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Financial problems eventually forced its closure, and British Leyland bought it to use as a marketing centre.

A far noisier centre was established nearby when RAF Binbrook was built during the Second World War. This was one of the many Bomber Command airfields built in Lincolnshire during those fateful days.

Wells Cathedral is reached through the 15th-century Penniless Porch (centre left), so named because beggars sheltered there.

The whole area shown in these two photographs vanished when the new bridge over the river and the new Churchill Road were built to ease congestion in the town centre in 1971.

The end of the High Street lies in the centre, and Cliff House stands just out of view on the right.

property on the left is of particular interest, because in about 1970 a large section of the older central Middlesbrough buildings was flattened to create the first major shopping mall - the Cleveland Centre

Bypassed by the Bridgewater canal, the cobbled village centre has retained much of its quaint atmosphere. Perhaps Frith's photographer sought refreshment at the imposing sandstone Ram's Head Hotel.

We are looking north-west, with St Mary's left of centre. The row of houses on this side of the Common vary from the 14th to the 19th century.

The coming of the railway put Helensburgh into the Glasgow commuter belt, whilst its steamer connections helped it develop as a holiday centre.

Founded in 1488 by King James III, this port was for many years a strong centre of Scottish ship building; also, up until the time of our photograph, it experienced a phenomenally

At the extreme centre left you can see Diglis, with its locks, docks and weir. This is where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal was joined to the River Severn in 1815.

In the centre of the crypt is the site of the tomb of St Kentigern (St Mungo) and it was over his grave that the first church was erected.

York was a military centre, and over 1,000 men were stationed here when the barracks were built. They had their own hospital and a soldiers' institute.

Standing tranquilly a few minutes away from the town centre, this church was built in the 11th century. Over time it has had many changes.

This is the administrative centre of the city, with the late 19th-century County Hall, the Court House and the Town Hall.

Askrigg was already prosperous when the Domesday book was compiled, and continued as the commercial and industrial centre of Upper Wensleydale until 1699, when Hawes was granted a market charter.

Granted a market charter by William III, Hawes later became a centre for textiles, quarrying and the production of Wensleydale cheese.

The large four-storey timber-framed building in the centre was a succession of shoe shops. Today it is the Woolwich Building Society.

Today, only the gallows pole across the street remains of its distinctive sign, while the building itself, along with Kemp's the bootmaker's, has been replaced by a massive new shopping centre.

The photograph was taken from the centre of the street, showing a banner promoting Hertford's County Hospital, but with many of the same businesses still functioning.

To the west lies the village centre and the partly Norman church of All Saints. The First World War poet Edward Thomas lived at nearby Berryfield Cottage.

Ambleside is situated at the centre of the Lake District; this is now a haven for walkers, and a very busy place in the summer months. Here a lady negotiates the stepping stones with trepidation.

Grassington was at one time a centre for lead mining, but by 1900 it was once again reliant upon agriculture, athough there was still some quarrying in the locality.

The road curves towards the town centre, passing the end of De Vere Road. The shop in the distance is now a bigger 'One-Stop Shop'. At the far end are the two gabled bays of the Old Rectory.