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Walter Runciman, the Liberal MP, headed the Education Board in 1908 and was at the Board of Trade in 1914.

The Morris 1000 is heading west past the post office towards Tudor House - with its steeply pitched roof of stone tiles, it is one of Mickleton's notable buildings.

Above the trees and below the houses in the centre, the busy Heads of the Valleys road passes very close to the canal.

We are looking down on Aberdare, a town set amid beautiful scenery at the head of the Cynon Valley. On the far right, the road continues over the top to Maerdy.

In 1866 the churchwardens, headed by James Ramsden, organised the town's voluntary fire brigade. North Lonsdale Hospital formerly stood by the church until its closure in the 1980s.

Here we see the village tucked away in its valley, with the great expanse of the bay reaching beyond to Black Head (centre) and the Dodman Point (left).

Christchurch Twyneham, to give the town its old name) is one of the oldest settlements on the south coast, probably being in existence even before the Romans settled in the shelter of Hengistbury Head

The tiny church of St Olaf at Wasdale Head is said to be among the smallest in England; but surrounded as it is by the dramatic mountains of Wasdale, it is also one of the most visited.

Beyond the pier, which appears to be under construction, is Bryn Euryn, and Little Orme Head is in the distance (right).

This view shows shoppers heading towards the stores (note the Hovis sign) on a sunny summer's morning.

Before the railway arrived, the overland journey involved a lengthy detour around the head of the estuary, but many lost their lives in attempting this more direct route.

A niche above the gateway once held a figure of the Virgin Mary and below, much worn by the passage of time, is carved a lion's head.

Not far from the Harris Gallery is the new Head Post Office, shown here in the year that it first opened for business.

Alfred Waterhouse's Prudential building on the right was built in the style of its London head office.

Rose Cottage, nearest to us, with classical heads on either side of the door, was rebuilt in 1904 by William Taylor, a member of the manorial family.

In this view the thatched King's Head on the left and the Red Lion in the distance are 17th-century buildings amid the early 19th-century three-storey ones, which belong to that later phase of economic

Perhaps this villager is heading towards O J Hinwood, to fill up his petrol can. You do not see petrol pumps like the ones outside the shop any more.

One of the few thatched buildings in the area, the Duke's Head is no longer a public house.

There is also a conduit head (right of photograph), made from reused stone from the monastery.

This was indeed once the place where paupers and those down on their luck could seek food and a roof over their head.

The Stag's Head and (partially obscured by the tree) the monumental masons - Youing's - survive on the corner of the new road.

The head office of the Wilts and Dorset Bank, built in 1869, is now Lloyds Bank, and is just one of a row of large, impressive buildings along the northern side of the Market Square.

Port Skillion at the foot of Douglas Head was reached by ferry from the harbour, fare 1d, and was used by gentlemen only for open-air bathing.

The Square, the building located at the head of the slipway, was once the village post office and is now part of the Mermaid restaurant.