These photographs from around 1900 speak for themselves. It was before the motor car took off and only an occasional horse-drawn vehicle was seen on the streets. There was no worry about crossing.
![Old black and white photo of Wymondham market street](https://www.wymondhammagazine.co.uk/images/whats-in-a-photo-april-24-street3.png)
With a population of 4731 recorded in 1901, most inhabitants lived in the middle of the town or very near it with no estates on the outskirts.
![Old black and white photo of Wymondham market street](https://www.wymondhammagazine.co.uk/images/whats-in-a-photo-april-24-streetscene.png)
Although the railway ran there were no bus services and no car ownership, so townsfolk almost certainly rarely shopped in Norwich and, of course, there were no supermarkets.
![Three old handwritten shop invoices](https://www.wymondhammagazine.co.uk/images/whats-in-a-photo-april-24-invoices.png)
However, the town was well served by a variety of shops, among the retailers being grocers, greengrocers, drapers, butchers, milliners, outfitters and ironmongers, among which even then there was Clements!
There were also a number of little general stores situated around the towns. In those days the townsfolk really did shop local!