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This statue of one of Bedforshire's famous sons was made by the noted sculptor, Boehm, in 1873, and presented to the town by the then Duke of Bedford in June 1874.

When in the 1950s Reginald Hine, the great Hitchin historian, wrote of the town, 'It is lamentable what we have lost during the last 100 years', he was complaining of the desecration of the buildings and

This view reveals Boston's elegant and urbane character.

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.

His timing proved providential, as his skills were in demand by the families who were moving into the then new houses being built throughout the town.

This elevated site was settled by many early peoples, including the Brigantes, the Belgae and the Romans.

The town clock has been given a number of nicknames, including `the Iron Duke of Tredegar`, because of the small profile of the Duke of Wellington on the base.

Down in the harbour, the tall ship is moored just in front of the Angel Vaults, still here as a waterside inn.

The 15th-century tower of St Peter and St Paul church is on the skyline.

By 1899 we see that the old two-storey bay window of the Cock Inn has gone, to be replaced by a new shop front installed by Mr Fairburn, who had moved his chemist's and druggist's business

This is a lovely full frontal view of Manchester Town Hall as it was over a century ago.

This market town is noted for its rare 13th-century lead spire and late Norman nave.

It is supported on stone pillars with a row of wooden columns in the centre, and is surrounded by a collection of 17th- and 18th-century hotels and town houses.

Godsmark's (second from left) have been in business and in the same shop for over 80 years, but most of the other businesses have changed.

Demand for steam coal caused collieries to be developed, and over a million tons of coal were mined annually.

Yet upriver, above London Bridge, were the more modest colliers, whose simple barges, loaded by man-power, carried consignments on to Thameside towns, for shipment to the Midlands and the north through

Since the by-pass opened, the town has less traffic and the High Street has been paved with herring-bone paviours.

This captures a time when everyone shopped on his or her local high street, and out-of-town shopping was unheard of.

The open aspect of the street pictured here and familiar to us today originates from the demolition of older buildings in 1862 to allow road widening.

We are looking out over Grange to Morecambe Bay from Charney Well Road, which rises steeply above the town.

The need for a new Catholic church in the town became particularly pressing when nearby RAF Lyneham was unable to provide a full- time chaplain to the station, and they helped fund its completion

This thatched cottage with its little garden stood in Pondhu Road, in the valley bottom to the south west of the town centre.

On the lane south from the crossroads the last two houses on the left are timber-framed, the White Cottage on the left with original framing in the side elevation and fake to the front.

Another view along the Welland towards Town Bridge, over which the old Great North Road crossed into Lincolnshire.