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The curving parade remains little altered in 1965, but already shop fronts are becoming gaudy and fascias oversized.

South-eat of Chesham town centre the road runs alongside the River Chess in its flat-bottomed valley.

The tall building on the right, where the delivery vehicle is parked outside, is that of the London and Provincial Bank.

The horizontal distribution of the buildings shows how the houses had to be built in terraces, thanks to the town's hilly location.

The architectural quality falls off somewhat in the southern part of the town. This view looks along the London Road to The Square, with Hinwick Road to the left.

A new town was laid out from 1876 by the Earl of Scarbrough; in 1881 it acquired a splendid pier, seen here and unrecognisable to the modern visitor.

Crowds stroll along the pier, beside the original Pier Pavilion, which is advertising the popular French conductor Jules Rivieres and his grand orchestra.

The mill occupies an island between the two rivers, Thet and Little Ouse.

West of Long Sutton and east of Spalding, Holbeach is another of Lincolnshire's numerous small market towns. It received its first market charter in 1252.

Until the 1960s, most people relied on public transport, and the green-liveried buses of United Counties carried workers and shoppers in and out of town on busy timetables.

The town was once under the control of the powerful de Montfort family. At Evesham on 4 August 1265, Simon de Montfort led the barons against the forces of Henry III.

On the right is what was once the most important building in the town: the Railway Institute, built by the directors of the railway.

Further development of the town meant further conversion of houses into shops. Note that Smith Bradbeers has moved to this corner, from Market Street (see page 25).

Lobbying by the Duke of Devonshire and others secured borough status for Eastbourne in 1883 with George Wallis, the Duke's agent, becoming the first mayor.

After the Hall was demolished in 1904, views opened up of the north side of the church, which is dominated by its tall spire and tower, all Victorian rebuilds of 1868.

Presiding over the town's broad High Street is the 120 feet high, pinnacle-topped tower of St James', which dates from the 15th century.

This view is from inside the abbey gateway, looking towards the Market Place and the Town Hall. This side of the gateway, rebuilt around 1450, is plainer than the market place facade.

In the 1950s it was a typical town centre park with seats, walks and flower beds, but all this changed when the Leisure Centre arrived in 1971-76, with its pyramidal pool building and large sports

Foundry Cottages (left) and three-storey Foundry House (far right), in West Allington, were the hub of Richard Robert Samson`s Grove Iron Works.

Mrs Susannah Osborne was publican at the White Lion and Mrs Frances Biles at the Old Inn. The cart is outside the shop of butchers Robert JohnBalson and William Balson.

A legacy from Allendale's lead-mining and market town days was that it was well provided with hotels, like the ivy- clad Dale Hotel seen here, as well as a number of quality public houses.

The main road falls away to cross the River Swift and goes on to Rugby. The two towns are the places where the jet-age began: Sir Frank Whittle was designing and testing in the area from 1937.

Paignton's beaches and coves give a combined sea-frontage of over two miles; this led to the growth of the town's satellite villages of Preston and Goodrington.

Bangor is a bustling commuter and seaside town, conveniently situated about thirteen miles from Belfast.