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Extensions were opened eight years later which took its length to a record-breaking 7080 feet.

A fascinating epitaph within reminds us that 'Man is a glass: Life is as water that's weakly walled about: Sinne brings Death: Death breaks the glass: So runs the water out.

These girls look as if they are taking a break in their lunch hour, perhaps from the newly established ICI pharmaceutical laboratories in Alderley Park.

The break in the middle allows the skylight of the central passageway of the new building to reflect the shape of the decoration on the Market Hall.

By the 1870s, many Lancashire cotton workers received three day's unpaid holiday a year, which was tacked onto a weekend to give a five-day break.

Branscombe runs down a beautiful little valley ('Brannoc's combe') to a break in the cliffs with a tiny beach.

A break in the storm cloud allows the evening sun to cast shadows on the rippling water, a sight not uncommon on the Broads.

A break in the traffic gives a clear view of the shops on the south side of Denmark Hill.

Caravan breaks provided an opportunity for cheaper holidays in Dorset; it was a far cry from the exclusive days of King George III.

Large horse chestnuts now break the roof line but the cottages still lie tranquil within the church's reach.

It remains a popular holiday destination in this new century for tourists enjoying short break holidays and day trips, and it has become a fashionable shopping centre.

lies just a little to the north of Blackpool's bright lights and seemingly non- stop amusements, and its sea-front hotels and guesthouses attracted holidaymakers seeking a more relaxing break

Cars are neatly parked in driveways; visitors' vehicles are kept firmly on the other side of the municipal green and flower beds; and their owners are enjoying a quiet kick-about to break

Here we see typical barge propulsion, with the animals taking a break as the photographer creates his picture.

Many of the people enjoying the sands below Heysham Head would be staying at the nearby holiday camp, which offered an 'all-in' break, with meals and nightly dancing or variety shows included.

He later told Drummond that they took some breaking in and left his feet sore and blistered for several days.

The ubiquitous St Catherine breaks through what would have been the skyline.

The skyline today is radically different: here a few factory chimneys break the skyline, but now large offices and shopping malls dominate the middle distance.

In the late 1980s it was sold, refurbished and subsequently marketed as a quirky site for honeymooners and those enjoying esoteric weekend breaks.

The Frogmore Café (left) offered busy shoppers a break until 1969, when it was taken over by Sketchleys the cleaners.

behind Bank House, situated in the lower High Street, were given to the town of Stroud in 1930 by Mr Ernest Winterbotham, and were intended as a quiet corner where shop workers could enjoy a lunch break

Perhaps they are enjoying a well-earned break from the rigours of whatever profession they are engaged in.

The spire of All Saints parish church on its hilltop site breaks the horizon, while to the right in the middle distance is the medieval bridge over the River Wye.

The brick house on the left belonged to the blacksmith, with the forge behind.