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This post office and hardware shop is near to the church of St Andrew, the church hall that was previously the village school, and the Castle of Comfort pub.

Here on the left is the old post office before it moved to the Green. The library beside it has now expanded to fill the whole building.

In front of Broadgate's post-war development is a statue of Lady Godiva, still notorious for nudity after 1,000 years.

The large village of Heckington has two great buildings, the mill and the church of St Andrew, which is most unusual in that it was totally built in the same architectural style, Decorated, in a very few

Nothing appears in the photograph to shake the post-war calm of the village, bypassed on its eastern side by the busy A6.

This view looks east towards the High Street, past the Post Office on the right.

The post-war years saw the spread of high-street chains, and Chesterfield was no exception. In this picture we can see local branches of Timsons, Alexander, Burtons, and Boots.

The War Memorial and White Swan Inn c1965 In the 1850s the locals' thirst could be quenched in the township's six inns and taverns; the Blue Posts, the Coach and Horses, the Green Dragon, the

The post mill on the left was built in the 17th century, and has since been restored. It is now the oldest working windmill in Britain.

In the picture the Post Office has signs advertising tobacco and cigarettes fixed to the shop front, with an Esso paraffin sign further along. The large door of the outbuilding has a cat hole.

Opposite the church is the Hoo, a large rambling house built in 1902.The Post Office proprietor was R F Brierley; alongside is the entrance to the builders' and decorators' yard, F J French & Sons

The building on the left with the pillars on each side of the door is the Blue Anchor Hotel, and Hall's Sweet Shop and Post Office stands between.

The jeweller`s shop, H Samuel (centre distance), which was beneath the clock, was once the former Post Office. Samuel`s Corner had a certain reputation in Merthyr Tydfil.

Oldland post windmill is being slowly restored to a good state of repair. On the left of the picture is the signboard of the Greyhound, a Watneys house. It has a fireplace dated 1595.

On the right are the adjoining Cock Hotel and Posting House, with the latter having a milestone indicating the distance to London positioned outside the gateway to its stabling area.

Over the years it was fitted with vertical and horizontal posts to protect the jetty from natural wave erosion, and both quay and ships against possible rubbing damage. Watchet

Concrete post and wire fences and rough grass verges do little to help the scene, but G and E Jackson & Son Ltd's shop front, so typical of the 1950s, just adds the dire finishing touch

The post office, shrouded in mature trees, is situated opposite the old vicarage (now a private house).

This shows Old Hall (the former medieval Guildhall), the church, Church Lane, Friday Cottage (far right), Fen Lane with its finger post, and the bridge over the river Brett.

The shop on the left, built in 1914, closed in 1977, and is now a thriving post office. The Crown Inn had its own brewery, but it closed in 1990 and is now a private house.

Around the village green stands this collection of cottages leading back to St Michael's Church (1552). There has been milling here in the village since the 14th century.

It was for many years the village post office.

Concrete post and wire fences and rough grass verges do little to help the scene, but G and E Jackson & Son Ltd's shop front, so typical of the 1950s, just adds the dire finishing touch

Oldland post windmill is being slowly restored to a good state of repair. On the left of the picture is the signboard of the Greyhound, a Watneys house. It has a fireplace dated 1595.