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The Village c1965 This photograph was taken after the formation of Washington New Town.

The town was full of woollen mills and corset factories and was surrounded by numerous collieries. Later, the town became a centre for 'fancy' goods such as cords, velveteens and fine woollens.

Following the New Towns Act of 1964, 37 farms and 7,500 acres of land were taken over and absorbed as the new town developed.

We are looking towards the cross and what was to become in 1968 a redeveloped town centre with new shops, flats and offices.

Even the close proximity of several coal mines did not cause Tamworth to lose its market town image.

As with so many Dorset towns on a main route, Bridport became clogged with traffic in the late 20th century.

Nearly a century after its foundation, the town was already dominating the skyline, and its beaches were among the most crowded on the south coast.

Fowey, the 'Troy Town' popularised by the Victorian writer Quiller Couch, is blessed with a spacious natural harbour, and was once one of the foremost seaports of Britain.

Looking from within the abbey gateway, this view again shows the Town Hall, its up-to-the-minute Baroque grandeur and monumentality combined with the slightly old-fashioned stair tower with its almost

There is a substantial amount of Victorian development seen in this view of the town from the west, looking across Brooklands Park and the new cemetery on Queens Road with its chapel.

Farmers' wives and country women have been up since dawn packing their baskets with jars of home-made jams and marmalades, fresh-picked cabbages and cucumbers, and journeying in to market day on the carriers

The coach road leaves the town centre over the River Welland, from where this view was taken. Many Georgian houses throughout the town remain, and its buildings are always worth a second look.

At the close of the 19th century, Alton bore the stamp of an old country market town, with its bustling streets and striking shop fronts. Opposite the King's Head is the town's market square.

Claimed to be the highest market town in England, Alston commands sweeping views of the North Pennines and the South Tyne Valley.

In the days before Crawley acquired 'New Town' status, it was the town's business centre, eventually changing its name to Post Office Road - home, not surprisingly, of the local post office.

WE MUST NOT become too enthralled with the sea and the excitements of coastal villages and small towns.

Once a port described by Daniel Defoe as 'fairer, and much deeper, than those at Watchet and Porlock', it turned into a major seaside bathing resort in the later 19th century.

The smooth slopes of Skiddaw dominate the northern Lakeland town of Keswick in this view from Castle Head.

Hall Leys Park and Pleasure Gardens were created when the riverside site, formerly water meadows, was purchased by the town council in 1889.

Wareham almost qualifies for our section on coastal towns, for its links with the sea are strong. The town supplied Edward III with three ships and 59 men for his siege of Calais.

The house on the right stands on the corner of Castle Street, a reminder that the town once had a Norman castle. Murphy televisions and radios are proudly advertised on the banner (left).

Built south of the town, the new docks were 825 feet long by 450 feet wide and are still busy.

The town's arcaded Market House of 1870 stands in the Square. The local dark building stone has given Dolgellau much of its character.

Under the Town Hall once stood an old 18th-century fire engine with wooden wheels, and also the old stocks.