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This view shows the eastern gallery of the underground cliff quarry with one of George Burt's inscriptions (centre left) giving its potted history: 'These caves were formed centuries ago by

In the 1950s it was a typical town centre park with seats, walks and flower beds, but all this changed when the Leisure Centre arrived in 1971-76, with its pyramidal pool building and large sports

This beautiful view, seen from the path up the hill towards Miles Cross, looks north to the Manor House (top left) and its thatched 17th-century barn (right of centre).

These two photographs, taken in Village Road, depict the old village centre. The scene has changed remarkably little over the years, apart from what is sold in the shops.

The church building is now used by the charity Christian Concern, and the building is actually used as a centre for second-hand furniture. It is known as St Paul's Centre.

This view is looking towards the town centre, and the boat ('BN3', a Boston-registered boat) is heading out to the Wash and the North Sea.

Further up the street (centre right) are signs for Roberts grocers and E Lewis, a glass and china dealer.

This picture looks westwards down the north side of West Street, with its lollipop limes, from the Post Office to Victoria Grove (right of centre).

Shingle was still being removed from the wide shingle beach (bottom left), and the branch line had been extended to the seaside at West Bay Station (centre right).

Here we have a fine overview of the town centre against a backdrop of the Fairfield Horseshoe group of mountains.

More recently the whole structure has again been moved, this time back to the centre of town near the Arts Centre.

The centre of Staines, like that of many other towns in the vicinity of London, has been rebuilt during the last century.

This is the classic view of Golden Cap (centre), literally gold when its sandy top catches the sun; at 618ft above sea level it is the highest cliff on the south coast.

The medieval church tower rises in the centre, and one of the two large non-conformist chapels stands to its right.

The thatched 17th-century King's Head pub still stands on the left, and the re-fronted Red Lion Hotel is still in the centre of the Bull Ring.

The Lincoln Co-op (extreme left) has gone, to be replaced by the Job Centre and a Cycle Centre. The small J Corby shop opposite is now Las Vegas Amusements.

Nowadays a covered leisure centre and swimming pool is essential to success. Worthing now has its Aquarena, a hideous neologism, and Leisure Centre.

The city was and is the capital centre of Wales, and this importance has increased - it is now a modern commercial and administrative centre for the nation.

It is still there today as an Arts Centre and the Tourist Information Centre. Burnley Town Hall peeps out from behind the Institute.

emerges from the shopping parades of the 1930s grouped around the underground station into a series of timber-framed vernacular buildings of the 16th century, that one realises that the original village centre

The Buddle estuary was tucked between high walls (left centre), dating from about 1750, below the cupola of the Victorian Guildhall.

Note that one of the cinemas, the Picture House, has given way to Fine Fare (centre right).

This photograph shows the old village centre of Wallasey.

The three men wearing peaked caps (centre right) could well be airmen from one of several nearby airfields; one of them, Hemswell, is now a very large antiques centre.