The High Street 

It is all too easy to assume that with supermarkets ravaging the country, that we might as well forget about our local high streets. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are still plenty of fine independent butchers, grocers and bakers out there. Admittedly, it can be hard to find them stuffed between all the charity shops and Indian restaurants, but they are there - we just need to know where! (The picture is Corve Street around 1910, on the way to Shrewsbury)

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