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The wrought iron railings and gates were removed during the Second World War.

The 5th Company of the London Brigade was based in Gadebridge Park, with its headquarters in the Town Hall.

The arrival of the railway in 1877 put Mablethorpe on the seaside holiday map, and the town is mainly Victorian or later.

East Harting feels remote, and consists of two lanes forming a rugby ball in plan.

E M Mumford, on the corner of the High Street and the Market Square, displayed enamel trade signs on its gable end when this photograph was taken in the mid 1950s.

Bell & Billows were a remarkable ironmongers in a handsome late Victorian building.

On the west side of the city, towards Fountains Abbey, stands the Spa Baths and Pump Room, opened on 24 October 1905 by Prince Henry of Battenburg.

At one time, the landlady was Mrs Dwyer, associated with the well-known music-hall act, Clapham and Dwyer.

Peter's Church, whose solid tower is visible peeking out from behind the building bearing a painted advertisement for the now defunct Home & Colonial store.

The far end, on the corner of Downing Street, is the Colonial Office. The entire building, completed in 1875, included the Foreign Office and the India Office on the St James's Park frontage.

In 1878 the Town Council obtained powers to clear the area; they began by extending the town centre with a fine new street connecting Castle Place with York Street.

The Park Keeper's Lodge and the Aviary The gardens were laid out in the late 19th century on the site of old Purbeck stone quarries formerly owned by the Goddard family.

On the corner of Havelock Street and to the left stood Anstiss & Co Ltd, drapers, which stood here until the 1960s when it suffered two major fires, the second of which destroyed the premises completely

West Street is a mile long, and this section is now pedestrianised.

This view looks back towards Woolworth's from Bakehouse Hill, where the mini-roundabout marks the convergence of the High Street, Gold Street and Lower Street.

Brungerley Bridge is still popular today because of its proximity as a leisure area to Clitheroe town.

This photograph was taken from outside the Market Hall looking down Blackburn Road towards its junction with Abbey Street.

Three balls, one white, one red and one blue, were paraded around the town. The balls were inscribed 'Wind and Water is Dorking's Glory'.

residence of Dr Bird, the house, like Sunnyfield House, had grounds stretching back to the North Bank Lane, now known as Bolckow Street/Park Lane (it was on this land that Mr Tom Pallister, the baker and

By 1958 cheap Italian and Japanese textiles were being dumped on the market and countries like Canada and the US had placed a tariff on British cloth.

Encouraged by the changing political scene at both national and local levels, especially after the extension of the vote in 1918 and the rise of the Labour Party, Carlisle council found itself

Looking South to Marlborough Road The buildings to the left stood next to the Old Town Hall on the Market Square.

The statue of John Cobden can been seen in the middle of the square: this bronze statue, by Marshall Wood, was paid for by public subscription and was presented to the town on 23 April 1867 by the President

westwards up West Street to the Town Hall (left of centre), a Ford Model T passes the shops of Best, Warren and Spiller (right).