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Fortunately, there is no traffic as the farmer herds his small herd of cows in the middle of the road at the bottom of Town Hill beside the Peterville Inn.

Pretty cottages still line Broadway Road.

Cars were taking to the roads once more, as petrol became more freely available with the reintroduction of branded fuel in February 1953.

Ransom Road 1890 This was built in 1857-59 by T C Hine and was also known as the County Lunatic Asylum.

The Village c1955 Situated on the high road between Cowes and Ryde, Binstead has views across the Solent to Spithead.

Broad pavements and a dirt road characterise this turn-of-the-century view.

Long before this photograph was taken, Slough was an important staging post on the Bath Road.

Returning to the west end of the bridge, a most dramatic view of Andover was to be seen over Micheldever Road in 1908. Today, raw chalk has been conquered by soft greenery, obscuring the town.

We are nearer to Frimley, and we are now looking towards the London Road. The houses have survived, but unfortunately the trees have not.

The road on the right leads to the famous Gog Magog Hills.

The Bull, seen on the left, was once a popular coaching inn, close to the busy Bath Road.

The bridge at the far end of the road is for the railway line - the Great Western Railway or, as railway enthusiasts would usually describe it, 'God's Wonderful Railway'.

The two main crossings were here, at Stow Bardolph, and at nearby Magdalen bridge: these were droving roads used by cattle traders, and there was formerly a major cattle fair here at Stow.

The geometric criss-crossing roads, the older buildings and the park with its bandstand give the town a separate identity from other towns in the region.

The High Street is part of the main road, which passes through the town.

Shipley, three miles north-west of Bradford, in the valley of the River Aire, is a busy town on the A65 Skipton Road. A

Just out of the picture, high on the right bank, is the path from Love Lane and Wolversdene Road to the bridge. The trap and donkey cart going into town have stopped to pose for the picture.

It was built in about 1780, at a time when the new turnpike roads were contributing significantly to Salisbury's commercial development, and it is pictured here viewed from the original packhorse bridge

This view looks north from the old Guildford Road Bridge, with the canal aqueduct across the Waterloo - Basingstoke line in the background.

This view from the hill top on to North Road is now blocked by trees planted to prevent erosion. The tram is at the junction of Cotes Avenue.

Although these two 16th-century houses are situated on the main A417 road, they have survived the ravages of modern traffic and are still recognisable.

Known just as Lyng, East Lyng is strung out along the busy road over the Levels from Taunton to Street. The Rose and Crown (centre left) survives.

This stretch of the road survives as a walkway in the precinct. Gina Murray's hairdressing salon, on the far left, offered 'Permanent Waving from 21/-. Satisfaction Guaranteed'.

The bustle of what must have been a market day is evident in the thronging crowds around the clock-tower and the busy road.