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Although the bridge which spanned the entrance to Marlowes was dirty and shabby, over 500 people watched it being demolished at midnight on 6 July 1960.

Other notable changes in town before the Second World War were the straightening of Marlow Hill in 1936, which involved demolishing buildings on the left side of the road south of St Mary's Street

This was a working town that grew up, like Marlow, fed by the river trade that transported the goods and produce of the hinterland, mainly to London.

Harlow was a clothing town that had gone into something of a decline.

The road to Harlow was a turnpike costing 1s for a coach and horses, and 1d for a horse.

This 'village', now known as Old Harlow, is just to the east of the New Town, which was started in 1947 to help relieve London's congestion.

Seventy-nine Old Harlow residents were very resistant to selling their property to the corporation.

The greater part of the land needed for Harlow New Town was owned by Godfrey Arkwright, and he sold it to the Development Corporation in 1953.

Dronfield parish once consisted of the townships of Dronfield, Dore, Coal Aston, Holmesfield, Unstone, Little Barlow and Totley.

The 17th-century mill at Harlow was part of the manor of Harlowbury.

'The Meat Porters' , a cast bronze structure by Ralph Brown, was commissioned by the Harlow Art Trust.

Nearby is Angel Yard; Barlow Road broke through here some years later.

The area around is now built up and lies in the outskirts of Harlow.

Despite its proximity to Harlow and the M11, Sheering still retains the appearance of a village and a sense of community.

In this picture, Anton Mill, some distance down-river beside Barlows Lane, can be compared with the Town Mill.

Across the road James Barlow, 'family grocer and provision merchant,' had the biggest food shop in the town; from the open doorway an appetising smell of ground coffee drifted into the street.

The Green Man, at Mulberry Green, may well be Harlow's oldest pub.

Harrogate also had its complement of hydropathic establishments including the Harrogate, the Cairn, the Harlow Manor and the Imperial Spa.

Potter Street Junior School and the infant school were on the same campus, and were typical of the many schools that had to be provided quickly for the very large percentage of school-age children in Harlow

The 'Belmont' (centre left) is the butty to the 'Stanton' (next to it), belonging originally to Barlows.

The sculpture in front of Moot House was one of the first to be given to the town by the Harlow Art Trust.

When Samuel died, he left £2.5 million, and the bank passed to his son Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, who lived at Barlow Hall, Chorlton, and was MP for Altrincham.