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Caption For Hythe, The Promenade C1950

The broad expanse of the Promenade stretching east to Sandgate is still as popular with visitors today as it was with the Victorian and Edwardian holidaymakers who visited this Cinque Port, and whose continued

Caption For Ashford, High Street 1901

The broad High Street, once the site of the market established under a charter from Edward I, was, at the turn of the last century, still very much a rendezvous for the cattle and sheep farmers of the

Caption For Ranworth, The Staithe C1945

The reed-beds on the right of the picture have been cut, and the reeds will be used for thatching roofs.

Caption For Norwich, The Wensum And Prince Of Wales Bridge 1935

A sailing barge, once a common sight on the Broads and Norfolk rivers, is moored opposite the pleasure boats below the yacht station.

Caption For Scarborough, Foreshore Road 1891

From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street C1955

Broad Street boasts a great variety of inns and hotels.

Caption For Coltishall, A Cornfield 1902

A farm worker and child standing in a freshly harvested cornfield.

Caption For Bristol, City Centre C1950

St Augustine's Parade is just out of sight on the left, and Broad Quay is seen on the right.

Caption For Linton On Ouse, The Lock

Linton-on-Ouse is situated north-west of York in the broad Vale of York.

Caption For Aldeburgh, High Street 1894

The broad High Street is mainly Victorian, peppered with Georgian buildings.

Caption For Coltishall, At The Locks C1955

Coltishall was a prosperous town in the 18th and 19th centuries, when trade was carried by river rather than the road.

Caption For Saltash, The Ferry 1924

For travellers to Cornwall, crossing the broad, sweeping waters of the Tamar deepened the sensation that they were entering a foreign land.

Caption For Wigton, The Square C1965

The fountain in the centre of Wigton's Square or Market Place has a pyramidal cross-topped spire, and depicted on its four sides are the four Acts of Mercy.

Caption For Westbourne, Herbert Home 1892

Westbourne, on the west side of Bournemouth, retains a village atmosphere even today, with spacious houses and hotels situated around an attractive woodland chine leading down to the sea.

Caption For The Broads, Near Barton Staithe C1945

The Parish Staithe at Barton is a lovely backwater off the broad.

Caption For Porth, 1925

This modest resort of broad beaches and spectacular rock scenery can be reached along the sands from Newquay.

Caption For Leeds, The Parkinson Building C1960

This building, which was part of Leeds University, was designed by T A Lodge and opened in 1951.

Caption For Bodmin, Mount Folly Square 1906

On the right is a smart brown stone and granite building, characteristic of the locality.

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Caption For Malpas, 1890

The Truro River promises visitors exquisite scenery, its broad banks enriched with lush green woods.

Caption For Cremyll, Drake's Island From Mount Edgcumbe 1890

The broad channel between Drake's Island and Mount Edgecumbe, known as The Bridges, is only navigable via one narrow channel, which is why ships always appear to take 'the long way round', following