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Caption For Berkhamsted, High Street C1965

We are approaching the town centre.

Caption For Heswall, Telegraph Road C1960

The centre of Heswall was originally much closer to the shoreline, probably in the area around Village Road and St Peter's Church, but the advent of Telegraph Road - the A540 - has moved the commercial

Caption For Box Hill, The Summit 1906

Defoe had been shocked at the behaviour of some ladies and gentlemen who visited the summit in carriages on Sundays, but all is perfectly decorous here, with some apparently making the journey by donkey (centre

Caption For Old Sarum, The Castle Ruins C1965

Around 1078 the Episcopal See of Sherborne was transferred to Old Sarum, and a Norman cathedral and a bishop's castle were built; the motte was in the centre of the township.

Caption For Deal, From The Pier 1899

In the centre of this picture is the Time Ball Tower, used for supplying the correct time to the anchored vessels.

Caption For Buxton, Spring Gardens 1923

Although there are shops in higher Buxton, on High Street and the Market Place, the major commercial centre is Spring Gardens in the lower town.

Caption For Glasgow, Buchanan Street 1897

The grand edifice was gutted and used as a car-park before its demolition in 1977 to make way for the St Enoch Centre constructed in 1981-89, a vast shopping complex which looks more like a railway

Caption For Horsforth, Town Street C1960

No town centre worth its salt was complete without its Co-op store.

Caption For Chelmsford, Mother And Child, Mildmay Road 1906

Maybe the mid-Essex 'plain' was earmarked as a future administrative centre.

Caption For Deal, From The Pier 1899

In the centre of this picture is the Time Ball Tower, used for supplying the correct time to the anchored vessels.

Caption For London, The Old Curiosity Shop C1875

Later in the century the Church Times left its distinctive building and the W H Smith distribution centre became the London School of Economics Library.

Caption For London, Old Curiosity Shop C1950

Later in the century the Church Times left its distinctive building and the W H Smith distribution centre became the London School of Economics Library.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street C1955

The Royal Lion Hotel and New Inn are followed by Middle Row (centre).

Caption For Paull, The Waterfront C1955

Anson Villas, centre and right, were built as billets for the battery troops.

Caption For Rugby, The School Cloisters 1922

The lozenge-shaped washroom windows can be seen (centre, 72159) on the south side of Old Quad.

Caption For Boston, Market Place 1899

Cargo ships no longer went upriver into the old port in the town centre; that was only used as moorings for fishing smacks.

Caption For Glasgow, The Necropolis 1890

By the beginning of the 17th century the centre of Glasgow had shifted south, to the foot of the High Street where it joined the Saltmarket.

Caption For Hurst Green, The Cross 1950

This is the T-junction at the centre of Hurst Green, seen here in the gentle post-war years.

Caption For Belfast, Chichester Place 1897

The elegant emporium of Robinson and Cleaver (centre) tells of a Belfast upper crust, which had to be catered for.

Caption For East Dereham, 1893

Engineering works were established here in Victorian times and Dereham grew into one of the busiest centres of commerce in central Norfolk.

Caption For Heswall, Telegraph Road C1955

The centre of Heswall was originally much closer to the shoreline, probably in the area around Village Road and St Peter's Church, but the advent of Telegraph Road - the A540 - has moved the commercial

Caption For Rugby, The School Quadrangle 1922

The lozenge-shaped washroom windows can be seen (centre, 72159) on the south side of Old Quad.

Caption For Twickenham, The Ferry 1899

The White Swan public house, first mentioned in 1722, stands on raised ground just beyond the beached punts to the left of centre.

Caption For Wolverhampton, Lichfield Street C1905

Bilston had a lock-making industry of sorts in the 16th century but it remained fairly static; along with Pontypool, Bilston was an early centre for japanning—the copying of Japanese goods by English