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There were also two brick mounting blocks about 15 inches high for the less agile people to mount their horses: one outside Burgesses the bakers (opposite the present car park) and one by the entrance

In 1938 the Regal cinema opened in Mengham Road, but it was demolished in the 1960s, and in its place is Mengham car park. In 1959 Hayling's population was 6,000; today it has tripled.

The Market Place is now mainly a car park and pathway.

Military vehicles from the local Vauxhall Bedford factory were tested at Wardown Park during wartime.

A market is still held on Thursday and Saturday - during the re-paving in 1996, the market was held in a local car park.

The grand edifice was gutted and used as a car-park before its demolition in 1977 to make way for the St Enoch Centre constructed in 1981-89, a vast shopping complex which looks more like a railway

Springs bubble up through the underlying sandstone, just as they do at Spring Grove House (now the Safari and Leisure Park).

In this view of the park we can see the helter-skelter, the water chute and the big dipper.

Car parking was also problematical, and when the former market site became available the wheels of progress began to move.

In 1580 Elizabeth had leased Carey the Manor of Berkhamsted, which included the ruined castle and the deer park, at the nominal rent of one red rose.

The Abbey of St Mary de Pratis, which is laid out in the north- west angle of the park, was one of the largest in England of the Augustinian Order.

From 1959, the 450-acre site was slowly developed as a pioneer shopping park.

At the same time, it provides the modern units sought by retailers and the secure town centre car parking demanded by shoppers.

A bus is parked outside the Cross Keys, maybe delivering passengers from the railway station - the inn advertised `meeting every train` in the mid 19th century when the coaching business

Harold G Turner Born in nearby Ardingly in 1885, Harold Turner became a well-known architect, particularly after his successful Gidea Park project in Essex in 1910.

Further down the park, Sir Joseph built a school for the children on the estate, and this establishment, which had an excellent reputation, was also patronised by Guisborough parents.

hen travelling south from Leatherhead, we pass on our right the fine house in Norbury Park; it is said to be one of the loveliest estates in Surrey.

The road at this junction has traffic going in both directions, unlike today, when as part of the High Street one-way system the traffic now flows towards the market cross.

After the completion of Hutton Hall, Sir Joseph set about landscaping the park surrounding the Hall and the nearby village, introducing specimen trees from many parts of the world, many of which

Built in the late 18th century as the residence of Dr Bird, the house, like Sunnyfield House, had grounds stretching back to the North Bank Lane, now known as Bolckow Street/Park Lane (it was on

both places; but I very much doubt if 'old salts' would recognise the Portsmouth of Charles Dickens and Captain Marryat…in the new, smart, red-bricked Portsmouth, with its magnificent barracks, park

Townley Hall opened as a public park on 18 June 1902. Lady O'Hagan died in 1921, and the whole town of Burnley closed down on the day of her funeral. It was a mark of respect to a truly regal lady.

The canal meets the River Gade at Heath Park, to the south of Marlowes.

both places; but I very much doubt if 'old salts' would recognise the Portsmouth of Charles Dickens and Captain Marryat…in the new, smart, red-bricked Portsmouth, with its magnificent barracks, park