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To this day the town remains a centre of fine craftsmanship.

Trams ran along the centre of the main road, and in the background stands the distinctive white Congregationalist church, built in 1912.

Shops and a post office overlook the junction in the centre of the village by the railway station.

In the centre stand good examples of cottages thatched with Norfolk reed, and beyond are roof pantiles brought over by the Dutch.

To the north-east lies the Second World War airfield which has been the centre for army flying since 1958.

The signpost with all its information (centre) has also gone.

The first people to live here built their houses from mud (the area later became an important centre for brick production), so that Lye came to be known as the 'Mud City'.

Redditch town centre occupies high ground near the northern end of the prehistoric Ridgeway.

The handsome building in the centre of this view, adorned with a balustrade and pinnacles, was a branch of the Midland Bank in 1950.

South Shields was not only a port with shipyards and ship repairers; it was also a colliery town, with a pit almost in the town centre.

The principal centres were the North Road Works of Darlington, Shildon Wagon Works, and locomotive manufacturers Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn, who were based at Gateshead.

Here we see shoppers in the centre of town on what was obviously a warm summer's morning, and with a surprisingly low level of traffic.

Two local residents, one mounted on an early motorbike, pass the time of day by the Prince of Wales pub in the centre of the village.

Situated by the tranquil waters of the River Test, the town is an important fishing centre.

The newsagents and tobacconists shop – Robinsons, centre - displays the wealth of bold advertising material so typical of the period.

Opened to the public in 1873, it was the only source of recreation for working-class families living in the crowded town centre courtyards.

In the centre is the Institute, and the shop with the blind down was F Bromley, a butcher's.

The garage (centre) has been without petrol pumps since 1995.

The White Horse (centre) was built in two stages in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

The 1891 Pier Pavilion (centre) stands at the entrance to the pier, and at the end of the pier twin lighthouses flank the harbour mouth.

The view is southwards to the Cobb warehouses and Cobb hamlet (left), beyond Westfield (centre) and a terrace of early 19th- century town houses.

A set of lights enables people to cross the road in safety between the Health Centre and the chemist, second shop from the end on the left of the picture.

Although fifty years have passed the centre of Coulsdon is easily recognisable, although the forthcoming replacement of the Red Lion will dramatically alter appearances.

The two buildings in the centre of this photograph no longer exist.