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A fire on August Bank Holiday Monday 1931 destroyed a small seaward end pavilion, erected in 1907, along with the mid-length shelters and shops.

It has since served as a police station, reading room and bank.

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

High walls enclose the water channel, for although the village lies some seven miles from the coast, it is barely above sea-level: the houses lining the river bank have been flooded many times over

On the far bank, to the left, lie Fleetwood's docks. The large building is the North Euston Hotel, and to its right is the lower of Fleetwood's two lighthouses.

.` This, indeed, harks back to the ceremony`s original function.

There used to be a shed at the back where you could get your radio accumulator recharged, when radios had such things. During the Great War, The Lion served as a hospital.

The Capital and Counties Bank is still very much to the fore, while the premises of Mellor's jewellers shop are somewhat overshadowed next door.

The Red Lion, seen on the right, is the oldest inn in Adderbury, dating back to the 16th century. Situated on the main Oxford Road, it became a coaching inn, and today it is a hotel.

F W Woolworth's, with its large window display and traditional sign, occupies a building which dates back to the 15th century, while the foundation stones of Burton's menswear shop, with its flamboyant

This lovely half-timbered house is typical of many houses in this quiet neighbourhood, not far from the banks of the River Severn.

In 1811 Sir Walter Scott purchased the Cartley Hole estate on the banks of the Tweed and changed its name to Abbotsford.

This is an old name for a pub; it dates back to times when the brewer would hang a bit of a bush over the front door to advertise that a new brew was ready.

We are looking back the other way from R16047, with Sparks bakery and restaurant next door to the local branch of W H Smith (left).

The church has been much altered; parts date back to the 14th century, with later additions from 1645 and 1711. In 1885 Rowland Egerton Warburton of Arley built a new church in the village.

Here we see the carriages of the wealthy assembled and waiting to take their clients back to their hotels and villas.

A Manchester Corporation tramcar stands at the Altrincham terminus in Railway Street, its route back to Manchester being by way of Stamford New Road, Sandiway Road, Manchester Road, Washway Road, Cross

When built, it consisted of a chancel, nave, transepts, and an unusual saddle-back tower.

Pershore is an old market town of considerable charm on the right bank of the River Avon.

The main road leads back to Bagshot. The shop and cottages have survived the ravages of modernisation.

The style on the left suggests that it dates from somewhat earlier - perhaps as far back as the previous century.

To the north-west lies Weyhill, famous for its large country fair dating back to the 13th century.

The parish church of this re-modelled village dates back to Norman times and has a 13th-century font.

The church dates back to the Norman Conquest, though it contains additions from most historic periods.