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It needed seventy pairs of narrow boats to work the trips carrying coal to Stourport power station.

Along here were the Shire Hall, the Victoria Institute, the Hop Market, St Nicholas Church, Foregate Station, hotels, shops, and the main post office.

Beside the distant railway station, the chimney of the old brickworks stands out on the skyline.

St John's Church stands at the busy crossroads of the High Street and Station Road, which runs towards Fry's (now Cadbury's) chocolate factory at Somerdale.

Houses in Park Avenue were in great demand by professional people who work took them to Cardiff - like the Parade, the nearness of Barry Station and the view over the Old Harbour were great incentives

A quiet village on the outskirts of Woodbridge, maybe, but the sign on the pub is a reminder of the concentration of military bases in East Anglia at the height of the Cold War, with the radar station

There is a marvellous sense of past in this photograph with the rustic service station and long line of old cottages that flank the crenellated Globe Hotel.

Behind is the Carlisle Pier, the former mail boat terminal, together with its station.

So close to the English border is Knighton that the railway station and hotel are actually on English soil.

Christ Church is seen here from Station Road, at the time when the vicar was the Reverend E M B Southwell. The church was built in 1869 at a cost of £2,900 and replaced an earlier church.

The station is just a few yards from the site of the little gas-lit halt of Burnt Mill.

Carlisle and Sons' delivery van waits at the level crossing near Silecroft Station on the west coast route between Barrow and Workington, which opened to traffic in 1848.

It was established in 1696 and by 1890 had amassed accumulated funds of over two million pounds.To its right is the railway bridge from Holborn Viaduct Station.

On the left, between A G Day's, the stationer, newsagent and bookseller's shop and the Angel Inn with its illuminated sign, is the old archway topped by the town clock, all of which are owned by the

The Nissen hut on the left has today given way to a building occupied by the Lifeboat Station and Dorset Police Marine Section.

Behind it is the Town Hall of 1825, containing council chambers, a market hall and a police station. The horse-drawn coach is perhaps waiting for custom from the Elephant and Castle Hotel opposite.

The radar mast (left) was one of the chain-home low stations established by Watson Watt in 1938-39 to detect low-flying aircraft.

The electric tramway ran from Chester General station through the town and crossed the Dee by way of the Grosvenor Bridge. It then continued to Eaton Park and Saltney.

Thanks to a railway station providing train services to London, Brockenhurst began to expand during the second half of the 19th century and continued to develop in the 20th century, establishing itself

The Town Hall with its round corner turret was designed by Liddell & Brown and built in 1907-08; the fire station in Lawson Street and the public baths were part of the same scheme.

To the right are the post-war council houses and the filling station in the Globe Hotel car park. The blue sign for the M1 (left) is a new addition to the countryside.

The forecourt of a National petrol station can be seen beyond the main building. The local shops include Appletons the baker's, a small supermarket, a chemist's and an off-licence.

Corringham was a small, remote village before the coming of the oil-refineries: the petrol-station sign in the distance says it all. This parade was built in 1929.

The bus station managed to combine functionalism with aesthetics. The mosaic along its fascia measures 315?×?13ft, and consists of 16,000 hand-printed tiles. The artist was John Gordon.