Captions

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Caption For West Bay, Village And Beach 1922

This is a detail of the chalet zone which sprang up behind the 1897-built Esplanade (right), between the waterworks and the Salt House on Pitfield Marsh (left).

Caption For West Bay, Village And Beach 1922

This is a detail of the chalet zone which sprang up behind the 1897-built Esplanade (right), between the waterworks and the Salt House on Pitfield Marsh (left).

Caption For Barton Mills, The Bull Inn 1925

The pretty little village of Barton Mills, and the Bull Inn.

Caption For Kettering, Gold Street 1922

Hitchman's, the chemist on the left, was on the corner of Silver Street and Gold Street.

Caption For Walton On Thames, High Street C1955

Built on slightly higher land away from the river, it turns its back on it, and this view looks north-west along the High Street to the Church Street crossroads.

Caption For Daventry, Market Square C1960

The houses on the right survive, but those to the left of the monument were swept away and replaced by a small park, just one of many 'improvements' after 1963.

Caption For Lincoln, High Bridge C1955

The swan looks lonely; usually there are dozens on the river and the Brayford Pool, which is under the bridge.

Caption For Lincoln, High Bridge C1955

The swan looks lonely; usually there are dozens on the river and the Brayford Pool, which is under the bridge.

Caption For Barton Mills, The Bull Inn 1925

The pretty little village of Barton Mills, and the Bull Inn.

Caption For Redhill, High Street C1955

Redhill grew from nothing after the building of the London to Brighton road in 1807 and the railway in 1841.

Caption For Kettering, Gold Street 1922

Hitchman's, the chemist on the left, was on the corner of Silver Street and Gold Street.

Caption For Northampton, Abington Park Bandstand 1922

10th-century Anglo-Saxon church tower at Earls Barton.

Caption For Barton Upon Irwell, Barton Aqueduct 1894

One impressive feature of the Manchester Ship Canal was the Barton Aqueduct, designed by Edward Leader Williams.

Caption For Batley, Commercial Street C1955

Others stores date from the thirties, including Woolworth's (1931) and Burton's (1937).

Caption For Hemel Hempstead, The Marlowes C1965

The building of the new town centre had been designated a priority in 1951, and the market moved here in 1955.

Caption For Swindon, Bridge Street C1955

A group of young men of fashion are keen to show off their new suits to the photographer outside Burton's store.

Caption For Bridport, From Allington Hill 1897

Beyond, stretching from right to left, is the line of West Street through to the Town Hall and Market Place, with the chimneys of the net-makers Joseph Gundry & Company (centre left), Ewens & Turner in

Caption For Eccles, The Town Hall C1955

The Town Hall, in Church Street, was designed by John Lowe and erected during 1880-81 on the site of the old cockpit.

Caption For Stamford, Brooke's Court 1922

In the distance is Richman's and St Mary's Street.

Caption For Fraserburgh, Herring Boats C1900

The masts had no standing rigging, being supported by the sail halyard and burton stay tackle.