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In the centre of the picture is the Gaumont cinema, which opened as the Regent in 1927; to the right is Cole Brothers department store.

The tearooms are to the left of the picture, with the bandstand to their right and Clare House Pier in the centre.

OPENED in 1904, Caldecott Park was designed by Mr Edward Thomas of Aughton, Lancashire, who won £20 for his plan (a triangular park with a large clump of trees in the centre) in a newspaper competition

Virtually every shop in the picture has since either moved elsewhere in the city centre or closed down altogether: Marks and Spencer moved to New Canal, and Woolworths to the High Street.

It connects the town centre with the railway, and runs south from the Borough towards the River Wey.

It presents a delightful area of green close to the town centre and is a prized area to live.

The town centre was constructed on a plateau halfway between Laindon and Vange.

Although Honiton is the accepted centre, there were 500 lace workers in Beer in 1850.

Northampton shod most of Cromwell's army; over the years it acquired status as an important boot and shoe manufacturing centre.

As we have noted, rising from the centre of the City Hall is a most striking (pun intended!)

The international aspect of the town's trade can be seen by the sign outside Joseph Hird's grocery in the centre of the picture.

In its shopping centre the Neo-Georgian block on the left contrasts with the half-timbering of Burkes Parade, but all good quality work of the 1920s.

Although surrounded by a patchwork of fields, Widecombe is a real moorland village, and the skyline is dominated by the tors: centre right is Bonehill Rocks, to the left is Bell Tor and on the

: happy holiday-makers digging in the sand, deckchairs and bathing machines fill this evocative picture of Edwardian Broadstairs.The steps and the lift house are on the left, Eagle House in the centre

Travelling north along the straight road from Brockenhurst brings the traveller to Lyndhurst, an ideal centre for exploring the northern edges of the great forest.

This part of the coast makes a perfect touring centre for anyone wishing to explore both the New Forest and the Dorset countryside.

The wooded nature of the river banks is noticeable, and only the industrial scene on the far right of the picture would suggest that this is near the centre of a busy modern industrial town.

Note the fountain in the centre of the bath, and the pile of Roman masonry in the shadows beyond.

Castle Combe was once a centre for cloth weaving but now seems to trade on its picturesque qualities.

Spring Cottage (centre) subsequently became a garage.

This pleasant and colourful place lies in the town's centre.

Cow Lane has changed in recent years, with infill building visible to the left of the house in the centre of this picture.

It overlooks the village of Hope and the gabled house known as Moorgate (centre right), which now serves as a Countrywide (formerly Co-operative) Holidays Association guest house.

The cottage in the centre was Ayers Old-Fashioned Eating House, with plenty of seating outside for visitors.