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Families would often hire deckchairs to sit and picnic beside the pool. Many of the well-known shops of the area face the sea.

The only real change to this scene is that now there are no cars - the whole of Bridge Street up to Cathedral Square has been closed to traffic and paved over.

Often described as the gateway to the Cotswolds, the picturesque town of Burford has changed little over the years.

Ongar was an important staging-post for carriers, passenger-coaches and wagons. In 1717, the town's first postmaster was earning a yearly salary of £25.

Guildhall Square contains the Assize Court, the Town Council Chamber and the Magistrates' Clerk's Office.

THE opening of a new shop was almost a weekly occurrence when Basildon town centre sprang into life in the late 1950s to early 1960s.

here were many public houses and inns in the town.

Elements of this small historic coaching town still remain, including the well-restored George Hotel and its inn sign on gallows spanning the now mainly pedestrianised road.

The lawns around the town are areas originally cleared of woodland, both to provide timber and to allow deer to graze.

Reading is one of those towns that can only be appreciated on foot.

This is said to be the oldest inn in the town. Charles Dickens is reputed to have penned 'The Pickwick Papers' on one of his many visits to Dorking.

Lancing College and its chapel overlook the Adur estuary and Shoreham. In ancient times the estuary was much wider.

Linked by rail to Euston, Fleetwood developed as a major port, handling passengers and cargo bound for Ireland, the Isle of Man and Glasgow.

Petworth is one of the oldest and most unusual of the Sussex towns.

This ancient market town clings to the limestone bluff of a gorge carved by the River Nidd, and is famous for several reasons: it boasts the oldest woollen mill in England, Mother Shipton, a 15th-century

Bournemouth and the neighbouring towns became a sanctuary for the rich and famous, including writers such as Robert Louis Stevenson.

During the late 17th century, Greenock's herring trade with France and the Baltic required a fleet of more than 300 boats. The town motto was 'Let herring swim that trade maintain'.

During the late seventeenth century Greenock's trade in herrings with France and the Baltic required a fleet of over 300 boats. The town motto was 'Let herring swim that trade maintain'.

Here we see a narrow cobbled way with granite and slate-hung fishermen's cottages in the Downalong part of town.

This romanticised version of life at the Castle in medieval times can be seen in the Town Hall. It was painted by James Waylen, born in Devizes in 1810, the son of a clothier, Robert Waylen.

In the early 1930s an architectural competition was won by a young New Zealand architect, R H Uren, for a new town hall in the Broadway, with a design very closely allied to Dudok's Town Hall at Hilversum

The village church is dedicated to St Mary and St Alkelda, and owes its collegiate status to Richard III.

Both Darwin and Ruskin enjoyed stays here. The old harbour stands on the shores of the Mawddach estuary, and was formerly of some importance.

The Phoenix and the attached shopping precinct to the west of the modern town centre are typical examples of the late 1950s to early 1960s New Town expansion.