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No motorised traffic and a few bicycles denote a leisurely age. More fine buildings are in evidence in this parade of quality shops.

The square is named after Henry Sudell, one of the town's leading 18th-century citizens. The tracks across the setts formed part of Blackburn's tramway, which opened in April 1881.

The central section was the Market House, and dates from c1450. The wing to the left was added as the Guildhall. It was later partly under-built in brick, hence the loss of the jetty.

In 1788, however, it and its near neighbour Marple were transformed into centres of industry when Samuel Oldknow built a mill here employing 400 people.

In 1788, however, it and its near neighbour Marple were transformed into centres of industry when Samuel Oldknow built a mill here employing 400 people.

The terraced houses and cobbled street of Long Row at Belper is one of the many legacies left by Jedediah Strutt who, with Richard Arkwright, brought industry to the town in the late 18th century.

Just this side of it can be seen the premises of Botley Garages, now a sports shop and a hairdresser's. The swinging AA sign has gone, replaced by one for the sports unit.

If there is any breeze blowing, it will blow onto Clee Hill, and consequently the village can sometimes be very bleak.

Notice the old Town Hall on the right hand side of the photograph – now sadly destroyed and replaced by an extremely bland 1960s building.

The first forge is reputed to have been working in 1425, with the first ironworks following in 1577; it is also said that the first forge in America was built by emigrants from the town.

By the 1860s Bollington was thriving, but during the American Civil War the cotton towns of Lancashire, east Cheshire and north Derbyshire felt the effects of the Federal blockade of Confederate ports.

The horses and ponies which pulled the carts were stabled behind the town's many inns, where they were fed, watered and rested, ready for the journey home.

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

Lowestoft's convalescent home was a gift to the town in 1877 from William Birbeck, who was himself ill – he died in 1897.

The use of the word 'gate', meaning a road or street, comes from the Old Norse 'gata', and is another clue to the antiquity of the town.

In Wallingford's town centre is a fine Market Place.

Before the area was opened up for coal mining Ashington was but a farm; it was the Ashington Coal Co who developed the town, building 300 houses for pitmen and their families.

It is high summer, judging by the height of the River Teign and the shirt sleeves of the farm labourers.

Now known as Crown Square, this busy junction at the centre of Matlock has always been the hub of the town.

This card represents some other aspects of the life in and around the town in the 1960s.

Fore Street, leading into the A350 Trowbridge Road, is now a very busy road in and out of town.

The Parade was built in Georgian times as the fashionable residential quarter of the town. Near here, members of the royal family would stay during and after the reign of George III.

In the earlier years of the 20th century, Bere Regis had a reputation as the toughest town in Dorset, forcefully policed by the local constabulary.

But apart from the motor cars and the considerable increase in visitors, the town has changed little since Thomas Hardy worked here as a young architect a century earlier.