars and passers-by.

To the left of centre are Blackbourn's shoe shop and the Nat West Bank, partly hidden by trees.

The village grocer's and newsagent's shop is seen in the foreground here with, immediately to its left, the village post office.

This broad street, with ample space for parking, displays contrasting architectural styles: the small 19th-century shops face mid 20th-century designs.

The next building with the central pediment was Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, which became Sainsbury's Supermarket between 1960 and 1987, a shopping precinct and is now Iceland.