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At the top is the junction of Heatcote Road and Park Road.

Hawhill Park is still a well- maintained recreation facility for the town; it reflects well on the foresight of the town's elders, who purchased the land in spite of much opposition from

They were later removed to their present site when the park was altered to make room for an extension to the steel works.

In the 1930s, they also sold day licences for fishing in Radnor Mere in Alderley Park.

Another interesting memorial in the park is the dedication on the island in the middle of the lake.

It was the place where estate business was conducted for Lord Ancaster until the Normanton Park estate was sold in 1926.

Sophia Gardens can be regarded as the city's first public park.

Just out of picture at right is the tiny kiosk renowned locally for its Sunday opening - a rarity at this time and a perfect place for ice cream on route to Roath Park.

There are quite a number of cars parked in the narrow street in front of Harry and Alfred Kilminsters automobile engineering works (right), which specialized in car electrical repairs.

The wide streets, stone buildings and the war memorial in the centre of Langley Park look much the same today.

The park is now partly occupied by a golf course, picnic sites and nature trails.

The space in front of the shops is now a car park, and the traffic island has shrunk.

The bold black-and-white half-timbering of G Sedgwick's draper and outfitters shop in the centre of the picture (the owners are proudly standing outside) is in marked contrast to the same shop which can

An increasing use of motor vehicles means that a car park is needed.

Here we have another view of the pavilion and miniature golf course at Fleming Park, where there were also football, rugby and hockey pitches and tennis courts.

This archway and wall date back over two hundred years; it is known as Gannock Gate, and forms part of a huge park known as The Walks, where it was the perfect place for fashionable folk

Luton's dependence on a good supply of fully trained technicians and tradesmen meant that the old Technical School was transferred from Park Square (now the site of Luton University) to this site on the

By the 1950s cars were already a problem on the streets of Lyme, because of the lack of parking spaces. Present-day Lyme bans traffic from the sea front.

This graceful ornamental fountain was erected in 1875 at the southern end of Park Lane at the junction with Hamilton Place.

Queens Road, at the top of Park Street, was chosen as the site for both the City Art Gallery and the City Museum.

Weston Park also houses the City Museum and the Mappin Art Gallery. The museum contains a collection of cutlery dating from the 16th century and the world's finest collection of Sheffield plate.

This is very much an archive photograph, for only the bank on the left survives from 1890: Queen Victoria's statue, commemorating her Golden Jubilee of 1887, was moved to the abbey park in 1946, while

The area in the foreground is today a large amusement park.

The car park, the gardener tending the flowers on the fountain, the well-used bench beside it - all these are signs of civic pride and the wish to attract visitors to the city.