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Further along Park Street we find Lower Gordon Road; the Post Office, run by a Mr H L Love, is on the corner.

Obviously, photographing children playing on the beach was a popular theme for postcard makers.

The 483-seat theatre was built on the old Ilfracombe Hotel site, and was opened by the actor Joss Ackland in 1998.

The longest seaside pier in the world, Southend's first pier lasted from 1830 to 1887.

Osmington was an ancient manor founded at the time of King Athelstan, though the church we see today is mostly Norman.

The mast of a sailing barge breaks an even horizon, whilst the falling tide exposes mooring chains.

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 main part of the new outside market lies along Peel Street; its construction forced the alteration of the bus station into a line of stands on each side of the street.

The Fleet Dyke flows from the River Bure to South Walsham Broad.

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

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

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.

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

Bispham 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

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

Before the advent of cheap, foreign package holidays, Lancashire resorts and beaches continued to draw summer crowds, with donkeys and deckchairs here completing a traditional British scene.

Wider car ownership and a busy railway station helped Sidmouth develop as a holiday resort in the 20th century.

A final view of the Park with plenty of activity around the paddling pool, but with no one in it.

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

This is a classic view of the market town of Bakewell, seen from the steeply climbing Station Road.

Constructed from granite blocks cemented together with 'puzzellani', a special hardening material developed from volcanic dust extracted from the slopes of Mount Etna, the lighthouse was

The gardens 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

It is certainly not unlikely that these men and boys are workers at what remained of the indigenous ironworking industry after the 1877 collapse.

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