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Before assuming the role of the first military town in Britain, Aldershot was no more than a pretty village comprising a church, a manor house and several farms. Nearby was an area of open heathland.

The Granville Hotel, looking like something out of a Scooby Doo adventure here, was built on a spectacular site - perhaps the best in town - in 1891.

Even so, the population then was about 6000.The town's development received a boost in 1945 when Rover announced their intention to abandon their Coventry plant and concentrate production at their

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north west corner of Powys, so far that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and 10 miles from the sea.

The Wye frames the town centre, running in a loop around the western and southern sides.

It dominates this part of the old town, whose wealth was founded on the woollen and textile industries.

The town originally stood on higher agricultural land, and its position on the Ouse was not exploited until the middle ages, with the growth of a market.

Today the view is quiet and smoke-free, but this was not always the case; Llanelli was once the tin plate capital of the world.

The Cobbold brewing family bought the building and then presented it to the town, thus enabling us to continue to enjoy this monument to gracious living.

Beoley predates Redditch, but it remains a small village on the northern edge of the present New Town.

Its appearance was much the same in a town guide of 1961, when it was advertised as having central heating with fires in all rooms.

In 1933 a house clearance and house building scheme was developed at Broadwaters.

They halted on the banks of the Exe in about 50AD and founded the town of Isca. The West Country see was transferred to the safety of the Exeter city walls in 1049.

At first this view looks typical of many streets in small towns all over the country; and yet just behind the buildings on the left is Alsager Mere, which is most attractive.

The town is said to be Devon's oldest resort. The commercial port was, and is, to the left of the picture where vessels of the era appear.

Ten years and one world war later, time seems to have stood still in the town. We can see the horse carriage gently manoeuvring out of Brook Street, only pausing for a few solitary cars.

South Street has been less spoiled than other streets in Dorking, and many of its old buildings remain.

Its railway and pier, both now gone, prompted ambitious plans to transform the town into a major seaside resort similar in size to Brighton or Bournemouth, but the scheme failed to make the grade.

The Victorian Town Hall in the centre of the Market Place was built by the Watts-Russell family; today it is occupied by local businesses.

As early as 1810 the town had been left a substantial amount of money (£20,000) towards an institution for the blind.

About twenty-five miles downstream from its source we reach the stone-built town of Lechlade on the Gloucestershire bank of the Thames. The Ha'penny Bridge was built in 1792 to replace a ferry.

In the centre, partially hidden by trees, is the Northumberland Hall, built in 1826 by the third Duke to provide the town with an assembly rooms.

The Rose and Crown is dated to 1641. The town's main hotel, the Royal George, is mentioned in Mrs Gaskell's novel 'Cranford'.

Two kiosks at the entrance to the pier used to take bookings for cruises and shows. On the right of the pier are two of the town's hotels, The Antwerp and The Clarendon.