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Another of the region's many woollen manufacturing towns, Heckmondwike still exhibits the same no-nonsense, down-to-earth air which characterises this part of the county.

Another view of the High Street, looking in the opposite direction. The ornate building on the left is no longer The Chippenham Co-operative Society, but a department store.

Another pleasure steamer ploughs its watery furrow in the shade of Windsor Castle. In the foreground, a group of girls are getting muddy and wet.

It would not be possible to take this photograph today, as the pier was destroyed by storms in 1979.

The fine lines of Bisley Church show that this is another village that earned its wealth from the wool trade, its magnificent spire declaring to the neighbourhood the pride of its benefactors - the wool

Ludham is a crossroads village set on higher ground between the rivers Thurne and Ant, both tributaries of the Bure. It is at the head of its own tributary channel to the Bure, Womack Water.

Burtons and Timothy Whites face one another across Union Street, drawing many shoppers to the town. However, Aldershot offers much more than shops.

Another view of Waterhead shows the Waterhead Hotel, built to serve the increasing numbers of tourists who were arriving by train at the lakeside station at Bowness, and catching a steamer up the lake

The ornate fountain and clock tower forms the centrepiece of the Market Place, but it looks as though Willenhall will soon have another attraction, the Zorba Grill—no doubt inspired by the film starring

Another interesting building is the Red Lion, an old coaching inn outside of which is a milepost inscribed '100 miles London'. In 1906 a night at the Red Lion would have set you back 2s 6d.

The ornate fountain and clock tower forms the centrepiece of the Market Place, but it looks as though Willenhall will soon have another attraction, the Zorba Grill—no doubt inspired by the film starring

Royston is another former colliery town north of Barnsley.

Its present name also reminds us of another old local industry: it is now called Malthouse Cottage.

A boulter was another name for a miller.

Another fine study, this time looking west along the nave to the west front. The flags shown in the previous picture are seen near the Gate. This view is taken from near the choir and pulpit.

Both Charles I and Oliver Cromwell stayed in the village during the Civil War.

Margate suffered from both bombing and shelling during the First World War, and many people left the town.

Askrigg station is on the North Eastern Railway route between Northallerton and a conection with the Midland Railway at Hawes.

Judging by the parked cars, it is not a market day. The upper windows of Warner's Café are attractively surrounded with half-crown tiles.

The nearby Elizabethan Madingley Hall was the residence for both Edward VII and George VI during their time in Cambridge as undergraduates.

Here we have another view of North Landing, showing the brick-built lifeboat house.

The photographer's viewpoint in both instances is now the entrance to a new piazza. The Ship Hotel on the left is now known as the Ship and Royal.

settlement was once the centre of a local iron-working industry, and the white-painted Gun Inn with its swinging signboard was where John Browne, the local ironmaster, designed ordnance for the navies of both

Cheap rail fares and discounts at digs for block bookings boosted the holiday trade at both Blackpool and Southport.