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Shepshed used to be heavily involved in hosiery and knitwear, and the town still has links with its original industries.

Land behind the Town Hall was used for industry for many years: the Spring Mill buildings and the cupola of Pleck Brass Works are visible to the right.

This view of the Crown & Anchor shows Dartford's narrow streets. The Crown is paying homage to the town's celebrated rebel, Wat Tyler, who was born here in the 14th century.

The view takes us along The Parade, with the Royal Pump Room on the left and the campanile of the town hall in the centre of the picture.

A good view of the town centre, the castle centre-stage and the watchtower of the new prison building behind it.

Not far away from the Bull Ring are displayed the town stocks and whipping post.

Fondly-remembered Turog bread is advertised outside Tomlinson's whitewashed baker and confectioner's shop in the centre of Ingleton.

Water and water power have had a strong influence on the development of the town, which is hardly surprising, as it stands at the confluence of three rivers, the Thames, the Coln and the Leach.

Bournemouth's Square stands at the very heart of the town astride the River Bourne.

On the extreme left is the watchmaker's and jeweller's shop of George Page, a keen amateur photographer; many of his photographs of events in the town were taken from his first floor drawing room

There are plans to include a new pavilion in the Town Square to complement the Toni and Guy and Costa Coffee units, to replace the escalators with stairs and lifts, and to add two new floors to

The town is studded with fine brick and flint houses with steep pantiled roofs - on the right is the flamboyant brick and pebble Barclay's Bank.

Entering the town from Kelly Bray and the north, the road climbs towards the early 15th-century St Mary's church. Note the cobbled pavement on the right.

The town's busy shopping street brims with traditional small shops with multi-paned frontages and painted signboards.

LIKE THE INHABITANTS of many coastal towns where creeks and estuaries were formed, the people of Fareham used the sea to extract salt, which before the days of refrigeration was an essential ingredient

In 1923 the town commemorated its dead of the Great War by building this fine war memorial. The water pump has gone, and the Norfolk Arms hotel apparently has a side line in motor car repairs.

Boroughbridge probably saw its best days when it was a coaching town for traffic on the Great North Road and had no fewer than twenty-two inns. This picture shows the 14-bed Three Greyhounds Hotel.

There were originally seven gates into Southampton's old walled town. Walk the walls today and only five can be seen. Around Southampton

This was the period when few supermarkets existed and those that did were built in town centres, as most people relied on public transport.

It was from the top of the Goblin Tower that the keys to the castle and town were hurled at the feet of the Parliamentarian commander Major General Mytton upon the surrender of the Royalist garrison.

Burtons and Timothy Whites face one another across Union Street, drawing many shoppers to the town. However, Aldershot offers much more than shops.

This lovely old building, the town museum and waxworks when this photograph was taken, adorns Brading High Street.

But there are several old and architecturally attractive manor houses within strolling distance of the town.

This photograph lets us have a closer look at the Venetian-style town hall standing on Cornhill. The four figures below the clock represent Commerce, Agriculture, Learning and Justice.