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Currently (2003) all the buildings are being refurbished as flats over shops, and renamed, of course, the Byron Centre.

Just visible in the centre on the horizon is the tidal ball.

The famous Roman Catholic seminary of Ushaw College is the main centre in the north of England for the training of Roman Catholic priests.

In the face of vastly expensive fitness centres, it is highly unlikely that such a phenomenon will be seen again.

Looking southwards through the desirable heart of the town`s northern suburb, we can see No 50 further down the street (left of centre) and Nos 53 to 59 (far right) on the other side.

Deep shadows engulf the Greyhound Hotel (left), with the Town Hall behind, in this lunchtime view westwards to Colmer`s Hill (centre).

Built around 1720 for Charles Eeles, a timber merchant, it was wittily named Woodville House until 1907 when it was enlarged by six identical bays to the right and the doorcase moved to the centre.

Brent Knoll village straggles along the western side of the Knoll, with St Michael's Church, a dedication often associated with hill-tops and hills, to the centre and the Manor House of the 1860s to

The main shopping centre is in the High Street to the east, leading away from the parish church, and Broad Street to the west.

It later became a centre for the iron industry with a furnace, a forge and a cannon foundry. The church of St Margaret has Norman walling and windows.

At the centre of this village, which is attached by suburbia to Purley and Croydon, is a triangular green with a war memorial.

Today we would be horrified to find beasts strolling around the town centre passing offices and private houses.

It was also a good centre for excursions by steamer.

Cut off from the bustling town centre by the old town hall, this lane feels more like a village street.

It is strange to think that this quiet place was once an important centre for shipping—it even tried to compete with Holyhead as the Irish mail-packet port.

Together with an entire street, Newland (right), all were replaced by the 1970s Grosvenor Centre shopping malls.

This is a well-kept Garden of Remembrance in the centre of this large village; next door is the County Library.

The bell tower of St Ninian's Church is just visible in the centre, and the nun on the left could well have been from either of the two convents in the town.

In the centre of the picture, to the left of the church spire, is one of the cone-shaped furnaces of a glassworks, somewhat akin to the bottlekilns of the Potteries.

The photographer is facing inland towards the village centre where the cattle market and the market place were at the time. They are not there now - housing or car parks have taken their place.

The Tiger's Head, in the centre, also had a taxi service run by Sid Bonnett. The gabled house was built in 1912, but it lost its circular window when the shop front was extended in the 1960s.

When the new bus station opened in May 1963 on the site of two former glass works, it was during a period of massive redevelopment in the town centre.

This view gives a good idea of the village centre: the former inn, The Ragged Staff, is by the telephone pole, and the thatched cottage opposite, The Ovens, is dated 1699.

The pure white marble angel (centre left) is seen by all who pass through the Trough of Bowland.