Thanks to chuck, I have now managed to open the street view of Google by moving the little yellow man. However, on some views, I can only see one side of the road, and not the houses on the other. Is it the way they have filmed the roads, or is there a way of viewing both sides of the road? I put in the address I want, but can't always see the correct house. Thanks all.
or if you hold down the left mouse button anywhere over the streetview picture and move the mouse about you can just drag the view around to look whichever way you like.