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Ambleside is situated at the centre of the Lake District; this is now a haven for walkers, and a very busy place in the summer months. Here a lady negotiates the stepping stones with trepidation.

The sailing vessel 'Federation' ties up close to the centre of Lewes, on the Ouse in East Sussex.

The bridge left of centre and above the amusement arcade is over the narrow canal lock which gives access to Stourport Basin and the excellent collection of buildings there.

The Georgian Town Hall of 1810 regularly holds antiques auctions and the town is well-known as an antiques centre with plenty of shops in which to browse.

The beach was the centre of fun and frivolity. The flags are flying and a throng of holidaymakers waits to board a fleet of row boats for a trip along the coast.

It would be a few years on before electric street-trams would link Headingley with Leeds city centre.

Dublin Castle remained the centre of British power in Ireland from King John's time onwards. The Norman castle burnt down in 1684 and little survives.

This spot has been the terminus and turning point for buses from Birmingham city centre since the very first motor buses to serve Harborne departed the city in 1903, travelling (as they still do) via Five

The centre of Wollaston is often referred to as Wollaston Junction, recalling the time when two tram routes met here - one came from Stourbridge, and the other was the Amblecote to Kinver Light Railway

In past times, the Tolsey was the centre of local administration, and taxes were paid here.

Sheep Street is an appropriate reminder that this town, which sits on a rounded tump 800 feet above sea level, was once a centre of the wool industry.

The 17th-century Old Market Hall in the centre of the village was the first National Trust property in Derbyshire - the Trust acquired it in 1906.

The village war memorial stands at the road junction (centre left), and on the right is the entrance to The Queens Head Hotel.

Famous as a yachting centre, Hamble has long thrived on its close proximity to the river of the same name, with its shipbuilding associations, yacht clubs and marinas.

Llanidloes was one of the major centres for wool and flannel production from the late middle ages. That ubiquitous cottage industry of Wales has passed now, but farmers still tend their flocks.

This fine village could support its own bank (the white-painted building in the centre) in 1960. Today it is a private house.

The 15th-century grey tower of St Mildred's Church, with its bold crocketed pinnacles, dominates the centre of this small town, which stands 322 feet above sea level; it was formerly used as a beacon

The view is north-eastwards from Spyway Road over Chaffins Copse (centre), and seems to have been taken as much for the neatly thatched haystack as for the general view.

This area, after being occupied by a Wild West show in the late 1960s and early 70s, is now occupied by the Marina Centre indoor swimming pool complex.

The 15th-century arched doorway (centre left), once entrance to the town jail, is worth a look.

A man on a bike appears to be wolf-whistling two young ladies (centre left). Most of the shops now have blinds compared with the 1895 picture.

The rather odd looking and out-of-scale motor car in the centre of the road has been transplanted from another photograph - a common practice in the early days, used to prolong the life of a postcard

The beach was the centre of fun and frivolity. The flags are flying and a throng of holidaymakers waits to board a fleet of row boats for a trip along the coast.

The bridge is now the subject of controversy: it is scheduled for relocation to make way for a leisure centre.