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In early days the hub of the community was the church, but later, as we see here, it was the neighbourhood recreation ground.

The street follows the course of the Roman road Ermine Street, and is typically without any sign of a bend.

Here we see Park Street in the days of horse-drawn transport. Half-way up the street is what appears to be a water-cart on damping-down duty.

On the right hand side, several businesses, including Pedley & White outfitters, occupy the Church House building, erected in the 1530s on the site of old tenements.

The Town Hall, opened in 1960 by Clement Attlee, is part of a group of buildings in the Civic Centre. The sculpture is 'Bronze Cross', by Henry Moore.

The summer of 1914 was long and hot; the hottest day of the year in Lancashire was 28 June.

Behind and to the right is the turreted tower of the parish church. Built in 1851, it replaced the original church dating from the reign of Richard III.

This school, on Stanedge Road, still exists today. The only real change has been the construction of the headmaster's house to the right hand side of this view.

The magnificent sweeping curve of the station at York, the railway city of the north. During excavations beneath the platforms, human remains from the Roman period were found.

Another view of Derwent Terrace and the Promenade. This shows the Jubilee Bridge crossing the Derwent - the bridge was erected to mark the jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign.

The old fort seen on the headland of Castle Point was completed in 1781 and boasted eight cannons, each capable of firing a nine or twelve- pound shot.

This used to be the most genteel of the Yorkshire seaside resorts, a view that is exemplified by the promenading of the nouveau riche in this 1920s photograph.

The clock tower was built in 1887 to commemorate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It was built of red brick and locally-made white bricks called 'Warboys whites'.

Here we see another view of the long, straggling street with its delightful half-timbered cottages and the brick Baptist Chapel on the opposite side of the road.

This is constructed of Barnack stone, apart from the base, which came from the castle ruins.

These boats are moored in a small creek off the wide waters of the broad. The pleasure craft in the foreground has a steering wheel which would not be out of place in a bus or taxi.

The fine tower at the west end of St Andrew's, built by Thomas Yogge in 1481 and now housing a peal of ten bells, used to look out over Guildhall Square, which is now a car park.

King Athelstan built an abbey here in 933, though little survives except parts of the refectory.

The Ypres Tower and the spire of St Mary's church are clearly visible in this picture of Strand Quay and the River Rother.

Leading off the north-east corner of the market-place, Red Lion Lane emphasises the local market-town character of Aylsham.

Dating back to the 18th century, the deed to each of these cottages restircts the householder to replacing the roof only with thatch, and further prescribes the method and colour of redecoration that may

Originally built as a mansion for William Cunninghame of Lainshaw in 1778-80, it was remodelled in 1827-28 as the Royal Exchange, then became Stirling's Library in 1954; it is now the Gallery of Modern

Just by way of a little more variety, Bill has been director of Birmingham's Christmas light switch-on, and directed a large performance by school children at the Millennium Dome as well

Originally an inn, the house on the left of the picture is where Jane Austen lived during the last years of her life.