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Demolition was begun in 1951, but was almost immediately stopped following protests by the local artist Bernard Hailstone.

Bognor's growth from a tiny fishing village started in the 1780s, with Sir Richard Hotham's grand scheme inland (modestly named Hothamton) aimed at the nobility and gentry being followed by

The Central Pier was the older of Morecambe's two piers: it opened in 1869 and was enlarged during the following decade.

To this day it continues to provide a much welcomed place of rest and refreshment following an expedition to the top of Roseberry Topping and back.

Today's buildings still follow the lines of the original burgage plots laid out all that time ago.

Kirby was the most blitzed English village during the last war: a lone bomber came over following a raid on the Midlands and destroyed many buildings.

As the following pictures show, this part of the seafront underwent numerous changes over the next few years, gradually increasing the amount of entertainment on offer.

The front of the C & A store collapsed into the street following three direct hits, and around seventy people died in the Marples Hotel when it too took a direct hit and was destroyed.

Following bomb damage in the 1940 air raid, the building was altered in 1956; its outward appearance took on an Elizabethan style in contrast to this austere Gothic design.

This wonderful atmospheric view looks through Stonebow into the continuation of High Street which follows the line of the Roman road to London, later known as Ermine Street.

The landscaping of these gardens was only completed in 1964, following the purchase of Linda Vista House and gardens by the council in 1960.

Following the New Towns Act of 1964, 37 farms and 7,500 acres of land were taken over and absorbed as the new town developed.

This particular mill, built in 1850 following a fire, was driven by water and steam. It ceased working shortly before the Great War, and has recently been converted into five flats.

Decades of genteel decline followed, and in 1976 the hotel was demolished, despite a 16,000-signature petition and a letter from Sir John Betjeman bemoaning its loss.

First local schools have closed, and then shops, post offices and pubs have followed suit. Sometimes the only way to retain these facilities has been to combine them under one roof.

His legendary performances won him a huge following, and he has been described as 'a Margate institution'.

The maltings were part of the development that followed; the surviving kiln of the maltings would originally have included the malting floors, where the barley was allowed to germinate before being heated

Few streets still follow their original medieval plans, though not all have been lost since 1945. Butcher Row went long ago.

Built in the mid 1950s, it was followed into the town by the Ford Engineering Research Centre at Dunton.

Following a fire in 1913, the building was reconstructed. It is now the Tourist Information Centre.

Following a fire in 1913, the building was reconstructed. It is now the Tourist Information Centre.

Following the death of the owner, the site was acquired by the town and first opened to the public in 1960.

The burial ground closed in 1873 following the opening of Penrith Cemetery.

Wherwell is famous for its ruined priory, established by the Saxon Queen Elfreda, mother of Ethelred the Unready, possibly as an act of repentance following several dark deeds.