Thanks to Mrs Nadine Dunn-Meynell for providing this map, which has been drawn by T.W. Collis. It shows the shops he remembers from around 1930, with an indication of today's road layout (eg Lion Way). A quick check against the 1928 trade directory shows Mr Collis has a good memory!

Marked on the map are the tea stall and chestnut seller in the Market Place, the Boatmen's Institute, White Horse, Half Acre School & Queens Cinema.

Mr Collis has also included a key to the shops on the map; this is reproduced below in case the image is not clear:

1. Boots
2. London Co-op
3. Eastmans
4. Pearks
5. Martins
6. Nicholls
7. Collins
8. Sweets
9. Poole
10. Freeman, Hardy & Wilis
11. Cleaners
12. Milliners
13. Castle
14. Bakers
15. Hopes
16. Lemons
17. Dairy
18. Tarrants
19. Stannar
20. Woods
21. David Greig
22. Dewhursts
23. Bank
24. Bebbineto
25. Lawtons
26. Titus Ward
27. Woods Che
28. Maypole
30. Pauls
31. Davis
34. Box Co.
35. Box Co.
36. Britton
37. Lawson
38. Collis?
39. Boars Head
40. Jarvis
41. Kuff (Fish)

Some links to find out more about the area shown and its occupants

• the northern side of the High Street between the Market Place and Castle Hotel
• the northern side of the High Street from the Castle Hotel to the Half Acre
• the southern side of the High Street from Catherine Wheel Yard to Plough Yard
• the southern side of the High Street from Plough Yard to Boars Head Yard