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The scale of buildings with nothing over three to four storeys has now been rudely interrupted by the 1970s seven-storey extension to the Town Hall behind the 1930s brick building (centre).

On the corner was the Provincial Co-operative Drug Co (centre), and next was the Barley Mow tavern run by William Ellis.

The memorial, with its scrolls commemorating the dead of two world wars, has now been cleaned and moved to a site of even greater prominence in the newly refurbished town centre.

The White Hart (centre) was rebuilt after a fire in 1910.

At the junction of the A12 and B1177 (centre right) is an advertisement for the Spread Eagle Hotel, kept by George Zessel, whose father had the White Hart at Wickham Market.

The quaint old clock tower with the fire station in its base, which stood at the foot of Gravel Hill, was an early casualty of the town planners' ruthless remodelling of the town centre.

To the right is a destroyer of the Reserve Fleet; in the centre is the Naval Dry Dock; and to the left is the Harwich to Hook of Holland ferry.

Among the many old buildings in this stretch of the High Street is the Tudor brick Eastgate House, seen on the right, and now the Charles Dickens Centre.

It received a market charter from Charles II, and at its centre is a big triangular Market Place.

Wadhurst, a village about six miles south-east of Tunbridge Wells, was a centre of the iron industry during the 16th and 17th centuries.

We are looking north, with the White Swan on the left and tall trees near the church in the centre.

Local businesses have now been joined by Fine Fare (centre) and, extreme right, Walter Willson's.

Stanwoods (centre right) is the former Chantry House of the Gurteen family, great employers and benefactors in the town.

The market is dominated by the castle (centre right), which was built by Henry II between 1165 and 1173.

The Nottingham Co-operative Society (centre) is no longer on the left of the High Street - the building is now a pet shop, and the Co-op has moved to a more modern building across the street.

It is seventy-five years on from view 18148, and the scene is little changed other than a slight realignment of the track in the foreground, which leads to the centre of the village of Newton

Virtually all of the buildings in this photograph have been replaced; today the Orchards Shopping Centre is on the left, whilst on the opposite side of the road are currently Barclays Bank

Was the Millennium Dome at Greenwich based on Kingswinford shopping centre?

A late Edwardian scene before development took place along Grand Parade, and when grassy sand dunes filled the space where the Embassy Centre is now situated.

In this photograph, taken a few years after 56473 (pages 30-31), horse carriages still await their fares in the centre of Brook Street.

It was also a good centre for steamer excursions.

Inverkip joined in the burnings, becoming a notorious centre for following the Bible's demand that, 'Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live'.

It is a popular centre for yachting and for boating trips in the Firth and to the Kyles of Bute.

At the centre of the junction is the fine war memorial cenotaph designed by Gilbert Ledward in October 1921 and unveiled by Lord Treowen, Lord Lieutenant of the county.