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It is said that the first rumblings of the Luddite Movement were felt in Anstey with the breaking of the knitting frames; the village had expanded rapidly to accommodate an influx of workers.
Behind the Cow and Calf rocks is this desolate valley from where most of the stone to build the town was quarried.
Porthleven's large harbour was built in 1811 to load copper and tin; it is an important haven on the exposed east shore of Mount's Bay.
The driver of the 658 Leicester to Coventry Midland Red bus service breaks his journey to await passengers in this familiar view of the centre.
Until Blackpool's third pier was built at South Shore in 1893, the one here was known as South Pier.
The Lancaster Canal was never connected to the main canal system.
The lake has attracted racing skiffs, ferry steamers and fishing punts in its time.
The Gaiety Theatre dominates the corner where the Aldwych breaks off from the Strand.
Looking north towards the pier, the photograph shows the promenade before the Winter Gardens were built.
For many working people life after the War was gray and utilitarian.
Clydach Gorge, once populated by forges, is well-known for its stands of beech trees which somehow survived the ravages of the charcoal-burners of the time.
For many working people life after the War was gray and utilitarian.
Looking more like two churches than one, Ormskirk's parish church is unique in the north for having both a tower and spire.
An audience watches from the old bridge as two coracle fishermen cast their nets for salmon or sea-trout.
That much-maligned but vital facility of the motorway network, the service station, was an early landmark.
A row of houses, beginning with the headland church tower, lies almost subdued below the tree-covered hills overlooking this bustling sea port.
The early 18th-century Cock Inn may have been built as a public house - its brick has been colour-washed white.
This photograph looks from the west towards St Austell in its rural setting.
There was great rejoicing when the new stone and iron extensions were finally erected in 1912, having first been suggested by William Scoresby the elder (1760- 1829) a hundred years before
The Institute for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge has stood up well to the passing of time.
