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The signpost and gas lamp we see here (centre right) commemorates Queen Victoria`s Diamond Jubilee of 1897. It was renovated and converted to electricity in 1994.

In the right fore- ground, the King's Head still stands, but is no longer an Inn; now, it is the King's Head centre.

From here they penetrated far inland on destructive forays. More recently, Appledore became a wealthy village with its own harbour.

In the 18th century, Prestatyn was a centre for the lead-mining districts of north-east Wales.

Its more salubrious site was, and remains, the one pictured here on Milford Hill, just east of the city centre beyond the ring road.

An ancient market town, Ormskirk was an important centre for the linen trade during the 16th century, whilst in the late 18th and early 19th centuries there were silk mills in the area.

The stream meanders through the centre of the village, and local children play pooh sticks and just watch the stream.

Once the village of Ebbisham, its popularity as a spa resort in the Restoration period, followed by its emergence as a racing centre in the following century, saved Epsom from decline.

Between the 14th and the early 19th centuries, Bursledon was an important centre for naval shipbuilding, with the wooded slopes of the river providing much of the timber.

The house on the left has been replaced by The Crispin Centre, a large shopping precinct.

It is still Street's community centre, a cafe‚ and a craft shop.

The only thing that can be said about the horrendous building in the centre is that it served a useful purpose - a toilet block. Fortunately, this blot on the landscape has now been flushed away.

Hidden among the trees in the centre of our photograph is a foot (and animal) bridge just a few miles outside Dunsop Bridge.The hill on the left is called Knot or Sugar Loaf.

Eastwards is Lulworth Cove (centre), caused by the sea breaching through the Purbeck-Portland formations into softer Wealden sands and Cretaceous chalk in the dip beyond, in far more recent

On the left, the library has become the health centre, and the ex-servicemen`s club is closed, but Lloyds Bank is still open.

In the centre was a manicured lawn that in latter years was often the venue for musical and theatrical productions.

Families are leaving the beach and strolling to the roadway, which is a short distance from the village centre.

The New Inn is a welcome haven in the centre of the small village, with its own car park at the side allowing calling motorists to leave the narrow street.

This YMCA residential hostel was opened in 1931 by the Countess of Plymouth, and was advertised as a modern residential centre catering for 130 guests.

Before the clock was built in the early 1920s, this was the main taxi rank in the town centre. Stroud lies at the convergence of five valleys, so there is very little flat ground.

The memorial seat commemorates the six agricultural labourers who met beneath the sycamore tree (centre) in 1834, and were transported to Australia for taking an illegal oath during an initiation

The ground-floor level of the picturesque building in the centre is now, rather unfortunately, a Burger King outlet.

By then, however, Lynn had already declined in status as a port, and Thetford never gained the prominence as a trading centre it expected.

Shipton Hill is prominent on the distant skyline (centre). Manor Farm, Barr Lane and the Anchor Inn are partly hidden by trees in the middle distance (left).