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This is the entrance front; the rows of Nissen huts and a water tank above the roofline are features of the former Nautical School, linked to HMS 'Ganges'.
In this view the trees are more mature and obscure the long facades of this eleven hundred foot long road.
Motor cruisers were becoming larger and more numerous, almost crowding out the traditional sailing boats.
Cloche hats and knee-length skirts place this picture firmly in the roaring twenties.
As more and more injured men came back from the front, a larger hut hospital was built on the playing fields of King's and Clare Colleges, with 'open-air' wards such as this one housing the patients.
In 1882, the American firm of Singers opened a sewing-machine factory, bringing yet more jobs and more people to the area.
Quay Station was the original town-side stop for the Ilfracombe train.
West Street was originally part of the main route through Sompting, linking it to Broadwater and North Lancing.
As more and more injured men came back from the front, a larger hut hospital was built on the playing fields of King's and Clare Colleges, with 'open-air' wards such as this one housing the patients.
J & K Deadman's stores (left) would probably have sold every kind of provision you could have imagined - and more.
St Osyth once had thriving lime-kilns and maltings, as well as wharves and a tide-mill.
By the time of this photograph, the river was being used more and more for pleasure: streamlined boats are moored by the bank, and a canoe with its lone occupant is heading towards Lendal Bridge.
In the foreground are cottages, some thatched, while in the distance are some more urban later houses of two and three full storeys.
By the time of this photograph, the river was being used more and more for pleasure: streamlined boats are moored by the bank, and a canoe with its lone occupant is heading towards Lendal Bridge
The Angel Hotel on the left was one of three to cater for the motorist; the others were the George and Dragon and the Brunswick.
This chained library is the finest in the world, containing books and manuscripts that date back a thousand years and more.
Our tour along the Chess valley towards Rickmansworth starts on the hills south of the valley in Chesham Bois, originally a scattered village with the church at the north end and more houses along
Llandudno stands back against the mass of the Great Orme's head, which shelters it from north winds, and on a neck of sand between two bays, which are so close together that in rough weather their spray
Walsworth Road again, this time in 1922 and at the junction with Highbury and Verulam Roads.
Walsworth Road again, this time in 1922 and at the junction with Highbury and Verulam Roads.
