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The Lincoln Co-op (centre left) is no longer located here, but in a more modern store at the other end of the village. There are very few shops along the canal side now.

Since 1958 when the first shops began opening, Basildon town centre has been the home for a whole host of differing consumer needs.

The Lincoln Co-op (centre left) is no longer located here, but in a more modern store at the other end of the village. There are very few shops along the canal side now.

This red-brick Georgian house, with bay windows and surmounted by a small white cupola, was coveted by the author Charles Dickens ever since he was a boy living at Chatham; he often passed it on long

This is a close-up of the many and varied shops that graced Fishergate just a year after the first Preston Guild of the 20th century.

The view from the suspension bridge looking toward the entrance lock to the Floating Harbour, and the junction lock of the New Cut and the Cumberland Basin.

Around this time Staffordshire dairy farms were producing nearly 80 million gallons of milk a year; by the 1960s it had risen to over 90 million gallons.

An open-topped tram is on its way to Nelson, whilst a young man in an apron, probably a tradesman, is walking in the direction of Burnley.

Looking down the street to the green hills of County Tyrone beyond. Note the kerbside petrol pumps on the right, a common Irish feature until recent times.

On the right, the famous crown spire of St Giles's Church can be seen above the rooftops.

This tiny village of only a few hundred souls comes to life over the Spring Bank Holiday when, since 1974, the village has dressed its Newton Well.

This view, looking across Lower Close, has changed remarkably little since 1896; it shows how the cathedral dominates its surroundings, towering over the houses of Lower Close.

Originally founded for the training of school mistresses, the college was bombed and destroyed in the Second World War. The site is now occupied by Parkside School.

Outside the hall, Nicholas Sotherton's traceried bay window is flanked by Francis Cock's staircase bay of a century later. Both were added to a 15th-century structure.

The last Scottish national parliament was held here in 1646.Oliver Cromwell lived at the palace for several months following the Battle of Dunbar in September 1650.

It was the home of the Rt Hon Harbord Harbord, who was created Lord Suffield in 1786.

The Grand has recently undergone a complete refurbishment and modernization, so this photograph reveals a little of its former tarnished glory following its heyday in the 1930s.

This is a charming view of various sailing vessels and their masters. The railway tracks and trucks can be seen above the harbour wall, behind the boats.

This is the first beach around the corner from the main breakwater of Par Harbour. Steps cut into the rock lead down the cliff from Spit Point.

The village of half-timbered and weatherboarded buildings clusters around the green, known locally as 'the Heath', but the village church itself is nearly two miles away.

Hardy Tobacconists are now Caburn secondhand books, while the buildings on the left - now divested of hung tiles - are the secondhand and antiquarian booksellers Bow Windows Bookshop.

In this typical scene, a wherry sails past a disused early 19th-century drainage windmill, typical of the 200 that once turned to keep the marshes drained.

On the left is the Queen's Head Hotel; beyond that is the Chesterfield & District Co-operative Society. Directly ahead is the town branch of Barclays Bank.

Away from the livestock, on the other side of the recently erected war memorial, stalls sell everything from clothing and locally-grown produce to tractors and harrows.