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Until the 1950s Middle Mill Weir occupied the centre of this view, but the bridge over the weir remains as an important pedestrian link to the sportsfields and parks on the north bank of the River.

Folkestone has been a channel port since Saxon times, and France is visible from here on clear days. The Old Town is based around the steep narrow streets of the fishing harbour.

The elegant Georgian coaching inn stands in the centre of town. An almost complete lack of traffic is quite amazing, considering that this road is the main A6 trunk road between Derby and Manchester.

Very few parts of the town are far from the beach.

Lechlade Mill, a mile east of the town, was powered by the River Leach which reached the Thames just below St John's Lock.

Within a few years the Bull Ring became one of those places where pedestrians took their lives in their hands, having to dodge scores of ICI workers as they freewheeled four, five, even six abreast down

In the days of horse-drawn travel, Fairford was an important coaching town that straddled the important road leading to the capital from the south-west.

The small boy on the left is leaning against the wall which formerly enclosed three acres of grounds belonging to the White Hart Hotel, but now occupied by a nondescript block of shops and offices.

In the 1950s seaside towns had a revival, and were often very crowded. Hired deckchairs occupy much of the space on the beach.

The ornate, ballustraded Tone Libraries shop on the right was built onto the front of the old Swan Inn in 1907, and the Town Mills continued operating in the street until 1969.

During the 1920s and 30s, Worthing continued to rapidly expand.

Other notable changes in town before the Second World War were the straightening of Marlow Hill in 1936, which involved demolishing buildings on the left side of the road south of St Mary's Street

Outside is the Town Beam, which was used for weighing. HM Customs has now relinquished the building, and it has become a wine bar and restaurant.

An industrial town situated at the joining of the river Dar and river Cynon. At the beginning of the 19th Century Aberdare was a village within an agricultural district.

Paddock Wood is today a surprisingly modern industrial town. At the centre of the hop- picking area, it was once a great hop centre with many oast houses.

At the time of this photograph, the population of the village had almost halved: local cottage industries had declined, and the arrival of the new mills in the larger towns meant that people flocked there

Exmouth's long sea front and sandy beaches made sea-bathing a popular recreation from the town's earliest days as a resort. Tourists came for the bracing air and social activities.

Carmarthen's horse fairs were the Welsh equivalent of the Appleby fairs in Cumbria, and were still being held as late as 1955.

The hoardings on the right cover the work being done on the new extension to the Town Hall, which was to be completed in April 1966.

Askam had an ironworks, and two mines, both of which closed in the 1890s; at that time, it attempted to attract seaside visitors.

This is a closer view of the town. At this date it is still surrounded by the countryside, and woodland dominates the skyline.

The County Hotel is one of the main hotels in the centre of Kendal and dominates this part of the old town, whose wealth was founded on the woollen and textile industries.

An industrial town situated at the joining of the river Dar and river Cynon. At the beginning of the 19th Century Aberdare was a village within an agricultural district.

The name of this Sussex town was mentioned in a Saxon charter, though for some reason it is not referred to in the Domesday Book.