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Caption For Gloucester, Eastgate Street 1931

Blinkhorn & Son is clearly to be seen on the left, and beyond that is Currys electrical store, which also sold cycles.

Caption For Knaresborough, The Town And River 1888

The church on the left is St John's, the tower of which is topped off with a small spirelet and dates from the 13th and 14th centuries.

Caption For York, Walmgate Bar C1955

Walmgate has been burned and bombarded with cannon fire, and there was an attempt to undermine it using gunpowder during the siege of York in 1644.

Caption For London, Blackfriars Bridge 1890

The halfpenny toll on the original Blackfriars Bridge caused riots, and in 1780 angry protesters burned down the toll-house.After a succession of expensive repairs a replacement was suggested, and

Caption For London, Blackfriars Bridge 1890

The halfpenny toll on the original Blackfriars Bridge caused riots, and in 1780 angry protesters burned down the toll-house.After a succession of expensive repairs a replacement was suggested, and

Caption For Irvine, The Harbour 1904

A royal burgh and port, Irvine was, by the 1920s, a town of 7,000 inhabitants.

Caption For Bremhill, The Cross, Church And School C1960

The parish church of St Martin is described as 'Anglo-Saxon origins, c1200, C13, C15, restored 1850' (Department of Heritage List).

Caption For Inverkip, Valley 1899

The village used to be called Auldkirk, because the people of Greenock worshipped here until they built their own church at the end of the 16th century.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Harbour 1890

We are looking at the medieval Cobb harbour (centre) from the tennis ground on the cliffs south of Langmoor Gardens.

Caption For Colchester, Old Roman Wall 1892

According to Tacitus, the Roman historian, the first Roman settlement at Colchester, Camulodunum, was built as a colony for retired soldiers; it was dedicated to the emperor Claudius, after the defeat

Caption For Cockerham, The Old Rectory C1965

Besides a devastating fire, the original village of Cockerham also experienced flooding from the River Cocker, another reason to move to higher ground.

Caption For Hothfield, Church 1901

Hothfield Place was the seat of the Tufton family, but was pulled down after the Second World War.

Caption For Colchester, Old Roman Wall 1892

According to Tacitus, the Roman historian, the first Roman settlement at Colchester, Camulodunum, was built as a colony for retired soldiers; it was dedicated to the emperor Claudius, after the defeat

Caption For Dunoon, Castle 1897

Visitors clamber over the site of the old castle.

Caption For Darlington, S & D Railway, Number One Engine 1892

Designed and built by George Stephenson, Stockton & Darlington No 1, 'Locomotion', achieved a maximum speed of 15mph when she hauled the 34-wagon inaugural train from Shildon to Stockton on 27 September

Caption For Burwell, High Street C1960

But in 1727, a company of players gave a performance in a nearby barn.

Caption For Braemar, Mill On The Cluny 1890

The village of Braemar is situated on the banks of Cluny Burn.

Caption For Little Baddow, Paper Mill Lock, River Chelmer C1960

Of the 11 locks on the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation, this is something of a halfway house.

Caption For Abingdon, East St Helen Street From Town Hall Roof 1900

From the Market Place our town tour heads south along perhaps the best street in Abingdon for the survival of older buildings: East St Helen Street.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Memorial Theatre 1922

Looking like a refugee from Disney World, or something dreamed up by mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, the Shakespeare Memorial Building was erected in 1879.