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The Derbyshire Miners' Welfare Holiday Centre, off Winthorpe Avenue, opened in May 1939, a few months before war broke out.

Still, though, the centre for shopping remained on Cavendish Street. Low Street was regarded as rather dreary.

The bandstand (centre) has gone, and the steamers have been replaced by modern frigates and ferries, but a sunny day still sees Plymothians out taking a stroll on the Promenade.

Hendon did not develop as a major shopping centre until well into the 20th century, when the rapid increase in the population made it necessary to provide better facilities for residents

Many of the buildings along the main street are imposing, three-storey houses, dating from the period when the town was a centre for lead-mining, cotton and worsted manufacture.

Southampton Airport lies to the south of Eastleigh town centre and it was from here that the first Spitfire began her maiden flight in 1936.

This view looks down on the A6 trunk road, which passes across the centre of the picture, at Whatstandwell, seven miles west of Matlock.

Waterloo House (centre) was a popular refreshment house for many years, but has now been converted into a private house.

features such as red brick decorations, first floor bay windows and jettied overhangs.The left hand side of the street, in contrast, has been redeveloped as part of the Old George Mall shopping centre

Inevitably, the major change has come from traffic and its management, with an extra lane of carriageway (centre) having been purloined from the beach.

from St Leonard's Place.The De Grey Rooms to the right were built in about 1841.The building was once used by the Yorkshire Hussars as an officers' mess; it is now the York Tourist Information Centre

Situated in Princess Street, Miss Matty's teashop could once be found above Cecil Harrison's, the chemist in the centre of the picture.

The statue of William III, originally erected in 1734, stands proudly in the centre, bisected by the tramlines. William has moved several times over the years; he now sits above a Gents urinal.

Dewsbury was the centre of the 'shoddy' woollen industry, which re-used old woollen items to make heavy woollens such as blankets and military uniforms.

This view shows the centre of the village near the junction of the Elland Road.

The right-hand terraces with their shop blinds were bombed in 1943, and were replaced by the less interesting Arndale Shopping Centre of 1981.

Chideock remains an agricultural centre, in spite of its newer dependence on tourism. This scene shows how little change there was in the quieter rural way of life until well into the 20th century.

Down the street on the left is the Octagon: originally a Georgian chapel, it was restored in 1951 as an exhibition centre and is now a photography gallery.

Andover was a municipal borough as long ago as the reign of King John, and later became an established centre for the wool trade.

Newick is situated halfway between two great Christian centres of worship - Canterbury and Winchester - so the village was used as a resting-place for pilgrims.

The town was once a shipbuilding centre and the chief port of Merioneth, with a large trade in flannel and knitted stockings. Today, the Three Peaks Race starts here.

It is hard to believe that when this pier was built, it was so far away from the town centre that the revenue it generated fell far short of what had been anticipated.

The cottage in the centre was Ayers Old-Fashioned Eating House, which has plenty of seating outside for visitors. Note the heavy round rubble chimney above.

Broadmead runs between Union Street and Penn Street, and was a part of the regeneration of the city centre following the destruction of the Second World War.