<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Britain Then &amp; Now — World of Curious</title><description>British streets, shops, transport and habits, compared across a century.</description><link>https://worldofcurious.com/</link><language>en-au</language><atom:link href="https://worldofcurious.com/britain-then-and-now/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>The British High Street, 1965 and Now: Ten Things That Changed</title><link>https://worldofcurious.com/article/british-high-street-then-and-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://worldofcurious.com/article/british-high-street-then-and-now/</guid><description>What was on a typical high street sixty years ago, what replaced it, and the specific commercial reasons each change happened.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Britain Then &amp; Now</category><category>britain</category><category>high street</category><category>then and now</category><category>retail</category><author>Editorial Team</author></item></channel></rss>