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One of the most attractive features of Astle Park was the lake, now almost silted up.

Next door, Mrs C M Astle's Hitchin Café advertises hot meals, served all day.

The church is opposite the entrance to Astle Park, some way from the station and shops, and the Dixon Arms, which used to provide a focal point, has recently been demolished to make way for yet

On the left, the windows of Lee's drapers shop display a sale of costumes, blouses and millinery, with many hats filling the right-hand window.

In 1964, there was a sale of the furniture and other contents by direction of the Alton Group Hospital Management Committee.

This photograph proved it beyond any doubt as all this has gone, even the building which contained it.

An auction notice on the left of the picture advertises a sale of five hundred sheets of corrugated iron and imported timber.

A local man called Square Stubbs was born in Beckbury in 1671 - he used to ride up to 20 miles every day, always at a steady trot that became known as All Stretton.

A trader is about to make a sale, but he will not make a fortune from this cart unless all of Walberswick turns out.

This photograph proved it beyond any doubt as all this has gone, even the building which contained it.

Further down the road a lot of people are gathered outside Woolworth's store - perhaps they had a sale on.

Like its twin castle of Pendennis on the opposite side of the river mouth, St Mawes was built on the orders of Henry VIII to guard the entrance to Carrick Roads.

, when the winding, sloping streets light their lamps, and the hotels and cafes around the harbour are alive with visitors, one might almost fancy that one was in a lively foreign seaport, especially as all

Town building had drained nearly all his wealth, and a sale, when most of his possessions were auctioned, lasted a fortnight.

On its wall an advertisement promotes Singer sewing machines, while posters on the door advertise a concert, a sale and a show.

Much of the village was on an estate belonging to Ashling House, which was demolished about the time this picture was taken.

This chapter gives a snapshot of north Lincolnshire in the 1950s, as all the views were taken then: our tour takes us next to Tealby, a pretty village at the western foot of The Wolds.

This chapter gives a snapshot of north Lincolnshire in the 1950s, as all the views were taken then: our tour takes us next to Tealby, a pretty village at the western foot of The Wolds.

Subsequently the Hoo was remodelled in 1903 by the diamond entrepreneur Sir Julius Wernher, and housed the Wernher art collection until recent reversals in the family's affairs led to a sale of the property

The Hoo was subsequently remodelled in 1903 by the diamond entrepreneur Sir Julius Wernher, and housed the Wernher art collection until recent reversals in the family's affairs led to a sale of the property

Southport local authority came to the rescue in 1932, when financial difficulties were about to force a sale to a housing development company.

As well as all that, they even advertised 'Teeth Carefully Extracted'— this is reassuringly etched into the glass door.

The early history of St Mary's is difficult to trace as all documents relating to the parish were destroyed at the time of the Reformation.

The Twickenham Riverside Terrace Group (a umbrella group of local amenity societies) strenuously opposed this proposal, and argued strongly that as all the land was originally purchased as public