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Sad to say, nothing looks at neat and tidy as it did in 1955, but it looks a lot better than it did a couple of years ago.

Wallasey was very proud of its Corporation Transport Department, and would do anything to match or better Birkenhead's efforts.

There has been much rebuilding of this part of the High Street, none of it for the better, since the 1950s; continuity has been achieved only by the building at the far left, which is still

Sad to say, nothing looks at neat and tidy as it did in 1955, but it looks a lot better than it did a couple of years ago.

This view is not particularly attractive, because it shows the rear views of the properties on the right, which face the sea front, and are better seen from that direction.

More modern infill is much better, and mostly in the more appropriate stone.

Rather than admire this tarmac desert, it is better to turn through 180º to see, and if possible visit, the Golders Green Hippodrome, designed by Bertie Crew in 1913.

More civic architecture here in the shape of Queensway Hall in Court Drive; in line for this era of betterment, the Hall is housing an improvement grant exhibition.

This is the west side of the market place; we have a better view of the church with its massive tower and noble parapets.

On the right is the 1000-year-old yew tree, which was battered by the great storm of January 1884, but still survives.

This is the west side of the market place; we have a better view of the church with its massive tower and noble parapets.

But the Exford smith is still carrying on his traditional business, although his forge has seen better days – the thatch has worn wafer thin and will soon be letting in water.

He designed it to face seawards, but turned the plans y 90 degrees when he realised the battering it would receive from the elements.

The gables on the right mostly belong to the Blue Boar, one of the town's oldest inns and nowadays in a better state of repair than in the 1960s.

It was also lined by gruesome 1960s office blocks that replaced older and better buildings.

A famous resident from the 12th century was Gerald de Barri, born here in 1146, and better known to us as Giraldus Cambrensis, the author of the 'Itinerary of Wales'.

Behind the camera is the Leicester- Nottingham railway line, with Swithland village, better known for its slate quarries, sited at the south end of the water.

Here an 18th-century Oby drainage windmill near Acle wheezily turns its battered sails.

Hermitage Road was opened in 1875 to give the people of Hitchin better access to the railway station.

Woking should not be confused with Old Woking a mile south on the banks of the River Wey, a battered remnant of a medieval market town.

It is in an ornate Renaissance style and better in the flesh than it looks in this photograph; it is still very fresh and hard-edged.

Better still, a search among the novelty shops would find just the right gift to take back.

A heavy storm in 1877 battered the bridge, and we see it in its repaired state in photograph 36076 (above).

Arthur Hilliar did even better with Drove Cottage and its two acres, which he secured for £800.