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Here we are reminded that before the building of the bus station in Merrywalks, buses waited at several locations in the town.

Its access value lay in the proximity to the main post office and the central police station, both of which were in walking distance via the narrow road on the left.

The centre of Baldock, at the junction of the market place and the Icknield Way, is dominated by the imposing Town Hall and Old Fire Station, opened on 25 November 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's

Its situation, opposite the Essex port of Tilbury, led to its becoming the pilot station for the Port of London; at the time of this photograph it was still the world's busiest port.

Its situation, opposite the Essex port of Tilbury, led to its becoming the pilot station for the Port of London; at the time of this photograph it was still the world's busiest port.

Buffer stops were added to the Ilkley station on 3rd January 1966 and the eighty year old bridge over Brook Street was demolished, with work starting at 5am on Sunday 10th July 1966.

Its buildings range from Bay Cottage (near left), the Royal Standard, Sunnyholme, the Bonded Store, and the Coastguard Station to the old Cobb Arms (right).

On the left are the police station (1887), the Temperance Institute (1896) and, just out of shot, the Public Library, the first in the country to be financed by the American steel millionaire, Andrew Carnegie

You can see the large ornate wooden Pier Head Station on right of the photograph. The very distinctive square Tower Building was once the town house of the Stanley family and Lord Derby.

Up to the time of Dr Beeching's 'axe', its station at nearby Mardock was served by the single track Buntingford Branch railway line which also ran through the villages of Widford, Hadham, Standon, Braughing

This is a detailed look at the station. To the right, a London & South Western Railway meat van waits to collect meat from the slaughterhouse (centre left).

All the needs of a developing small town are in evidence - the Bedford lorry loaded with builders materials, Charles Love & Son's ironmongery and radio/TV engineer's (right), Lisles petrol station (near

As the railways since Lord Beeching's cuts do not visit Louth, the sign (left) pointing to the station has also gone.

The road heading into the distance is Boltro Road, which leads down to the railway station - the railway line is off to the right of this photograph.

The railway station, which closed in 1963, was situated at the end of Bow Street.

The police station, just visible behind on the left at the top of Union Street, was accessible from the court via an underground passage for the prisoners to pass through on their way from

The closest building to the water was the thatched Fishermen's Hut (left of centre) with the tiled Anchor Inn and thatched Anchor Cottages next (centre) and the Coastguard Station behind.

Close to the underground station are two major historic buildings.

A former warship, the 'Empress', rides at anchor off Gareloch, where she was stationed for many years as an Industrial Training Ship for homeless and destitute boys.

Our view is looking up from the Square towards the railway station. The square tower of St Mary's can be seen peeping out at the centre back of the picture.

On the right is the Pharos lighthouse, designed by Sir Decimus Burton, and on the left, alongside the river frontage, is the new railway station, one of the finest in the country at that time.

All of this was cleared for the new shopping centre and bus station.

The railway to Preston opened in 1846, but the station we see here did not open until 12 September 1886.

Like Westgate Road, Chaloner Street was opened up in Victorian times, in this case in the 1860s to connect the town centre to the recently opened railway station, which served the town until