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The deepest mine at this time, however, was at Apedale, where men were working at depths in excess of 2,000ft.

within the North Staffordshire coal field, and it was at a mine in the area in 1837 that deep mining was being carried out at 975ft below the surface.The deepest mine at this time, however, was at Apedale

Here, only a peddler's humble donkey waits to cross from the Bowling Green towards the gable end of the Tudor Alleyn's School.

The church tower houses a peal of twelve bells.

The explanation is that during the Dissolution the church received a peal of bells, some or all coming from the disbanded Burscough Priory.

It has five aisles, two on each side of the nave and chancel, and a fine tower with a peal of 10 bells.

Lady Eleanor Cecily Clifton sponsored the building and gave a peal of 8 bells in 1890; John, Joseph and William Melling, fishermen brothers, carted the bricks.

There is a peal of ten bells.

The church has a 16th-century crenellated tower with gargoyles and low pinnacles, a clock and a peal of eight bells.

The church of St John the Baptist, with its Perpendicular tower, stands on a terrace overlooking the village and boasted a peal of six bells, three of which were cast at least a century before the Reformation

The fine tower at the west end of St Andrew's, built by Thomas Yogge in 1481 and now housing a peal of ten bells, used to look out over Guildhall Square, which is now a car park.

Is this family smiling for the camera, or have they noticed that little Johnny, head down and pedalling like mad, is on a collision course with our man from Frith?

The practice of parking a bicycle by leaning it on one pedal against the kerb is rarely seen these days.

Note too the bicycle parked on the other side of the road, with the pedal set back on the kerb so it can act as a stand.

The 13th-century church of St Mary Magdalene has a massive 16th-century tower with rounded pinnacles, which houses a peal of eight bells.

Cyclists pedal along in comparative safety, and a lady is happy to stand in the middle of the road and ask a policeman for directions.

The tower contains a peal of ten bells and a clock, and is surmounted by four open stone lanterns richly ornamented with pinnacles and vanes.

A lone cyclist pedals by.

The photographer has also caught two boys playing on a pedal cycle.

The lady on her three-wheeler looks quite at ease pedalling along.

The lady on her three-wheeler looks quite at ease pedalling along.

The church has a peal of six bells, given in 1935 in the memory of Mr and Mrs McAndrew, who donated the village hall to the Women's Institute.

St Andrew's is unique in having a peal of 5 bells in the mediaeval west tower and a second peal of 8 bells in the Victorian east tower.