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The Cat and Cracker got its name in 1954, when the brewers Style & Winch Ltd of Maidstone named it after the catalytic cracker, which breaks down crude oil, and was used by the nearby Anglo- Iranian

Jonson was 45 years old when in 1618 he left London and walked the 400 miles to Scotland.

A top of the range television set - twice the size of the little boxes on which the nation viewed the Coronation two years earlier - stands in the communal room at the end of the first line of Golden Acre

The Lancaster Canal was never connected to the main canal system.

We are looking westwards along Leys Avenue; we can just see the last of the Georgian-style shops and flats in the distance.

This is a lovely environment for children to go to school; here they have been photographed during their break.

The cliff line of Dorset breaks to give access to a small cove and the village of Burton Bradstock, with the River Bride gurgling away to the end of Chesil Beach.

As a break from a succession of market towns, the route heads north-west to Buckland St Mary, situated just north of the A303 and at the east end of the well-wooded Blackdown Hills.

It is said that the first rumblings of the Luddite Movement were felt in Anstey with the breaking of the knitting frames; the village had expanded rapidly to accommodate an influx of workers.

Behind the Cow and Calf rocks is this desolate valley from where most of the stone to build the town was quarried.

Porthleven's large harbour was built in 1811 to load copper and tin; it is an important haven on the exposed east shore of Mount's Bay.

The driver of the 658 Leicester to Coventry Midland Red bus service breaks his journey to await passengers in this familiar view of the centre.

Until Blackpool's third pier was built at South Shore in 1893, the one here was known as South Pier.

The Lancaster Canal was never connected to the main canal system.

The lake has attracted racing skiffs, ferry steamers and fishing punts in its time.

The Gaiety Theatre dominates the corner where the Aldwych breaks off from the Strand.

Looking north towards the pier, the photograph shows the promenade before the Winter Gardens were built.

For many working people life after the War was gray and utilitarian.

Clydach Gorge, once populated by forges, is well-known for its stands of beech trees which somehow survived the ravages of the charcoal-burners of the time.

For many working people life after the War was gray and utilitarian.

Looking more like two churches than one, Ormskirk's parish church is unique in the north for having both a tower and spire.

An audience watches from the old bridge as two coracle fishermen cast their nets for salmon or sea-trout.

A row of houses, beginning with the headland church tower, lies almost subdued below the tree-covered hills overlooking this bustling sea port.

That much-maligned but vital facility of the motorway network, the service station, was an early landmark.