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Two identical versions of the fountain still survive in a Glasgow park and Pretoria city zoo in South Africa!

Sir Joseph Paxton, designer of the Crystal Palace, laid out this park on the banks of the River Kelvin. It was opened in 1853.

The older part of the hall is on the right, and though much of the estate is now given over to the Safari Park, the Hall still retains much of its family touch.

The space in front of the shops is now a car park, and the traffic island has shrunk.

Set in open land, with mature oaks nearby, Stratford Park playground has always proved a popular magnet for parents with young children, who now mostly travel there by car.

Whitby Hall, seen here, was built in Stanney Lane by the Grace family in the 1860s. In 1931 it was purchased by the council, who used the building as offices.

The Town Hall and magistrates' court still dominates Market Hill.

This sumptuous red-brick Hall, set in exquisite parkland, was built by Sir William Paston in the early 1600s, and its facade is a grand example of Jacobean work.

Gawsworth's new hall was built in the 18th century by Lord Mohun. In November 1711 Lord Mohun fought a duel in Hyde Park against the Duke of Hamilton, in which both men were killed.

Kendal Castle, originally a 13th-century structure, was owned by the family of Katherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII, in the 16th century.

College Street Public Hall (on the right) fell into disuse, became a motor-body repair shop and is now a car park.

The opening in 1912 of the County Hall in Cathays Park provided a much-needed centrally contained administrative centre for Glamorgan.

Here we have another view of the pavilion and miniature golf course at Fleming Park, where there were also football, rugby and hockey pitches and tennis courts.

The space in front of the shops is now a car park, and the traffic island has shrunk.

This church is located close to the entrance of the park surrounding Hunstanton Hall, which was built by Sir Roger L'Estrange in the 16th century; he was a writer who favoured the Royalist cause, and he

The Audit Hall is nearby, opposite the White Horse, but not in the photograph.

In 1913 the Council received an offer of land skirting Woodcote Hall from Lord Rosebery as 'proof of my deep and abiding affection for Epsom'.

KIPPAX was a small estate village servicing Kippax Hall and Kippax Park for three centuries before developing rapidly in the mid 19th cen- tury with the discovery of coal reserves.

The Cartwright Memorial Hall in Lister Park, Bradford, built during the time of Bradford's pre-eminence as one of the major woollen manufacturing towns of the world, now houses one of the city's best museums

Not far away are Chelwood Vachery, a re-created hall-house originally called Trimmer's Pond, and Kidbrooke Park, a much altered and decorated house with gardens laid out by Repton.

Children pose for the camera in the park below Alexandra Palace, which was named after the Princess of Wales, the future Queen Alexandra.

The freedom of the road, when roadside parking was an inalienable right, can be seen in a view westwards to the Town Hall (centre) from opposite the Golden Road Cafe (far left).

Cars are parked by the town hall; it was home to the Galaxy Club from 1964 to 1966, and Screaming Lord Sutch and his Raving Savages, Lulu, and John Mayall's Blues Breakers featuring Eric Clapton, Mick

The building at the end of the High Street is the old Town Hall, which dates from 1572; it was remodelled in 1780 and is now used as a library and museum.