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After the Second World War, old cars came back on the road and new production increased. The edge of the river was soon marked out for free parking. Note the hut spanning the mill race.

The photographer looks back down the hill past 19th-century houses towards the village centre.

Cinderford is one of the two main towns in the Forest of Dean; its name reflects its involvement in the coal mining and iron working industries of the area, whose history reaches back to

New housing has been built in the village, but this part, South End Cottages on Back Street, is just as it was in 1955.

Several houses in Silver Street date back to Elizabethan times.

Several houses in Silver Street date back to Elizabethan times.

The river near the new bridge now has rows of wooden houseboats moored along the right bank, where Wayford Farm has been developed into the Wayford Bridge Hotel.

This is a busy dockside area on the north bank of the River Thames, where tall cranes pierce the skyline. Here we see the 'Vruburgh' from Rotterdam, and dock buildings lining the waterfront.

In 1906 a night at the Red Lion would have set you back 2s 6d.

The Stag Inn dates back to the 18th century, and the elm tree on the right reputedly marked the centre of Windsor Forest.

The Backs of Cambridge are probably as well known as the colleges themselves. Immaculately kept lawns sweep down to the peaceful River Cam.

This photograph illustrates how the Victorian sea wall was designed to throw back the waves in a Channel gale.

The Stag Inn dates back to the 18th century, and the elm tree on the right reputedly marked the centre of Windsor Forest.

In the centre of the picture stands the forge, which is believed to date back over 670 years, although it is thought that horses and ponies were shod here long before that.

Powers were sought in Parliament to establish new residential areas, and many of the squares and avenues of modern- day Cheltenham date back to that period.

There is a great deal of attractive Georgian architecture, and a church dating back to the 12th century, with a beautifully decorated 15th-century font and handsome Carolean pulpit and reading desk

Parts of Little Comberton's church date back to at least the 12th century, though there was considerable rebuilding in 1887.

a most attractive position on the shore of Restronguet Creek off the Carrick Roads, the old thatched inn was once owned by the captain of the 'Pandora', which sailed to the South Pacific to bring back

This attractive scene, with fishing boats in a harbour backed by cottages climbing the hillside, gives the reason why.

A motor boat waits for passengers, and to recover skiffs abandoned by their occupants when it was time to bring them back. A queue has formed waiting to enter the swimming pool.

At the height of the canal era, the Wharf was a bustling depot where up to ten large barges could load and unload.

Barclays Bank's Dutch gable in Market Place gave way to concrete.

At the back rises the 17th-century tower of St Chad's Church.

The church, partly medieval with some rebuilding over the centuries, dominates what was a busy three days a week market square surrounded by Georgian frontages, and the banks of the river Avon.