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Caption For Luton, Williamson Street C1965

Carnegie's magnificent public library has already gone, replaced by a bland modern structure that has now also been removed.

Caption For Kippax, Westfield Lane C1965

Bought by the Bland family in 1595, it was greatly extended: its frontage measured 600ft, only slightly less than Wentworth Woodhouse near Elsecar, thereby losing a wager made with the Marquis of Rockingham

Caption For Farnborough, Queensmead Shopping Centre C1965

Farnborough is home to much modern architecture; some might say it was bland and characterless.

Caption For Bath, High Street And Municipal Building 1904

This view, taken from the Abbey's aisle roof, again shows the Guildhall to the right; much of the left hand side has now been rebuilt, including the Christopher Hotel, in 1960s bland and cheap neo-Georgian

Caption For Leominster, Corn Square C1955

Notice the old Town Hall on the right hand side of the photograph – now sadly destroyed and replaced by an extremely bland 1960s building.

Caption For Dunstable, Broad Walk C1965

The fashion for pedestrianisation can seem bland, but styles have improved since these early days.

Caption For Colchester, Cups Hotel And Corn Exchange 1892

The hotel, with its six gables and ponder- ous style, replaced a stuccoed 18th-century building, but it has now gone, to be replaced by the bland misjudgement of 1970s Greytown House.

Caption For Kibworth, Church Road C1955

This view, taken from the north-west angle of St Wistan's churchyard, shows an uncomfortable blend of small scale 18th- and 19th-century cottages with the more angular, bland 20th-century buildings.

Caption For Shifnal, Market Place 1898

Shifnal is thought to have been the model for P G Wodehouse's 'Market Blandings'.

Caption For Harrow, Station Road C1960

The neo-Georgian North Thames Gas Board showroom is a bland intrusion.

Caption For East Ham, High Street C1965

On the left the taller Victorian brick buildings were demolished in the 1970s and replaced by bland flat roofed ones.

Caption For Castleford, Queens Park C1965

Two local landowners, the Earl of Crewe (of Fryston Hall) and John Davison Bland (of Kippax Park) donated the area, which was laid out to offer recreation and splendid views over the township

Caption For Pinner, Bridge Street C1955

drops down towards Pinner Underground Station, under the railway bridge and on towards Harrow-on-the-Hill, there is little to herald the wonderful surprise of turning into the High Street just beyond the bland

Caption For Manchester, St Ann's Square And Church 1886

The church was paid for by Lady Ann Bland, the last of the Mosley family.

Caption For Manchester, St Ann's Square And Church 1886

In 1709 the foundation stone of St Ann's was laid; the church was a gift to the town from Lady Ann Bland.

Caption For Leicester, St Margaret's Church, St Margaret's Way C1955

There are some unattributed monuments, and modest glass, but all is just a fraction too bland.

Caption For Sutton, Cheam Road C1955

Out of sight on the left, behind the old telephone kiosk, was the Cheam Road Cinema of 1911, a stylish and grand building whose frontage block was removed in the 1970s and replaced by a bland blank

Caption For Leominster, Corn Square C1955

Notice the old Town Hall on the right hand side of the photograph – now sadly destroyed and replaced by an extremely bland 1960s building.

Caption For Nottingham, Old Market Square C1950

Some of the buildings on the left were replaced by the ten-storey office block Market Square House of 1967, whose bland glazed facades dominate the left side of the market place.

Caption For Hornsey, The Town Hall C1965

The superb building, enhanced by attention to detail both outside and inside, stands proud behind a somewhat bland grassed forecourt.