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Burnley was one of the few towns where steam trams were employed after the horse buses and before the electric trams that the corporation introduced in the early 1900s.

Land for an ornamental park and recreation ground, an area of some 30 acres in North Ormesby, was given to the town by Councillor and Mrs J G Pallister.

Happy Valley was described as one of the best public parks or 'leisure grounds' in Britain, and was presented to the town by Lord Mostyn.

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

Bangor's main street runs between the station and the harbour, and today is partly pedestrianised. It is shown here crowded with shoppers and an early car.

The Sands and Pier 1921 Southsea is not without its literary associ- ations.

Frost's shop front 1909 Mr Frost's printing works and shop would have been kept busy in a market town like Bridport, producing a local newspaper, bills of sale and stationery for farmers and

The village lock-up and a medieval market cross and bell tower once stood here at the junction.

The village lock-up and a medieval market cross and bell tower once stood here at the junction.

BBC and ITV aerials proliferate above the rooftops of Maltby.

The old tide mill overlooking the quay at Emsworth, once Chichester Harbour's main port and an important centre for the oyster trade.

called the North Gate) is still closed every evening, a practice that has continued since about 1340AD when the wall surrounding the cathedral was completed, thus emphasising that the cathedral and

The originally 14th-century pinnacled tower of St Mark's parish church watches over Ilkeston's wide Market Place, with the town's war memorial in the foreground.

The large, gracious, Victorian terraces serving as guesthouses and hotels dominate the skyline along the sea front. The building of the new town began in 1840, and by 1867 it was a bustling resort.

The photograph gives the impression that the town is waiting for someone or some-thing to lift it from gloom and despondency.

The Dawlish Water and its high tributary the Smallacombe Brook rise on the wooded heathland of Little Haldon Hill, which rises eight hundred feet at the back of the town.

After the 1850s the new railway from Churston meant that Brixham fish could be sent swiftly to towns and cities throughout Britain.

Gone are the market stalls and booths of an earlier era. Here are the vans and accoutrements of a modern thriving market town, utilising the fronts of the Georgian buildings.

BBC and ITV aerials proliferate above the rooftops of Maltby.

BBC and ITV aerials proliferate above the rooftops of Maltby.

The town centre was constructed on a plateau halfway between Laindon and Vange. The block of 41 shops facing Market Square was the first to be built.

Sherborne is, by some people's estimation, the most beautiful of the Dorset towns.

The small market town of Belford was once a coaching stop for travellers on the Great North Road.

We are looking down Manchester Road, the A56; the road looks quiet and almost asleep. The Lord Nelson Hotel is on the right.