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Except for the proliferation of telephone lines and TV aerials, this view up the main street of Loddon might have been photographed today.

The Market Hall, built of red sandstone, dates from the mid 1600s and stands on the site of an earlier hall. The carving between the windows is of a bust of Charles II.

This bustling market town, dominated by lofty brewing chinmeys, has been brewing beer since the 18th century.

The slightly overlarge Italianate Town Hall, along with the French Renaissance bank building of 1891, dominate an otherwise well-ordered street scene.

This photograph looks back at the same houses as those shown in 41386 and 41387. The well-laid out public gardens give a tropical air to the scene.

The street was developed during the 1830s as the town grew in response to the construction of the harbour for the export of coal.

It dominates this part of the old town, whose wealth was founded on the woollen and textile industries.

The Granville Hotel, looking like something out of a Scooby Doo adventure here, was built on a spectacular site - perhaps the best in town - in 1891.

Even so, the population then was about 6000.The town's development received a boost in 1945 when Rover announced their intention to abandon their Coventry plant and concentrate production at their

This town, known to its inhabitants as 'Mach', is situated at the far north west corner of Powys, so far that it is also in the Snowdonia National Park and 10 miles from the sea.

The Wye frames the town centre, running in a loop around the western and southern sides.

Before assuming the role of the first military town in Britain, Aldershot was no more than a pretty village comprising a church, a manor house and several farms. Nearby was an area of open heathland.

The town originally stood on higher agricultural land, and its position on the Ouse was not exploited until the middle ages, with the growth of a market.

The town has been attracting visitors for nearly 300 years; in the 1950s, when this photograph was taken, there were many hotels, tearooms and guest houses to cater for the large numbers of tourists

Thorne was already a busy market town when the Stainforth & Keadby Canal opened in 1802.

Thorne was already a busy market town when the Stainforth & Keadby Canal opened in 1802.The canal provided a link between the navigable rivers Trent and Don, and with its opening Thorne went on to

A century after his visit, the town had been transformed from a quiet village to a vibrant centre for the textile industry.

The Market Hall, built of red sandstone, dates from the mid 1600s and stands on the site of an earlier hall. The carving between the windows is of a bust of Charles II.

Its accessibility from the towns and cities of the Midlands has made Bourton a favourite day out. The village scarcely seems despoiled by having so many admirers.

Instow grew as a resort town at the mouth of the Torridge in the 1830s, and most of the terraces and villas on the shore in this picture date from then.

Besides being a market centre and wool town, Fairford was on an important coaching route in the days of horse-drawn travel, as it straddled the road from London to the south-west.

This photograph was taken outside the Town Hall, looking towards St James's parish church. H B Penty, opticians and jewellers (right) has been rebuilt now as Dorothy Perkins.

The town has recovered its air of prosperity after the hardships and shortages of the war years, and its growing affluence is demonstrated by the number of cars parked beside the pavements.

Not so in 1633, when there were only three licensed sellers in the whole town: grocers Philip Sherwin (who later became mayor) and Thomas Hunt, and the apothecary John Stubbs.