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On the extreme left is Palmers, with John Bull tyres and cycle lamp batteries on display in the window.

Now very popular because of its proximity to Preston, Longton has burgeoned into a dormitory town with its own medical centre and library.

This view was taken looking north along Bridge Street towards the Market Place – indeed, in the left centre of the view we can see the cupola and stair tower of the Town Hall.

The High Street runs parallel to the north wall of the Abbey precinct and has a good range of Georgian and early 19th-century two- and three-storey houses.

The Lynch Walk runs between the deep main channel of the River Lim (left) and the higher-level leat towards Town Mills (right).

Dunstable Street housed most of the 'household' shops in 1955 - the situation has considerably altered since then as the town has expanded its boundaries.

Such a pretty name, such an ugly town. Linking Madeley and Ironbridge, this area grew rapidly in the 18th century as local industry expanded.

This view shows the rear of the Swan Hotel on the left and the remarkable turret of the Town Hall rising above it.

This small seaside town on the west coast overlooks the wide sandy expanse of the Dyfi estuary.

The church stands at the entry to Bodmin and was passed by everyone travelling through the county before the town was by- passed by the A30.

Most of the region's towns have fine buildings and churches paid for by the wool trade that flourished in these parts.

This small seaside town on the west coast overlooks the wide sandy expanse of the Dyfi estuary.

To the north-east is the charming market town of Martock with its triangular market place.

It is the county town on the eastern side of the Island of Bute. The pier has changed little from how it appears in this photograph: in the holiday period it is still as busy as it was a century ago.

Here we have a fine overview of the town centre against a backdrop of the Fairfield Horseshoe group of mountains.

This was the main route through the town until the by-pass came into being.

Twenty-four men, accompanied by a band, march round the town, their faces blackened, carrying barrels of blazing tar above their heads.

This perfect walking territory is within yards of the town.

The village street shown in this picture is now a busy part of the town. The two cars, a motor cycle and one bicycle reflect a slower pace of life.

The department store Shirer & Lance's was founded in the 1830s, and occupied most of the Colonnade. It ceased trading in 1979, but it is remembered by many.

The name reminds us that the Duke of Devonshire once owned the rights to the town's markets and fairs.

The large parish church is mostly 13th- century, but it was heavily restored by the great architect Sir George Gilbert Scott, a native of Buckinghamshire, between 1849 and 1869.

Hunstanton is unique for north Norfolk resort towns in that it looks west across the sea and not east. It was a quiet village of simple fishermen's cottages until the coming of the railway in 1862.

Leigh was a market town that prospered on coal, cotton, and silk.