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Two paddle steamers are berthed on the opposite quay, and in the centre of the picture a lady is being rowed down to the river. We can just see the swing bridge in the background.

Later, the town became a centre for 'fancy' goods such as cords, velveteens, and fine woollens.

In this view from the top of St Mary's tower, the castle ruins can be seen in the centre background.

Opened in 1874, on the site of a disused quarry on the edge of the town centre, the Arboretum is a surprisingly peaceful park where fat, contented ducks loaf around a pool.

It is unusual in being mainly residential, with commercial development centred on Bridgnorth Road.

This is part of the Tivoli Centre on Coventry Road. Erected in the 1960s, it neatly sums up the building trends of the time.

Newport's importance as a mercantile centre is shown here in this photograph of vessels loading and unloading on the banks of the Medina.

The Stow was to be the New Town's first major shopping centre. The design is Z-shaped, running from north to south to catch as much sunlight as possible, with a square at each end.

Although Oastler was from Huddersfield, Bradford was chosen for the site of his statue as his campaign to reduce working hours for factory children was centred in the city.

Two paddle steamers are berthed on the opposite quay, and in the centre of the picture a lady is being rowed down to the river. We can just see the swing bridge in the background.

Once an important wool centre, Brackley is a pleasant country town; its wide main street is more than a mile long.

Note the hay rake, coal-scuttles and assortment of pip- ing and rope adorning the window of the local iron- mongers in the centre of Lyndhurst.

The Ilfracombe Hotel (centre left) was built by the Ilfracombe Hotel and Esplanade Company.

This photograph shows some of the town's best Georgian buildings, with St Mary's church in the centre.

Occupying the corner, right of centre, is Thorogood's ('Fancy Pastry Cook') - originally built as the town's first post office in the early 1870s.

It escaped demolition itself after trading ceased, and in 1975 became a library and arts centre. The building with the mock-Tudor frontage is the Town Hall.

The village was an important centre for weaving, but is now more famous for white water canoeing.

The road leading off to the left is Moss Road, which is now blocked off to form a cul-de-sac, and the bollards and ornate lantern (centre) have gone.

One change, however, is the demise of the slender spire in the centre of the picture.

In the centre of the photograph, the brewer's dray of P O Middleton makes a delivery to a local pub.

The settlement here was probably established in Saxon times, though it did not become an important trading centre until the Abbot of Buckfast established a market here in 1219.

This photograph shows Marine Parade and its beach- tents, between Langmoor Gardens (top left) and the 1922-built Bay Private Hotel (centre).

An array of Mr Cattermole's Bathing Machines is in the centre of the picture. He provided a large assortment of bathing costumes for the ladies.

Here we see picturesque timber-framed cottages in the centre of Fittleworth, to the south-east of Petworth.