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Congleton lies in the valley of the River Dane - we have already caught a glimpse of the river in the park.

A Jaguar XJ is emerging from this road into the main one as an Austin A40 Farina manoeuvres into a parking space on the other side (left).

The tall three- storey building remains, now an Oxfam shop, while all beyond the towering Baptist Church on the left has since been demolished and is now the entrance to the car parks formed between

The Commonwealth Institute, with its forest of flag poles each flying the flag of a Commonwealth nation, occupies what was most of the southern end of Holland Park.

This is still very much the age of the bicycle, as we can see from all those parked two-wheelers.

The north side of the Market Place (still a car park) was dominated by the Co-op, which expanded into the right-hand corner building of 1898.

Taken from the west edge of St Peter's Green, this view looks north up the long avenue towards Bedford Park.

The car park is still on the left, and the gallows sign is still over the road.

Motorists were few in the 1950s, and parking appears to be available for anyone at the kerbside.

The Swan Hotel acquired a multi-level car park to its rear (its first concession to the age of the motor car) and the erstwhile car showrooms at the northern end of Town Bridge were demolished and replaced

The trees and park on the left across the road are the salient from the common into the suburbia of Lower Ashtead.

In the middle of West View Park, opposite the paddling pool, was the bandstand.

Note the piles of rubble deposited onto the bank, perhaps early in-fill as this part of the river is built up after this date and by 1960 has evolved into a car park.

They are not there now - housing or car parks have taken their place.

rebuilding and extension, doubling the size of the house, and moved the entire village of More Crichel except for St Mary`s Church, a mile away to the south in order to landscape the surrounding park

The twin towers have been an inspiring sporting symbol since the stadium was built in 1923 as part of the British Empire Exhibition.

But because of the enormous growth in London traffic during the Victorian era, it was dismantled in 1878, and was acquired by Sir Henry Meux as the entrance to the family estate at Theobald's Park.

A century later the film was partly made at Denton Park, near Ilkley.

The land for the park was given by Lt Col Cross, who lived in a large and impressive house at the Red Scar.

This view from the top of Whitehall Park looks over the flower beds to Darwen beyond.We can make out quite a few of the mill chimneys, but not the most famous of them all, the square 300ft India Mill

There were three pubs - the Royal Oak and the King's Head on the High Street, roughly where their namesakes are today, and the Clarence Arms (now the Park Hotel) on Park Road.

Nearby Higham Park was once the home of Count Zborowski, whose racing exploits were the inspiration for the book 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' by Ian Fleming.

This view was taken looking south to the Bear Hotel at the top end of the car park.

Further west the photographer looks east along the Parade with the ornate iron archway into the former Esplanade Park.