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The Village 1906. Litton Cheney has a charming collection of Stuart and Georgian cottages strung out along its winding streets.

Roads, railways and also canals run through Runcorn. It is from here that the Bridgewater Canal drains to the sea.

The completion of the road bridge in 1961 signalled the end of the Saltash Ferry.

The modern Old Town Street runs more or less on the path of the old one.

St John's Church stands at the busy crossroads of the High Street and Station Road, which runs towards Fry's (now Cadbury's) chocolate factory at Somerdale.

The Fosse Way runs down from the right of this picture to meet the Avon and follow it to Bath, three miles away.

Lines of wind shelters adorn the beach at the popular Yorkshire coast resort of Filey. Once a fashionable beach accessory, they are seldom seen today, so perhaps it was windier in the Fifties!

Only the post office is still here, and it too is under threat of closure.

The church, St John the Baptist is essentially 14th century, although much of the interior has been re-modelled.

Welford has had a maypole since the 14th century; the present glossy red, white and blue pole was installed in 1967 and refurbished in 2003.

The Frome valley, dotted with mills and and with the Thames and Severn Canal running through it, has long been a centre of industry. Chalford itself stands on the steep north bank.

There was once a railway running down the middle of this street and around the corner at the end. It went to Westward Ho! and Appledore, and ran for sixteen years, closing in March 1917.

Cosby brook runs through the centre of this pleasant village, which is a doorstep to the city; the village was the first in the county to have a conservation area.

A timeless scene in one of the many creeks of the long estuary that runs between Salcombe and Kingsbridge.

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

The Royal Arms and 'By Appointment to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II' can be seen proudly displayed on the front of the building.

A schoolboy's attention has been caught, perhaps by the girl running after her ball in front of the Kingsbury Arms Hotel.

In 1908, the view of the town looking back under the bridge was unobstructed.

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

Notice the sign for Teas and Hovis bread over one small shop. The reassuringly solid-looking Post Office is brick built and faces the Old Ship Inn.

Crab, lobster and crayfish pots are stacked by the door. The stream disappears into the pebbles (left) and a moderate sea is running in what is visibly unsettled weather.

Knighton is now part of the sprawling village of Wembury which acts as a dormitory for Plymouth, but before 20th-century development it was part of a thriving farming community with many horses.

Bridge Street slopes down to the river Mole and the 14-arch bridge of 1782.

Fowey's straggling main street runs parallel with the river between the Custom House and Town Quay. On the right is the historic house called Noah's Ark, with its twin gables and jettied front.