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The stone gateposts of Hunter's Bar (see picture No S108224) had a second career after the toll bar was finally closed in October 1884; they were resited at the entrance to Endcliffe Park.

Central Park now extends to the iron bridge. The warehouse in the distance was Wenley's carpet showroom.

This is where the livestock trade for the area was conducted, although recently, after many years as nothing more than a car park, the site was excavated for its archaeological value, and then turned into

This photograph is taken from the spot where the Job Centre now stands, or the car park just down the hill.

The Salford Royal Technical School in Peel Park is pictured just after it opened.

On the left of the picture are the premises of the Central Garage; its logo can also be seen adorning the side of the van parked on the street corner.

The end house is in use as a shop, which would have served the caravan park on the land next to it.

East Lodge can just be glimpsed at the entrance to the drive from Hartmoor Road which leads to Old Park House.

In 1891 the first experiments in England using overhead wiring for electric trams took place on the Roundhay Park route.

Horning is blessed with a wealth of reed-thatched cottages with eye- browed dormers, as well as other more unusual buildings—the house alongside where the car is parked has crow-stepped gables, revealing

Near to the village are the extensive grounds of Brockenhurst Park, the home of the Morant family until well into the last century.

The area has tended to be a problem for the council, as there is a strong temptation to create a car park in front of the Town Hall, but praise be, at the moment it remains grassed and treed.

The centre of The Square has become a car park.

The Warden Bay Caravan Park also had chalets, which we can just see at the top right of the photograph. Note the 5mph speed limit sign just inside the narrow gates.

The bullnose Morris has been replaced by a Chevrolet Corvair, whilst a Hillman Minx is parked outside the opticians. The landing stage has become a little derelict and overgrown.

An exhibition of fine art was held in the grounds of Bootham Park Hospital in 1866.

This extensive building on the corner of Godstone Road and Station Road was demolished in 1966 and the site is now a car park for local shoppers and commuters.

The park was newly opened at the time of this photograph, and as we can see, it was immaculately kept.

Clearly health care was a more peaceful business in the 1920s; today the gardens have disappeared under a mass of wards and car parking belong- ing to the Stamford and Rutland Infirmary.

This area, between Victoria Road and Heath Park Road to the north and Brentwood Road to the south, was developed from the latter part of the 19th century until just before the First World War.

Here we see part of the town's waterfront, with a boat yard on the left, and Caffa Mill Pill, an inlet since reclaimed for a car park and a new slipway for the ferry.

Middle House and Walnut Tree Cottage, just visible on the left of the parked car, are two timber-framed buildings which have survived from the period when Mayfield gained its prosperity from iron working

The Culpepers built Bedgebury Park in a classical style from the profits of the Wealden iron industry. In 1836 the Napoleonic war hero Viscount Beresford retired here.

The boating lake was an original feature from 1868, and was placed at the east end of the main avenue through the park.