Captions

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Caption For Carnforth, Canal 1918

Here we see a barge loaded down with hay, with the two horses taking a break as the photographer creates his picture.

Caption For Littleborough, The Harbour, Hollingworth Lake C1955

A record-breaking 26lbs 14oz pike was caught in 1982.

Caption For London, The Strand 1915

The Gaiety Theatre dominates the corner where the Aldwych breaks off from the Strand.

Caption For Caister On Sea, The Holiday Camp C1955

Holiday camps like Caister's offered inexpensive breaks for the whole family - with all costs included.

Caption For Clydach, The Wells 1893

Perhaps they are enjoying a well-earned break from their labours.

Caption For Caister On Sea, The Holiday Camp C1955

Holiday camps like Caister's offered inexpensive breaks for the whole family - with all costs included.

Caption For Ormskirk, The Church From The South West 1894

Despite Henry VIII's break with Rome, much of Lancashire remained staunchly Catholic and stones from the dismantled Augustinian priory at Burscough were used to add the tower in which the bells that once

Caption For Morecambe, West End Promenade 1899

The hard-working animals seem to enjoy it as much as we do, for it is a break from their labour and helps ease aches and strains.

Caption For Cenarth, Coracle Fishing C1960

Trying to land a 300lb, 8-foot fish from these small craft would seem a hazardous task, but it was once done in 1896 on the River Towy, overturning two coracles and breaking three nets in the process.

Caption For Newport Pagnell, The M1 Motorway 1962

Newport Pagnell Services is now (2002) run by Welcome Break, but it is architecturally very little changed, with the glazed bridge a distinctive feature.

Caption For Rothesay, From Chapel Hill 1900

A backdrop of trees breaks any possible monotony from even roofs.

Caption For Hemingford Grey, High Street C1955

The early 18th-century Cock Inn may have been built as a public house - its brick has been colour-washed white.

Caption For Whitby, The New Pier Extensions 1913

The competent engineers left a space for turbulent seas to break through and lessen the strain on the masonry.

Caption For St Austell, 1890

Housing has not yet developed out into the fields where tall elm trees break up the line of the hedgerow on the right.

Caption For Preston, Fishergate C1955

At this point it is the Art College, and the rock-pop era is about to break in on our rather sedate photograph.

Caption For Somerleyton, The Broads C1960

The Somerleyton Brickworks, over to the left of the photograph, supplied brick via the river system both locally and nationally.

Caption For Billingham, The Town Centre C1970

Trees and shrubs are used to break up the hard lines of the modern architecture.

Caption For Bluntisham, The Chapel C1945

With bright blue woodwork set against locally made bricks, this is an eye-catching building.

Caption For Batley, Market Place And Branch Road C1955

Batley was the north's shoddy town: its prosperity came from the process of breaking down and reweaving woollen cloth from waste rags.

Caption For Burton Bradstock, Cliffs 1922

Erosion causes precipitous breaks, producing two miles of sheer cliffs from West Bay to Beach Road at Southover (right), where the boats and a cafe can be glimpsed.