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Girls pose with shrimping nets outside the Swan Hotel, with its boats for hire. The coal lighters are discharging coal at the Old Town Wharf.

Popular beaches for family picnics were the beaches at Rhoose and Fontygary.

Typical of many older cottages in central Bedfordshire, the mixture of timber cladding, wattle and daub, tile and thatch gives The Barn a picture postcard look to be envied.

In the 1920s the future looked very bright for Loughborough, but the Depression of the 1930s came as a cruel blow to the town.

In the meantime, development, in the main of a residential nature, continued to spread north and east across Portsea Island.

The Harris Orphanage opened in 1888 after £100,000 was set aside by the Trustees of the Harris Estate to build and equip such an establishment.

In this delightful and evocative view, we see the north or `top' side of Westgate.

At this date, Churchyard was a centre for bustling trade and commerce.

Once the village smithy, the inn at Godmanstone is said to be the smallest public house in England. The beautifully-thatched building measures only 20 ft by 10 ft; it is about 500 years old.

A quiet summer scene in Weybridge at the beginning of the 20th century. On the left, the pavement is being repaired, or perhaps newly built, judging from the look of the kerbstones and lamp standard.

This was one of three hotels recommended to overseas visitors; the others were the Queen's and McColl's. It was also possible to hire apartments in Dunoon at about 15s a week during the main season.

The early local historian Sir John Oglander remarked that he saw some 300 ships riding at anchor there in 1620.

The village of Streatley can be seen nestling between the Thames and the steep escarpment of the chalk downs, which are dotted with yews and junipers. The river is wide and shallow at this point.

The early local historian Sir John Oglander remarked that he saw some 300 ships riding at anchor there in 1620.

These low, half-timbered and thatched cottages at Repton probably date from Tudor times; they give an indication of the antiquity of this sleepy township, which lies eight miles to the south-west of Derby

A hamlet of Duntisbourne Abbots, Leer was held by the Abbey of Lire in Normandy until 1416, after which date the manor was given to the great Augustinian abbey at Cirencester, some six miles

The importance to Bristol of its Floating Harbour can be gauged from this picture, which shows the Avon at low water. The river has been known to have a maximum rise and fall of 37ft.

This small inn stands at the edge of the village on the main London route into Cambridge where it crosses the River Granta. The road on the right leads to the famous Gog Magog Hills.

Obviously, photographing children playing on the beach was a popular theme for postcard makers. On the pier beyond can be seen the cast-iron wind breaks added in 1903 and the Kursaal at the end.

It was in Shropshire Street that Roland Lateward lived at the end of the 1700s. He is reputed to have been the first gingerbread baker in the town. Even today, gingerbread is still produced here.

Undercliff Drive runs the long distance eastwards from Bournemouth's Pier to the pier at Boscombe.

It is hard to believe that this classic image of rural England was actually taken three years into the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and not at the beginning of the 20th century.

Today this view hasn't changed at all.

Geologically the cliffs at Barton-on-Sea are very colourful, not unlike those across the Solent on the Isle of Wight. The area around is rich hunting territory for the collector of fossils.