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This view of the station was taken before parts of the station were sacrificed to accommodate the present station car park.

This unprepossessing village, now the home of a major holiday theme park, straddles the main trunk road that bisects the county. It suffers the full impact of constant traffic.

The population in 1960 was 50,000, yet there are only about 75 cars parked at the station, as most people worked in the town.

On the left is the rear of the Swan Inn; a car park has replaced the buildings ahead.

This photo shows the stereotypical municipal park with its formal gardens, water features and children's playground. There are also sports facilities and a bandstand.

The Royal Pier, at the eastern end of Mayflower Park, was opened in 1833 and for many years was the largest in the south of England.

This is how the River Avon looked just north of the city centre in 1923, forty years before the water meadows on the left were turned into the huge Central Car Park.

The prominent building in the centre was used for many years as a nursery by the city parks department.

At the signpost beyond, marking the junction of the High Street with the Portsmouth Road, and behind the trees, stood a lodge to Frimley Park, since demolished.

The building pictured here was opened in 1938, and its predecessor was then removed to provide a car park.

This building is the last remnant of the Tannery, and still stands east of the bridge opposite Greenaway's car park.

This sylvan path winds down from the castle inner bailey towards Park Lodge, and then through the Roman wall to more open parkland with the boating pool and the River Colne.

Eaton Park, out in the western suburbs, has three avenues and rectangular ponds converging on a bandstand surrounded by circular colonnaded buildings, which were built between 1924 and 1928.

Along with Woodhouse Moor to the north, the park was considered the chief lung of the city, where for a few hours at the weekend factory workers had an opportunity to get away from the dust, grime, noise

Little now remains, but the park is very popular.

The Lamb (with the sign) has closed but the George and Dragon just beyond is still going, although its entrance and car park are to the rear.

This was when rare motorists could venture into the heart of the village to park for 6d ('sea 1 minute') at Pearce's Garage on the right.

The tiny hamlet grew around a paper mill, opened in the 1840s by the Parke family beside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

Dreamland survives today as a white-knuckle theme park.

Eaton Park, out in the western suburbs, has three avenues and rectangular ponds converging on a bandstand surrounded by circular colonnaded buildings, which were built between 1924 and 1928.

Note too the bicycle parked on the other side of the road, with the pedal set back on the kerb so it can act as a stand.

The Royal Pier, at the eastern end of Mayflower Park, was opened in 1833 and for many years was the largest in the south of England.

The houses along New Park Road and Commercial Road were not built until the late 1920s. Stone urns were added to the gate posts at a later date.

Car-parking facilities have been provided. The memorial column to Henry Bell can be seen near the pier. The clock tower has been incorporated in the tourist information office.