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The car and charabanc parked on the opposite bank show that Acle was an attraction for trippers between the wars.

The lower buildings in front of the Metropole flank Regency Square which was laid out in 1818 and is now host to an underground car park. Francis Frith's Sussex A Century Ago

Behind the houses was Raby Park, an imposing housing development stimulated by the arrival of the railway.

At the top of the glen a pioneer amusement park was established from 1887 when the switchback railway from the Saltaire Exhibition was moved up the hill.

This view from the top of Whitehall Park looks over the flower beds to Darwen beyond.

Here we see two horse-drawn narrow boats, the 'Linnet' and the 'Evelyn', belonging to George Garside, at the attractively sited lock in Cassiobury Park, Watford.

Founded by the Zoological Society of London in grounds laid out by the architect Decimus Burton, the Regent's Park Zoo opened its doors to the public in 1828.

Founded by the Zoological Society of London in grounds laid out by the architect Decimus Burton, the Regent's Park Zoo opened its doors to the public in 1828.

This is in essence the same building today; it is now painted white and green, with bigger windows and no veranda, surrounded by the car park.

The white Unicorn public house shows in the distance with a tractor and trailer parked outside.

The wall and trees on the right went for an access road to a public car park and library in the 1960s.

Sad to say, the wonderful trees on the older picture have gone, replaced with new shops and a parking bay for the ever-growing army of motorists using their cars to pop to the shops.

The arrival of modern motor-traffic over subsequent decades means this generous space is now more often used as a crowded car park, and on the Spring Bank Holiday as the setting for an annual Pilgrims

It was renovated in 1982-83 when the gents' loos were removed from the car park. The roof of the former vicarage can be seen between the pub and the bus shelter of c1953.

Traffic control measures mean that there is almost no legal parking in the area.

The building to its left has been demolished to create a car parking area, and the ornate clock on the wall of W Sumpter's stationer's shop (left) is also, unfortunately, a thing of the past.

Manufactured by Walter Mcfarlane & Company of Possil Park, Glasgow, it cost the princely sum of £1,000.

The signs were hinged in half moons so that they could be tipped over to show which side of the road was available for parking.

West Cliff - Khyber Pass, the Royal Hotel, the Metropole, the Spa, Royal Crescent, the Park, the Museum

St Mary's Church is on rising ground west of the town, with Lowndes Park to its north and east and The Bury to its west. The large cruciform church dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries.

From market place to bus terminus, centre for further education and declining shopping area; by 1955 Park Square was ripe for the redevelopment that did not actually happen for another 25 years.

The site of the houses on the right is now part of the hotel car park.

The parked car is outside the Perrymount cinema, with Commercial Square beyond.

In the park to its north is Crowcombe Court, a Georgian country house built in the 1720s and 1730s for Thomas Carew.