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This is a part of Wallasey known as Liscard Village. The roundabout was removed in 1979 to make way for a new road junction.

On the right-hand side is The Golden Cross Hotel, rebuilt in 1932 on the site of one of Bromsgrove's oldest coaching inns.

Today everybody would be wearing T-shirts and shorts and slapping on the suntan lotion.

The town centre design was quite visionary, and attracted several of the big retailers.

A popular stop-off for cyclists and walkers from the local towns long ago, this small settlement included the well known Cross Keys Inn, now derelict - as are most of the other buildings we see here.

The property on the left is little changed today.

This stretch of the High Street is wider than the rest, probably because the market was originally held here; the market was moved into the Guild Hall with its clock tower on the left, designed by Withers

We are looking north, with the White Swan on the left and tall trees near the church in the centre. The grass in the foreground would soon bear a 1914-18 war memorial.

As its name implies, this small town is the westernmost in Kent, almost on the border with Surrey.

This photograph was taken from close to the site of the obelisk fountain which is visible in the photograph taken in c1890.

To the right of the bungalow on the left, which now has four dormer windows, is the roof of the Club Union Home, which was then topped with a small tower; this tower was demolished in the 1960s

Market Hill House, Grade II* listed (centre), has had a variety of uses over the years: a doctor's house, a dormitory for St Mary's School and bank premises.

This shows the war memorial on the corner of Kingsbury Street which leads to The Green.

West of the Market Square the road divides: the left hand road goes to Long Sutton, the right fork heads for Langport.

The Institute for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge has stood up well to the passing of time.

There is safe bathing for children at high tide, protected from the open sea and its waves, behind the North Wall of the harbour.

The 120-foot tower of St James' dominates this view from the south-east. The church is notable for its 15th- century frontals, which are said to be the earliest set in the country.

In a sense, the photograph captures the essence of village England as it was in the 1960s and as it is today.

Viewed from the Close and looking East, the room with the large window over the Gate was a chapel belonging to Malmesbury House, the front of which can be seen to the left of the picture.

It was named Kings House after James I, and Queen Ann of Denmark and Henry, Prince of Wales stayed there in the early 17th century.

This picture was probably taken soon after the end of the Second World War, judging by the Food Office sign on the right of the picture.

As at Tipton and Wednesbury, the 30 ft seam of Thick Coal was near the surface at Bilston.Though there is evidence for coal pits at the time of Edward I, Bilston came into its own during the 19th century

We are looking at the medieval Cobb harbour (centre) from the tennis ground on the cliffs south of Langmoor Gardens.

Beyond is the four square mile expanse of the Royal Navy's Victorian Harbour of Refuge, and its 20th-century oil tanks (centre left) beside the Mere.