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Here we see the changing face of the Co-op.

Market stalls were supposed to be erected and removed either side of market days, but inevitably it became easier to leave them stacked for use (left).

This is a typical example of many luxury homes built in the first half of the 20th century which enabled owners to enjoy life beside the water.

The town is a mix of stone, brick and colour-washed render.

The attractive stone built village stands on high undulating ground some four miles north-east of Oakham.

The flamboyant thatch of a former infants' school was turned into a cottage orne by Matthew Knight in 1881; at the turn of the century it was the home of the local headmaster, John Charles Bucknall.

Bromsgrove lies a few miles west of Redditch, and it is an ancient market town which has become a suburban satellite of Birmingham.

The eastern part of the building was extended to incorporate other dwellings.

This rectory for many years was the home of the Reverend Edward Stanley, brother of the first Lord Stanley.

Bromsgrove lies a few miles west of Redditch, and it is an ancient market town which has become a suburban satellite of Birmingham.

This tiny hamlet, almost unchanged today, is at one end of the parish of Abinger, which at nine miles is the longest in Surrey, but is never more than a mile in breadth.

On the east side of the 5-acre village green, now used for cricket matches, is the Hall, built in 1732. It was the country seat of the Duke of Leeds, who lived at Kiveton Park in south Yorkshire.

By the beginning of the 20th century the national retail chains were opening branches along what was considered one of the finest streets for shopping in England.

Dated 1923, the neo-Georgian terrace of shops and flats was built to coincide with the arrival of the Northern Line in that same year.

In the 1920s and 30s Walter Collins printed a well-known series of sepia postcards of the town.

We look eastwards from the bushes and wall of The Grove (left). This large Victorian villa was destroyed by fire in 1952, which enabled widening of the street.

The Isle of Wight was made fashionable in the 19th century when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert made it a favourite holiday destination for the royal family.

Underground caverns hollowed out by streams are a feature of carboniferous limestone country, and Wookey Hole is one of the more spectacular examples.

A promenade walk had been established along the street in the 1880s, when some of the gardens were removed.

The road here has since been widened with the demolition of the butcher's shop - can you see the legs of meat hanging outside the window of Mason's?

This photograph was taken from roughly the site of the old Post Office.

Cleckheaton is another former textile town, five miles south of Bradford, which has had to find a new role during the late 20th century.

There is another explanation of Mullion's name - it was at one time called Porth Mellin, 'the cove of the mill', and a mill existed here until the 19th century.

Among the old boys of Blundell's are Jack Russell, the famous hunting parson of Swimbridge, Archbishop Temple, and the author R D Blackmore, who was sufficiently impressed to send his most famous character