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The Blenheim Hotel, shown in the centre, is now converted to holiday flats: a sign of the times.

From the junction with Silver Street and Gold Street you can spot the distinctive tall tower of a former boys school, now an educational centre.

Blue carts and yellow omnibuses, varnished carriages and brown vans, pale loads of yellow straw ... this is the vortex and whirlpool, the centre of human life today on the earth.'

Note the gutter in the centre of the narrow roadway. Varco the watchmaker's shop is on the right, while J M Williams' store advertises the products of the Pure Soda Water Co.

Pastor W T Richards founded his church in 1943 in a Scout hut, and the present brick building in Pitts Road, now renamed as Slough Christian Centre, was built in 1964.

Tylers Green was the centre of a major medieval tile-making industry whose decorated floor tiles were used at Windsor Castle in the 14th century and for paving numerous Chiltern churches.

A number of smaller businesses have built up around this pleasant village, some evidence of which is seen in the yard in the centre of the photograph.

This is the southern or `t`Cheshire side` of the lake, with the roof of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Hotel, which opened on 17 December 1875, just visible in the centre.

And all this within easy walking distance of the very centre of the town.

This view of the north or garden front shows the design of this beautiful and well-proportioned house with its projecting side wings and pedimented centre, the whole forming a letter H plan.

The centre of Bishops Waltham has retained its character over the years, and this picture shows one of its quaint, narrow streets.

The white building (right) is the Hawk Inn in the centre of Haslington.

Overlooking the corner of Manchester Road and Deardengate in the centre of Haslingden, and readily identified by the large clock projecting into the street, is the Commercial Hotel.

Thame became a market town during the 13th century, and its importance as a commercial centre is still evident today.

The Rose and Crown (centre left) survives. The tall yew trees, now gone, were already old when this picture was taken, but they gave their name to adjacent Yew Tree House.

The David Smith factory (corrugated packaging) in the distance has now moved to Newmarket, and the old malthouse with the rounded roof (centre) is now an office building with a car park alongside.

Notice the church beyond it - this is now an antiques centre and has the most glorious weather vane perched on the top of the roof.

The centre of the Pier, now covered, was a popular venue for concert parties, boxing, wrestling, roller skating and tea dances.

A point of interest in this photograph is the Farm Shop in the centre of the picture, showing that such agricultural diversification is not such a new thing.

Flint and brick used together can produce charming patterns, as we can see on the gable-end in the centre of this picture.

Waynflete and Lothers (left) face No 41 and the Loders Arms (right of centre). The building falling down was Well's butchers, since cleared for the Loders Arms car park.

The car is parked outside the Tudor Snack Bar (ahead, left of centre). Tudor Square is now pedestrianised, and buses stop on the main road.

This picturesque cobbled square is in the centre of Hawkshead.An upended cart awaits its horse, while a little girl gazes across the empty square in anticipation.

Lincoln suffered a lot of demolition in the 1950s and 1960s, including No 12 on the far left, now drab 1970s offices, and the buildings beyond which made way for the Stonebow Centre shopping mall of