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Between the 14th and early 19th centuries, Bursledon was an important centre for naval shipbuilding, with the wooded slopes of the River Hamble providing much of the timber.

Cars and a bus form a queue heading for the city centre. The flower bed depicts the logo for the York Festival.

Its purity and warmth has encouraged a variety of plants to flourish, making Bembridge a favoured centre for botanical studies.

Chawton is relatively quiet today, but at one time the A31 ran through the centre of the village, with traffic thundering past Jane Austen's home.

The railway runs along the embankment in the centre of the picture, and the Ulverston Canal passes in front of the ironworks on its way to the Leven Estuary beyond.

A pony and trap (just visible, centre) pass behind a shady haven at the crossroads junction of St Blazey Road, St Andrews Road and Middleway.

Behind the Anchor Inn (left) are Seatown Farm and the black-painted coastguard cottages (centre), with veranda- fronted Seatown Cottage to the north (right).

This little village on the edge of Ashdown Forest was a centre of the Wealden iron industry. It once had three foundries, the last of which became a gunpowder mill in 1849.

Protected by the enclosing reef of Walney Island, Barrow flour- ished as a major shipbuilding centre in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The 19th-century parish church of St John is prominent in the centre of the picture, while the rest of the town spreads out beneath Skiddaw (right) and Dodd on the left.

Sambourne was one of the earliest centres of the needle industry, but it never grew to any great size.

In the mid-19th century, Exmouth gained importance as a shipbuilding centre and fishing port - tons of herring were landed each month.

The Butter Cross in the centre of Kirkby Malzeard, north west of Ripon, was the traditional venue for the village's famous Sword Dance, now rarely performed.

The once busy railway sheds now house the Didcot Railway Centre, where a large collection of steam locomotives and coaches can be seen on display.

Here we see a small modern shopping centre with a necessary car park, containing some interesting models of yesteryear - for instance Ford Anglia and Ford Cortina, Austin, Rover, Vauxhall Velox and Triumph

The Town Hall stands prominently in the centre of the High Street and dates from 1735.

We can see it centre right in this high-level view, which was taken from Bradley's Outfitters. Times have changed!

Cranbrook has a wealth of old buildings, many dating back to the 16th century, when Cranbrook was the centre of the cloth industry. The buildings on the left remain little changed.

It is now home of the main county offices, replacing the ancient capital, Cardigan, and the more recent administrative centre, Aberystwyth.

Sherwell Church (left) also belongs to the university and has been converted, and St Matthias, at the top of the hill, is still an active centre of worship.

Notice the horse- drawn wagon in the centre of the photograph.

A Kettering resident remembers the town centre in the 1920s and 1930s when policemen, with arms outstretched, directed what little traffic there was, errand-boys cycled through the streets loaded with

We are looking towards the centre of town; traffic is barred from further progress by the old-fashioned No Entry signs.

It was rebuilt in a suitably gung-ho style in the 1930s (centre left).