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On the right are John and H Platt the printers' premises, and on the far right is Clarke's General Store.

The lock, built in 1814, was rebuilt in 1906 specifically to accommodate naval vessels up to 200 feet long built on Platt's Eyot further upstream.

Once the site of Corn Market House, where weekly markets were held for the sales of corn and straw plait, Market Hill underwent a major refurbishment in the 1860s, culminating in the joint opening of the

Whitwell was home to two special industries - straw plaiting and watercress production.

In the 1800s, the villagers' income came from the straw-plaiting industry, which served the hat-making trade at Luton.

The Ford Tractor Plant—resplendent with its 600,000 gallon water-tower (right)—occupied the whole of the No 3 Industrial Estate.

This was once a lake that gradually filled with plants on which sphagnum moss grew. As the plants died, peat formed, which became a major source of fuel for the local inhabitants.

Here it is planted with flowers. Today the hedges are taller, with a narrow gravel path between them.

Ransomes & Marles brought jobs to the town when they opened a ball-bearing plant.

Here visitors could enjoy many pleasant walks alongside the river, or sit amid subtropical plants and watch others playing tennis, football and cricket in the nearby playing fields.

Villagers can still get free mineral water from a tap by the entrance to the bottling plant.

Bonchurch is a charming suburb of Ventnor, its rich plant life a joy to behold.

Just outside the village is the most northerly planting of lavender - the farm is firmly on the Howardian Hills tourist trail.

The newly-planted orchard, left, now has mature fruiting trees. Harris's chimney, far right, has gone.

Even so, the population then was about 6000.The town’s development received a boost in 1945 when Rover announced their intention to abandon their Coventry plant and concentrate production at their

Many of the flowering plants enjoying the sun in this picture have been replaced by low-maintenance shrubs, including too many gloomy evergreens.

During the last war, the American forces stationed outside the village lived in Tent City, and an avenue of lime trees has been planted as a memorial to them.

Notice particularly the pot plants on the porch of the nearby house, and also the horse droppings in the roadway.

The common is now a nature reserve with notable unusual plants and insects.

It was known as Horeham Road until World War Two, and is now known for the Merrydown cider plant, which was founded in 1946 and is now the dominant presence of the village centre.

Saffron Walden is named after the plant, saffron, which was used for dyeing woollen cloth here in the Middle Ages, when the town was prosperous and important in the wool trade.

Today the grass and beds full of flowers have been replaced by paving stones and beds with bushes planted in them instead - all very much easier to maintain.

A well-maintained semi-circular bed of roses has been planted on the forecourt - oh for a dash of colour!

The hedges, plantings, paths and the thatched pavilions have strikingly civilised what was a windswept bare grass area. Beyond are the late Victorian buildings of St Bede's Preparatory School.