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These were rebuilt (in more durable style, although not overly attractive it has to be said) as Kingcraft Boat Centre offering services, chandlery, a boat yard and boat hire.

He had the swimming pool cut into the rocks (lower centre left) so that his boys could still have their daily dip - stripped naked - when conditions were too rough for jumping into the sea.

We are looking eastwards from the Gin Shop at high tide to the Cobb entrance between the North Wall (centre left) and Cobb Warehouses (right). These date from before 1723.

Around the charming green we can see the old school (centre), later a billiard hall, now restored as a private house. Behind are High Hall and the Temperance Hall (1910).

Note the boys in the centre. 'Yes', said Mother, 'you can play on the beach, but keep your shirt, tie and hat on - and your jacket'.

This village at the entrance to the Trough of Bowland has officially been declared the nearest village to the centre of the British Isles. A telephone box marks the spot.

Self-contained, with its own shop (centre), this used to be a detached part of the parish of Gussage All Saints, which is situated in the downlands of Cranborne Chase, but in 1886 it

Opposite is a brick and stone cottage with a tiled roof (centre right). The modern house (far right) stands on a site sold for building in 1925.

The frontage of the Angel Hotel is hidden by a tree at the centre of the photograph. To the far left is Strange's Central Garage with a petrol pump outside.

This photograph captures some of the ornate town centre architecture.

The Pavilion (centre) offered 'Dancing every Saturday', and local teenagers were entertained by popular music groups such as The Kinks and their lead singer, Ray Davies.

The driver climbing out of his Morris 8 Series E is parked outside one of the many cafes in Baldock Street (centre right) - this one used to be the Golden Boot public house and sported a giant hanging

Colmer`s Hill (right of centre) forms the distant skyline. The Royal Oak is on the north side of the street (right). The busy mix of cyclists and cars is typical of a 1950s street scene.

Chesham also developed north of the town centre along the valleys and ridges in the late 19th and 20th centuries, the northern part being named Newtown.

The girl crossing the square in the centre of the picture would today be counted suicidal as this is now a very busy thoroughfare.

Just beyond the old Swan Hotel, centre left, is the entrance to Boroughbridge Hall.

Back on the main road, this is the real centre of the modern village; there is a good range of shops and pubs, and the school, Herstmonceux Church of England Primary School, lies behind the fence on

To the left, out of shot, is the Sainsbury Centre, a shopping mall with the eponymous supermarket at the end.

We are looking north towards Kemple End.The sizeable railway sidings that we can see here denote how important Clitheroe was as a distribution centre for this part of the Ribble Valley.After the sheep

signal indicate that the LMS High Level Station is still in use, although the railway line and station soon disappeared owing to the closures of the 1960s and the redevelopment of the town centre

The tower of St Swithun's church, very much a landmark, shows where the old town is centred.

The Bassets of Tehidy were important mineral lords in this once-great copper and tin mining centre.

This long straggling village, in the centre of the old tin mining district, sits on a steep hill running down to the Tamar. We are at the bottom of Fore Street looking towards Newbridge Hill.

St Paul's Square became very much the civic centre of the town with the Floral Hall, the Corn Exchange, the Town Hall, the Shire Hall and County Offices looking out onto the church in its central