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Caption For Long Eaton, The Market Place C1950

The billiard rooms housed in the Oxford Buildings are on the right; the Palace Cinema is further down the street; and the cycle shop and the Rendezvous Milk Bar are opposite.

Caption For Wendover, Aylesbury Road C1965

We have moved nearer the High Street junction.

Caption For Whitby, The Pier C1955

Many of the people seen here would be day trippers rather than resident visitors, having come for a breath of fresh sea air on one of the many excursion trains from inland.

Caption For Marlborough, High Street C1950

Tucked in behind the Bear is an early 19th-century rebuilding of a timber house, which may have survived the Great Fire.

Caption For Hunstanton, Manor Park Larder, Manor Park Caravan Site C1965

From the early days of caravan parks, it soon became apparent that visitors wanted the sites to become 'one stop shops' incorporating shopping and entertainment.

Caption For Southampton, No5 (Prince Of Wales) Dry Dock 1908

Flood Gate Bar 1892 On the right of the picture is the 15th- century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe

Caption For Teignmouth, From Torquay Road 1890

This panoramic view looks across the rapidly-drying mud flat called the Salty in the foreground, and shows the point jutting into the River Teign and the pier at the Den.

Caption For Wakefield, Bull Ring C1965

Looking towards the Bull Ring from Union Street, we see (right) the rebuilt Strafford Hotel and the former shops, now a café bar.

Caption For Andover, Bridge Street 1913

The bridge was not always as level, strong and wide as this.

Caption For Axmouth, The Harbour And Haven Cliff 1922

Axmouth was once a considerable port, and boats navigated the River Axe as far as Colyton.

Caption For Southport, The Pier C1955

The pavilion has lost its minarets, but it is now equipped with both an indoor snack bar and a self-service buffet.

Caption For Great Yarmouth, Row Number 60 1908

Huddled around the quay were Yarmouth's famous Rows, close to 140 narrow foot passages.

Caption For Wells Next The Sea, Whelk Boats At The Quay 1929

The Wells whelkers are renowned along this coast for their persistence in pursuing their trade.

Caption For London, Fleet Street 1890

'The newest fashion newspaper and the oldest-style tavern still jostle each other now as they did a century or more ago.'

Caption For Ashford, High Street C1950

Despite the fact that post-war rationing was still in force, this market town was thriving.

Caption For Padstow, The Harbour 1888

In the Middle Ages silt formed the Doom Bar and cut off the harbour for the larger sailing vessels, but Padstow still continued to be a very important trading port.

Caption For York, Bootham Bar C1950

The public house on the right is The White Horse; the statue of a horse can be seen rearing above the Tower Ales sign.Towards the bar old stonework still remains, with a sign for Pullman's

Caption For Kings Lynn, Norfolk Street 1891

In the late 19th century this area of Norfolk Street offered such delights as Mrs Elizabeth Cockerill, china, glass and earthenware dealer, Plowright & Pratt (extreme right), ironmongers by

Caption For Halsall, The Church 1900

The village of Halsall is situated near to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

Caption For Worcester, The Cross C1950

1950 it may be, but the heavily laden cart on the right could come from an earlier age.