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It is regrettable that all the trees have now gone in this view looking towards the Town Hall, but the flint walls and the house on the right survive.

John Johnson's imposing Gothic clock tower, built in 1887 of white stone with sporadic red bands and gabled clock faces, was originally intended to form the centrepiece of a new building development, some

Barnwood stands on Ermin Street, which was built by the Romans to link the two important towns of Glevum (Gloucester) and Corinium (Cirencester), so the road we see in this picture

Although it was undoubtedly the railways that first brought heavy industry to the region (indeed, they were for a long time the major employers in the town), it was not long before other

Once Cromer and Sheringham became popular as holiday destinations, the Runtons (the villages between the towns) enjoyed the benefits of the overflowing holiday trade.

Once Cromer and Sheringham became popular as holiday destinations, the Runtons (the villages between the towns) enjoyed the benefits of the overflowing holiday trade.

Stramongate Bridge was also known as Miller or Mill Bridge, because it linked the mills on the eastern bank of the River Kent to the 'Auld Grey Town' on the other bank.

For most people, the village of Heswall is centred on this road, the A540, linking Chester with all the towns along the western side of the Wirral.

Mrs Ludlow Bruges of Seend was the benefactor who gave the hospital to the town. It was opened by the Marquis of Bath on 23 July 1938.

Commercial Street was pedestrianised in 1986, but here we can see it bustling with traffic and pedestrians.

Another market day, this time in Skipton, the ancient gateway town to the eastern Dales. Note the Dales farmers and their wives sitting lined up to the right of the statue, perhaps waiting for a bus.

Scarborough's sandy beaches are still as popular with northern holidaymakers, who still throng to the seaside town for the donkey rides, candy floss and sticks of rock as they did 50 years ago.

The whole area shown in these two photographs vanished when the new bridge over the river and the new Churchill Road were built to ease congestion in the town centre in 1971.

Facing Undercliff Road are (from left to right) the 1930s Trent's Café; the Town Hall of 1892; the Empire Café; Bent Hill; and the Felix Hotel of 1903, with the Spa Pavilion of 1909 below.

In the distance, and slightly to the left of the clock tower, is the obelisk erected to the memory of Henry Bell. Another famous son of the town was J Logie Baird, the inventor of television.

In 1870 the Victorian yachtsman Sir John Burgoyne brought the Empress Eugenie of France to the town after a perilous channel crossing.

Standing tranquilly a few minutes away from the town centre, this church was built in the 11th century. Over time it has had many changes.

This led to School Lane, the home of the Camberley Infants and Primary Schools, which disappeared when the new town centre was constructed.

To the left of the man coming up the road is the building which was the town's first station, but it could not handle through traffic following the opening of the Ulverston and Lancaster

Hockley was a growing town by this time and a parade like this, typical of development in the 1950s, would have been well used. Shop names can be clearly seen on their shiny facia boards.

Probably the most interesting monument in the town is the altar tomb of Sir John and Lady Butler who were murdered in 1463.

A pair of loaded working boats on the Aylesbury Arm near Broughton on the edge of town. The wooden stumps (bottom left) are known as strapping posts, and were used to tie up boats.

Much of the administrative work of the New Forest is done here, and five times a year the Verderers meet in the town to discuss important Forest business.

A large crowd has gathered in Newport Street, part of the Old Town of Swindon. The cause of the excitement is not clear, but it could be a fire at the thatched building round the corner.