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An elegant lamp standard adorns the zebra crossing in front of the Town Hall, and hanging baskets brighten the stonework.

Beoley predates Redditch, but it remains a small village on the northern edge of the present New Town.

At the top of the hill behind the trees stands the Territorial Army building and the town centre.

Its railway and pier, both now gone, prompted ambitious plans to transform the town into a major seaside resort similar in size to Brighton or Bournemouth, but the scheme failed to make the grade.

As with so many seaside resorts of the 19th century, Bournemouth attracted a wealthy and fashionable clientele.

In the middle distance on the left are Bagshaws, estate agents in the town since 1871.

It is to the credit of generations of Romford councillors, developers and benefactors that the borough has so many avenues of fine mature trees.

The stocks and pillory in Market Square remind us of a time when justice was swift and direct.

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

The centre of Bishops Waltham has retained its character over the years, and this picture shows one of its quaint, narrow streets.

Newlyn was the first Cornish town to attract the attention of artists.

In fact, cobbles are circular and very rare, whereas there are stone sett streets in most northern towns.

Newport began to grow as a town in the 13th century, and expanded as a port during the Industrial Revolution.

All Saints' Church now stands at the edge, soon to join the lost medieval town in a watery grave. In recent years, divers have probed the sea bed and located ruins in the murky deep.

Some of the small boats here were almost certainly built at Lidstone's, whose South Town Yard started business in 1824.

The bathing huts will soon be winched down to the shallows so that modest ladies can paddle discreetly.

Before efficient transport links were opened to Ilfracombe, steamers crossed the Severn estuary from South Wales, discharging hundreds of day-trippers into the town.

Large sailing ships are moored at the buoys opposite the town waiting to go up river to load china clay.

Lowestoft's convalescent home was a gift to the town in 1877 from William Birbeck, who was himself ill – he died in 1897.

The Midland Hotel next door was demolished and replaced with an extension to the town Post Office, which still occupies the same site today. All the buildings on the right of the street have gone.

Even so, the population then was about 6000.The town’s development received a boost in 1945 when Rover announced their intention to abandon their Coventry plant and concentrate production at their

The harbour pier and landing-slip could accept vessels up to 400 tons. Over 200 vessels were registered to the town in 1893.

Widnes was once described as 'the ugliest and most depressing town in England', and perhaps this building helps to explain why.

Here on the High Street was the busiest part of town, once the coaching and postal services began in 1660.