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This Gothic arched doorway was originally the front door of The Mount, which was where Stanley Baldwin lived as a boy. The 19th century house is now a hotel (the Stourport Manor Hotel).

Discipline was strict, which caused a revolt when some boys took food from the kitchen and barricaded themselves in, armed with pistols. Armed men were brought to force a way in.

It was built in 1720, and until 1857 had been owned by Miss Caroline Henty, the niece of the Edwardian boy’s adventure story writer, G A Henty.

Edward Elgar used it regularly as a boy, crossing from his home in Worcester to his school at Lower Wick. This picture appears to show King's School pupils using it.

It was built in 1720, and until 1857 had been owned by Miss Caroline Henty, the niece of the Edwardian boy's adventure story writer, G A Henty.

Henry Milling & Co's family grocers with its familiar Ovaltine sign soon disappeared; Gaskell's Farm Shop stopped selling bacon, and time was running out for John Manners' 'Gents & Boys' clothes shop.

The view looks south-east; the pond on the right survives, and on the left is the Boys' and Girls' School with its bellcote.

Every one of the well-dressed children wears a hat: only the rather scruffy boy to the left is bare headed.

The camera proves to be a magnet to two small boys (extreme right).

While boys and girls are taught separately, the educational organisation for both is similar, with Junior, Lower and Middle Schools and a Sixth Form.

Here we can have a closer look at the famous bridge, with a group of boys fishing by the bandstand (left).

The school in the background was founded in 1541 by John Incent, Dean of St Paul's, to provide education for 144 boys.

Note the errand boy's bike propped up against the gas light. There is a motorbike and sidecar up in the corner near the Butter Cross.

Finally, nearest the camera stands the imposing building The Chase, which was built in 1846 as a boarding house for boys and the master of the local Grammar School.

Here we see the south front of the grammar school; it is now Bedford School, and from the start took boarders as well as day boys.

A fisherwoman in a tall hat stands behind the donkey boys and their mounts.

In the foreground a girl poses with hands on hips, while a boy laughs at her antics.

The national school was attended by 200 boys and girls. The neat and commodious building was erected in 10 acres of land at a cost of £1,000, and received several endowments.

substantial number of employees might appear surprising, it is worth remembering that at this time they would be providing three deliveries and seven collections on weekdays to residents, while the telegraph boys

A fisherwoman in a tall hat stands behind the donkey boys and their mounts.

The foreground is now a football pitch, where boys' teams are urged on by roaring, fanatical fathers from the touchline.

In 1963 the Hall was again sold, becoming an independent school for boys.

Also in that period massive pits surrounded Altofts, and the Church of St Mary Magdalene (1890) has a window memorial to the 32 men and boys (and 53 horses) killed in the explosion at the West Riding

Some fine buildings stand in this part of the town centre; there are many other good ones - the Black Boys Inn and the Old Hall are the best examples.