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The 13th-century church of St Margaret, on the edge of the park, was struck by lightning in 1598 and largely burned to the ground.

In 1929 the council negotiated the purchase, at a very reasonable figure, of a large area of land owned by the Fleming family, who were the patrons of North Stoneham, and it was named Fleming Park.

So, instead of being a sensitive pedestrian and architecturally friendly scheme, the area is now a peculiarly urban villagescape, half car park and half odd seating which one would hesitate to use

Beyond the delivery van parked on the same side as The George Hotel stands a row of cottages once quaintly named Ship's Yud Row.

Also on the street is the office of the Pontefract Park Race Company, formed in 1919 to manage the old course established in the early 18th century.

Municipalised now, this reduced park was, in the 16th century, owned by Geoffrey Walkaden, but by 1625 it had passed to Joseph Jackson, a merchant, in whose family it remained until it was removed by marriage

The grandiose scheme came to nothing as the First World War intervened, and the remains of the Old Fox lay rotting in Victoria Park.

Coronation Park in the foreground includes the memorial to the soldiers of the Great War, and also the town stocks behind it.

R Keeley's Car Park Shop sells "cigarettes, minerals, ices, rock, views".

We start in Marshmill Meadows park, and then go past Hobbs and Sons' southern boatyard and chandlery, with the Salter's Steamers 'Goring' taking on 1950s passengers, and Royal Mansions, once an hotel

Once a year the village would be packed with visitors; they came to lean over Paythorne Bridge and watch the salmon leaping in the River Ribble.

A Morris 18 (left) is parked behind an Austin 16 and PG 8782 (right) has 'GB' plates from a foreign tour.

To the south, Denne Park prevented expansion across the River Arun.

It was many years later that the enjoyment given by proximity to the native deer led to the establishment of the safari park as a major part of the attraction of a day out at Woburn.

The houses on the right survive, but those to the left of the monument were swept away and replaced by a small park, just one of many 'improvements' after 1963.

Even the car parking is beginning to lurch towards the need for yellow lines, and all that goes with them.

There are few cars other than those parked between the Cromwell statue and the war memorial, and people are able to pass the time of day in the middle of the road.

At the same time as the rebuilding, the osier beds on the northern side were taken up and Riverside Park was created.

More recently light engineering and commercial enterprises have become part of the business park developments.

The inn has been extended since 1960, but otherwise this view is relatively unchanged, although to the left there is, of necessity, a car park.

Incense-making has taken place at Prinknash for many years, and a Bird Park helps to attract visitors. The celebrated Prinknash Pottery has recently closed, sad to say.

The biggest problem for visitors to Whalley today is where to park.

When this block was demolished it was replaced by a car park.

The semi-circular arch has gone from what is now the car park entrance, and the rather fine pub sign has also disappeared.