Search Results

On the Henley bank we can see the old 1913 grandstand with a glimpse of Phyllis Court in the trees behind. The grandstand was rebuilt in 1993.

Here we see the same street some fifty years later. Only the traffic and styles of dress seem to have changed.

In this view we see the Art Deco theatre, now part of Fantasy Island and mutilated and virtually unrecognisable.

Above the High Altar, we can see the Great East or Golden Window with its magnificent medieval stained glass Tree of Jesse, which survived undamaged despite the iconoclasts; it is one of the largest

In this picture we can see, the local Post Office on the left; it also carried out electrical and radio servicing.

Here we see the harbour swing bridge, with the important Slate Quay visible on the right. This was connected to the slate mines by a narrow gauge railway.

Behind Hutchin's pharmacy we can see the tower of Lopping Hall. A blue plaque recalls that this was built in 1883 out of compensation paid for the loss of tree-lopping rights in Epping Forest.

Here we see the grocer's shop of William Free Ltd. It was also the village post office until it closed in the 1980s.

Here we see the bare central beach of a century ago, with no Embassy Centre, fairground car park, Marine Walk and Esplanade, shops, arcades or cafés.

Again we see the village centre, with another of the special seaside shops that sold everything needed for a seaside holiday.

Here we see the intense advertising from Wildings Limited, Clothiers - their department store still has a place on the opposite side of Commercial Street.

Here we see the famous Neptune fountain (some say it is based upon the Trevi fountain in Rome), with Council Offices in the background and a glimpse of the Regency terraces to the left.

Here we see the east front of Chatsworth from the French Gardens, now with pillars removed and known as the Rose Garden.

Here we see the modest wooden buildings of the Lowfield Farm Camp, which was a predecessor of the giant holiday camp near Hunmanby which now dominates Filey Bay.

We can see the sign of the Barley Mow, which is set back from the street.

The Harbour Inn is at least 800 years old, and very popular with the many birdwatchers who come to see the wildfowl on the River Axe.

Here we see the famous Neptune fountain (some say it is based upon the Trevi fountain in Rome), with Council Offices in the background and a glimpse of the Regency terraces to the left.

In this beautiful photograph we see the ferry boat setting out across the broad, placid waters of Lake Windermere with two horse-drawn carts on board.

Here we see the broad sweep of the garden city's main street looking west, with a wide assortment of businesses lining the wide tree-lined pavements.

The railway line was dismantled soon after this photograph was taken and you can no longer see the river as the bank is totally overgrown with trees.

We can just see the cupola of Harold Mansions, an Edwardian apartment house, at the end of the street.

Here we see the towers - 'steel skeletons clothed in stone' as described by Sir John Wolfe Barry, the architect - not yet stone clad, and the upper walkway taking shape.

Here we see the upper reaches of the Basingstoke Canal in Hampshire. The surface weed indicates a lack of commercial use. Note the telegraph poles on the left, once a regular sight alongside canals.

On the Wraysbury bank, near to where we see the boathouse of W Hanes and Sons, there once was a wharf where iron ore was landed for refining at a local mill before being taken to London.