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The older generation, one with his newspaper, wait for opening time at this aptly-named pub down by the fishing harbour.

Nearby is the 125- foot Lansdowne Monument, an obelisk designed by Sir Charles Barry and erected by the 3rd Marquess to commemorate his ancestor, the economist Sir William Petty.

Well tended chalet gardens invite their occupants to sit outside and take in the sea air, obviously unpolluted by the fumes of heavy traffic.

They would be towed down to the sea, possibly by the horse in the picture.

Demolition of the Grammar School began in June 1998, and by the following January plans were approved for the building of these modern homes.

The photographer is being closely observed by the man looking over the railings on the left of the picture.

Clearly, this was a town dominated by the Salisbury family and their home at Hatfield House.

By the end of the Victorian period the scale of amenities offered by larger boarding houses, such as the Eardley Boarding Establishment at Splash Point, often overlapped with those of newly erected

By the 1950s many of Stroud's locally-owned small shops were giving way to familiar chain stores, though the streets remained relatively free of motor traffic.

At this date the town had just one hotel recommended by the Dunlop Motorists Guide. This was the 25-bedroom Royal George.

Around this time Staffordshire dairy farms were producing nearly 80 million gallons of milk a year; by the 1960s it had risen to over 90 million gallons.

Judging by the debris and the description of its location on a bend of the river, this is where the water-powered mill used to be situated.

The premises of W V Dunn's East Cornwall Grocery Stores (left) are now occupied by the Paxman Pharmacy, but the spot is still known as Dunn's Corner.

Around this time Staffordshire dairy farms were producing nearly 80 million gallons of milk a year; by the 1960s it had risen to over 90 million gallons.

The gardens are now looked after by the corporation; they feature two fountains, which are replicas of those at Hampton Court, as well as superb floral displays.

For many families in the years of post-war austerity, a caravan holiday offered the ideal solution to a holiday by the sea.

By the time this photograph was taken building to the left of the picture had been painted and deprived of its bay window. The street is now tarmacadam.

The town was well laid-out, and there were plenty of opulent villas available for those merchants and industrialists who preferred to live by the sea and commute.

Roundhay Park was purchased by the council in 1872. It comprised 775 acres, including woodlands, lakes and a manor house, part of which was turned into refreshment rooms.

By the late 1920s, not a bathing machine graces the water's edge in this view of the crowded Margate Sands, looking towards the Harbour with the Pierhead Lighthouse.

Even olde thatched cottages were displaying aerials by the 1950s. This half-timbered building with its thatched porch and gateway is one of the oldest in Little Comberton.

Theories abound on the origin of the name, including a derivation from the knickerbockers worn by the navvies who built the railway.

By the late 1920s, not a bathing machine graces the water's edge in this view of the crowded Margate Sands, looking towards the Harbour with the Pierhead Lighthouse.

The entrance to the Meldreth Training School, run by the Spastics Society, is on the left.