Around Malmesbury - Pocket Images Author:David Barnes A modern visitor to Malmesbury, approaching the town from the south, will note that it retains an antiquated appearance, with little cottages bearing stone-tiled roofs and irregular old casement windows. Climbing the hill, many of the old shops give a similar impression, but appearances are deceptive - this book conveys, through a fascinating co... more »llection of old photographs, how times, in fact, have changed in Malmesbury. Gone are many of the old family businesses, buildings and much of the atmosphere of a small market town in the days before modern transport and mass communications. While we would probably not wish to forfeit many of the comforts of the late twentieth century the author leaves it to us to judge whether we have also seen some important losses in this tide of progress.« less