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Where the bus mean- ders westward, the dual carriageway of Balkerne Hill removed a number of buildings on each side of the road on its noisy way to the Southway roundabout, cutting Crouch

In about 1512, one of the biggest warships then in existence was fitting out at Newhaven. She was 'The Great Michael; she was 240 ft long, and carried a crew of 420 and 1,000 soldiers.

This elegant Elizabethan mansion was originally built for the Secretary of the Council of the North in 1568.

The older part is naturally more interesting, with its quaint old buildings clinging to the banks of the Hamble.

Little has changed since picture No 33024 was taken, save for the building of a lifeboat station. St Mary's was rebuilt in the 1830s, replacing the church built by Bishop Thomas Wilson in 1701.

A market town rather than a village, Watton has a constant stream of traffic through its bustling centre.

Robins Brothers, not content with filling their windows to bursting, have extended out on to the pavement and into the road.

Traffic comes to a standstill for this large flock of sheep being driven along the main road.

Except for the proliferation of telephone lines and TV aerials, this view up the main street of Loddon might have been photographed today.

On the right of the picture is the town war memorial; to the left is the striking grey stone facade of the Talbot Hotel, a gabled 17th-century building.

Oundle, best known for its public school, lies in the north-east corner of the county. It may have expanded somewhat over the years, but it still remains a compact market town.

This tall limestone pillar stands above the quarries on Leckhampton Hill, not far from Cheltenham.

A little east of the junction with the Oxford Canal is the bustling Braunston Marina.

This beautiful 17th- century building appears to have been called New Hall in 1725, when it belonged to Thomas Chambers of Gorcott Hall (three miles north of Studley).

Built in the late1820s, Fort Perch Rock Battery site was then manned continuously until the end of World War II.

Within its parish lies one of the few remaining survivals of genuinely ancient forest and heathland, now a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

This section of the High Street is now pedestrianised, but the east side of the street is not greatly changed from this view.

On the left we have Porter & Sons, wholesale glass and china merchants, and the imposing bulk of the Guildhall with its porticoed entrance supported on Corinthian columns.

Rotherham Grammar School grew out of a free school that had been endowed through royal patronage.

Taken from outside St Mary of the Angels, the village's Catholic church, this view looks along The Nook past 17th- and early 18th-century houses.

Built by Mansell Talbot at the beginning of the 19th century in part of the Margam Abbey grounds, this splendid building subsequently went into decline until it was taken over by the Council and restored

The parade of shops on the left are currently occupied by Thomas Cook, Abbey, a hairstylist and a photographic shop, whilst Boots is in the adjacent block.

Most of the national retailers (Woolworth`s, Boots and Sainsbury`s) came to Haywards Heath in the 1930s.The electrification of the railway certainly helped.

Taken at the western end of the village, this photograph shows the Jolly Farmer pub on the right. It was formerly known as the Wheatsheaf.