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It is interesting to read the prices advertised beneath the Wall's ice cream 'Stop here and Buy Some' sign outside the café.

The poster on the wall by the tree advertises shipping to Canada and the United States, popular destinations for Cornish people forced to emigrate when the mining industry declined in the later 19th Century

Seventy years before there was a timber quay under the walls of the Tower, with tall-masted sailing ships edging through the raised bascules of Tower Bridge.The river here was thick with islands

The castle walls to the right of the view are now demolished.

A few ruined walls in the estuary mark the site of Fort Charles, which was garrisoned by the royalist army for four months in 1646 during the English Civil War.

A few ruined walls in the estuary mark the site of Fort Charles, which was garrisoned by the royalist army for four months in 1646 during the English Civil War.

In this picture the new promenade and sea wall provide plenty of space to walk, while the beach below gives a hint of what it looked like in its natural state.

The village church is a squat Norman building with a fine interior with ancient wall paintings.

Built around 1300, at the same time as the town walls, the polygonal towers would have provided four floors linked by a spiral staircase.

The tower has been further reduced since 1951 to provide stone for garden walls.

Judging by the slogan on the rectory wall, not everyone was happy with the post-war Conservative government.

Highly-coloured and gilded walls and ceilings, tiled floors and exotic wood help to make it a romantic Victorian fantasy.

Severe weather conditions were still causing problems here at this time, but in 1970 a sea wall was built that will protect the village in the future.

The wall running almost the whole width of the picture surrounds the Dean's Court kitchen garden.

They are now known as Archery Cottages; the thatch has been replaced by ties, and the low wall in front of them has been removed.

This view is south-westwards from the quarry gallery to Anvil Point (centre left) where Purbeck's coast becomes a vertical wall of stone.

The new lighthouse perches on the most prominent point, its powerful beam sweeping nightly across the dark sky and spilling its light over the walls of the parish church like a searchlight.

On the left is the Close Wall and St Ann's Gate; on the right is the timber- framed King's Arms, dating from the mid 17th century.

Tile-hung walls are a feature of the town, and several examples can be seen here.

Elmore Cottages still command the High Road opposite the village pond and crossroads but have been extended on the south side where the fence on the flint wall has been removed.

Close by are the ruined walls of a 13th-century Augustinian priory founded in 1253 by Sir John Maunsell, a priest's son who became a counsellor to Henry III.

It is interesting to read the prices advertised beneath the Wall's ice cream 'Stop here and Buy Some' sign outside the café.

E J Clarke (right) is now a Balti House, the clock on the wall advertising sweets and ices has disappeared, and the shop beneath is now Central Pets.

Despite modern building due to expansion, some of the older and more traditional flint-built walls and properties still survive.