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The Co-op have modernised their premises from the original three shops (a baker's, a grocer's and a butcher's) to a modern supermarket.

This is a view from Bidston Hill, which was declared a place to be kept free of development when Birkenhead and the surrounding towns and villages began to grow.

You would take your life in your hands if you tried to take this view looking south up the A650 Bradford-Skipton road in the centre of the Airedale town of Bingley today.

This is the main street through the town.

The town of Bodiam is dominated by one of the most picturesque castles in England, set within a broad moat filled with golden carp.

Hanley has two famous sons: the author Arnold Bennett and the aircraft designer Reginald Mitchell were both born in the town.

The East Gate to the town was demolished in 1800, but the old South Gate on the road from London still stands.

For centuries the town mill had ground the corn for the local farmers.

Many of the houses in this area, some around 300 years old, were built of stones and pebbles.

Even in wartime the strict dress code for Weymouth beach remained, though many of the soldiers and sailors stationed in the town would seek out lonely coves in the vicinity for a spot of

Looking west towards Pidley cum Fenton, we see Somersham before the start of the building programme which has brought an industrial estate and several large housing developments.

This was the first street in the town to be built, but it had long lost its residents when this view was taken.

This was the period when few supermarkets existed and those that did were built in town centres, as most people relied on public transport.

Awnings protect the shop fronts and the goods displayed in the windows.

Penrith received its first market charter in 1223, and it has continued as a busy market town serving the north-east of the Lake District and the North Pennines ever since.

A row of Cotswold stone cottages in Vineyard Street, named after the former abbey's vineyard which was once nearby, built in the style so beloved of all who love the towns and villages of the Cotswolds—and

Penrith received its first market charter in 1223, and it has continued as a busy market town serving the north-east of the Lake District and the North Pennines ever since.

The waters glide under the noble railway viaduct with its lofty arches and embattled parapet.

The town-village grew up where the Roman Stane Street crossed the River Arun.

The Checker and its associated ranges probably survived because they were close to the mill stream and the industrial heart of the medieval town with its watermill, and thus they soon found alternative

The name 'Finkle' comes from a Viking word meaning 'angle' or 'corner', and this less than straight street has not changed its line since those times.

The slate-hung buildings are 11 and 13 High Street, two of the oldest in town.

At 127 miles, this is the longest canal in Britain, and creates a vital trans-Pennine crossing between the mill towns of Yorkshire and the seaports of the Mersey.

The Midland Bank is prominent on the left, facing the National Westminster and Barclays, which was a few steps from Lloyds' palatial building opposite the Royal Hotel.