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Looking westwards along Main Street towards Lyme Regis, with the plateau of Langdon Hill forming the skyline (centre).

This view of Northbrook Street shows the facade of Newbury's famous department store, Camp Hopson, established in 1921.

The Thoroughfare is Halesworth's main shopping street. In the mid 18th century, improvements in navigation on the River Blyth led to a big improvement in trade for the area's maltsters and brewers.

The 114 cars and 1,000 horses were the property of the Belfast Street Tramway Company. The company was now ready to bring in electric trams, and had an act of parliament approving the work.

In the foreground are the buildings of the Royal Institute and the National Gallery, with Princes Street on the left behind the Scott Monument. Calton Hill can be seen in the distance.

Here we see Trumpington Street, with Corpus Christi College's entrance to New Court (built in 1825 by William Wilkins) on the left. Just beyond is St Botolph's, one of Cambridge's medieval churches.

Looking down towards St Andrew's Street, with First Court, the oldest part of Christ's College, in the distance. The Capital and Counties bank (now Lloyd's) and Post Office are in the foreground.

Even further north along the east side, much has now gone, with the New Town's modern shopping centre reaching the old High Street proper; but some of the spaciousness in the distance remains.

Further west the High Street widens out to the site of its medieval market place. This view from beside The Dolphin pub shows how important the Tudor church tower is to the townscape.

The name means simply 'long street', and the village is spread along the main road, originally the Roman road running from London to Caistor St Edmund, the Roman town just south of Norwich.

It needed the strong iron-clad solid wooden wheels in order to travel over the cobbled streets of the town.

The banks beside the road show how it has eroded with use over hundreds of years; because of this the houses and small cottages on Church Street have steps down to the pavement.

Eton boasts one of the most famous and picturesque streets in the country.

The latter founded the almshouses in Gold Street in 1529.

This delightful riverside town has fine Georgian streets and early 19th-century houses. Jerome K Jerome, who wrote 'Three Men in a Boat', lived near this part of the River Thames in Marlow.

At the height of the coaching era, Maidenhead was littered with posting inns either side of the High Street. Some of these hotels continued to thrive during the age of the motor car.

Again Raikes' house, 38 Southgate Street, stands out.

Further down, into High Street, most buildings survive, with the attractively treed former cattle market on the left, whose trees were originally planted in 1887 as an avenue to the Hospital

Less than a decade after photograph No 32343, the focus of attention is the motor bus in the street. In contrast, note the girl and large-wheeled pram on the left.

This view, taken from the bottom of Main Street, looks up the hill towards the station. It shows the bustling town, with a carriage and a cart the only wheeled traffic.

In most cases, doors open straight onto the street. Little traffic can be seen.

Compared to picture number 56356 in 1906 (pages 48-49), Catherine Street looks very drab, despite the evocatively named Cafe Rendezvous on the left.The scene reflects the austere post war years.

This photograph shows Bridge Street in the centre of Caversham, at the point where it crosses the Thames.

Note the ornate street light and the lady's fancy parasol.