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Because so much change has taken place, the Bull Ring was not recognisable; when I asked where it was, the answer came 'You're standing in it !'

On one day over the Bank Holiday, a total of 74,600 visitors were recorded in one single day, and in the 166 days it was opened, 4.75 million people came to view the delights.

The first brothers of the establishment came directly from Normandy. The remains to be seen today actually date from the abbey's rebuilding in the course of the 13th to the 15th centuries.

Stourbridge came into existence at a crossing point of the Stour.

At the top of the High Street stands this magnificent three-storey residence built in 1798 for the merchant Samuel Rolles, indicative of the wealth which came to the town in the 18th century

It will always be connected with Richard Cobden, the reformer, who owned one of the mills here - much of his wealth came from that mill.

The lamp tells of a long-established gas works; the railway came not long afterwards. The mile-post on the hill still tells of 70 miles to Dublin, but those are Irish miles.

Former residents of the village include the Rowntree family and the Spencers of M & S fame.

In about 1824 he came to a small hamlet of a few hundred people, started his ship-building firm, and set about planning a town.

The stall backs are fine pedimented panels dating from the 17th century, and came from Oxford Cathedral.

Gone from the North Beck were the perch and the grayling; in their place came rats and rubbish.

However, Trew came up with a different scheme, one that would overcome expensive dredging operations, and the problems caused by several weirs that had been built down-river.

Note the New Inn on the left of the picture, and how large the name-board of the publican was. The village policeman in his cape stands in the middle of the road.

He worked tirelessly for the repeal of the Corn Laws, which came about in 1846.

The war memorial lists the names of local men who lost their lives during the two world wars, many of them while serving with the county regiment, the Glosters.

It is rumoured that the timbers supporting the belfry came from ships of the Armada, but they are more likely to have grown in the nearby woods. The chancel and south aisle were added later.

In a way it is a mystery how such a sumptuous church as St Mary's came to be built in the vill of Hemel Hempstead, especially as no Saxon church appears to have preceded it.

Herring, coal and lime also came up the hill from the harbour. The donkeys were even used to collect the refuse.

Soon after their birth they had been moved to St Neots, first to their doctor's house, The Shrubbery, in Church Street, and later to a large house, The Gables, in New Street, where people came

The rigorous approach does not appear to have been particularly successful; many of those who came here now lie buried in graves at St John's cemetery in the village.

The name of the village had an 'e' on the end until the railway company put up their sign spelt 'Gisburn', and the 'e' was forgotten.

A few years later, piped water came to the villages and the well became redundant; by 1908 it had fallen into disrepair.

The last one was recorded in 1908, and the curate of St James's Church in Blake Street, HIndpool (pictured here), with the backing of some local businessmen, provided a much-needed soup kitchen to alleviate

It is fitting to end on one of the most profound reasons for Luton to celebrate recently: the local football club, Luton Town FC, came top of League One and were promoted to the Championship League