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In 1940 'the Reading Rooms were taken over by the Food Office and became a centre for the issue and stamping of ration books'.

The former vicarage was renamed Moot House, and was used as a busy community centre.

Also lost during the town centre development was the Wesleyan Methodist Church, which had stood on the corner of the Parade and Newhall Street.

is shown here from the north-east, looking south-west from above Hole House Farm and the valley of the Mangerton River across to Holy Trinity Parish Church (right) and the fields of St Andrew's Well (centre

The school was in Hill Road, between Pound Road and West Hill Road, with a view across the town, including St Michael's Church (centre right), to Golden Cap (centre) on the eastern seaboard of Lyme

The Lincoln Co-op (extreme left) has gone, to be replaced by the Job Centre and a Cycle Centre. The small J Corby shop opposite is now Las Vegas Amusements.

Sheffield's lowly position in the league table of provincial shopping centres, 18th in the most recent study (December 2003) and far behind regional rivals Manchester (third), Nottingham (fifth

There is no car parking today, but a busy road junction with a cannon in the centre.

We can see the Esplanade Hotel (centre) and Steartfield House (right), the homes of Mortimer and Washington Singer.

The Chequers pub (centre right) is now a private house; the next building has been demolished, but Chequers House, in the foreground, has been restored, and today sports fine wrought iron railings

The thatched 17th-century King's Head pub still stands on the left, and the re-fronted Red Lion Hotel is still in the centre of the Bull Ring.

Behind the Coronation Stone (centre) are the Municipal Offices, which were replaced by the Guildhall in 1935.

Note the gas lamp and horse trough in the centre of the picture.

Note the many shop awnings and the trams further down the street, a reminder of town centre public transport.

There is a bus stop near the seated man; this was for the regular service from Kingston, a major shopping area, through the centre of Weybridge and onwards to the station.

The Town Hall tower (centre right), designed by T M Lockwood and E A Landsdowne, was opened in 1885. It has since been demolished to make way for the British Home Stores.

The centre of Hoddesdon suffered major changes during the 1960s.

Moving away from the seaside, via Southend High Street, the Civic Centre is to be found in Victoria Avenue.

With Manchester so close, Wilmslow was one of the early centres of nonconformism in east Cheshire; others included Congleton, Macclesfield and Knutsford.

Originally built in 1760 as a market house, the courthouse, which stands in the centre of the square, was enlarged in 1810.

Butlin's funfair and the model yacht pond can be seen in the background, with the old Embassy Centre, built in 1929, on the left. The horse-drawn landaus await passengers for a tour of the town.

It was once a centre for the hand spinning of cotton, but was unable to compete with the industrialized mills of New Lanark.

In the centre on the right is Morrisons tarpaulin and rope works, established in the town for at least 250 years.

Further down the street are No 21 (formerly the Dorsetshire Bank), and the Three Cups Hotel (projecting, centre).