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The earlier picture shows little traffic bar the donkey cart, but the advent of the car meant that by 1949 a traffic warden was needed to control traffic through the arch.

We are looking back in the opposite direction to 65467 through the archway towards the narrow wynd called The Bar. The

We are looking back in the opposite direction to 65467 through the archway towards the narrow wynd called The Bar. The

The King's Head, on the corner of the green, was a favourite stop for race-goers on their way to the Newmarket races.

The ornately decorated Weaver to Wearer shop premises on the right is now a cafe bar; the Queen's Head pub next to it has been replaced by a modern shoe shop.

This narrow street runs north deep into legal London from the beginning of Fleet Street, near Temple Bar. The

Now known as the Bear of Rodborough, this has been a stopping place for centuries, and played an important part as a collecting point for carrier services in this area of steep hills.

The earlier picture shows little traffic bar the donkey cart, but the advent of the car meant that by 1949 a traffic warden was needed to control traffic through the arch.

This was the gateway that led to the road to London.

The earlier picture shows little traffic bar the donkey cart, but the advent of the car meant that by 1949 a traffic warden was needed to control traffic through the arch.

This was the gateway that led to the road to London.

East of the High Street and parallel to it, Silver Street leads us out of the market place.

In the background we can see the funicular railway for those not wanting to make the 485-foot walk up Constitution Hill.

This was the gateway that led to the road to London.

The stone gateposts of Hunter's Bar (see picture No S108224) had a second career after the toll bar was finally closed in October 1884; they were resited at the entrance to Endcliffe Park.

As Sheffield expanded, a number of turnpike toll bars which had once been in the country were now located within built-up areas.

More correctly known as the Loe (meaning 'pool' in Cornish), this mile- long freshwater lake was formed in the 13th century when the River Cober became dammed by a sand and shingle bar

Local tradition alleges that Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote his famous poem 'Crossing the Bar' with the perilous entrance to the Salcombe estuary in mind.

This is the only one of the four bars that has retained its barbican, or outer gateway.

This sea front view also includes the Marine Hotel, along with some interesting cars of the period.

With four storeys and standing at sixty-three feet high, this is the tallest of the four main bars, and also the most fortified - it was a self-contained fortress.

Local tradition alleges that Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote his famous poem 'Crossing the Bar' with the perilous entrance to the Salcombe estuary in mind.

The stone-arched building on the right was the postern tower built in 1497 on St Mary's Abbey walls; it is now an office for First York Buses.

The Loe is the largest freshwater lake in Cornwall, and the shore can be a place of peace and contemplation.