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Tens of thousands of new entrants into the Merchant Navy received their basic training at 'Vindicatrix'.

The 1960s were a decade of great change in Bedford's skyline.

The twin-towered gatehouse, or Le Gemeltour Supra Portram as it was called in a survey of the castle undertaken in 1343, is flanked on the right by the Prison Tower (Le Prisontour), and on the left by

From further west this view gives a good idea of the Georgian and later brick frontages added to the mainly 17th century timber-framed cottages lining the High Street and giving the town its distinctive

The Church of St John the Evangelist was completed in 1870.

On its summit are the remains of Jubilee Tower, built at a cost of £6,000 to celebrate the Jubilee (the 50th year of his reign) of George III in 1810, and once a prominent landmark.

The Knoll, rising 550 feet from the Somerset flatlands between the Rivers Axe and Brue, is topped by one of Somerset's finest Iron Age hill forts.

The church of St Margaret has Norman walling and windows.

This view, along the Portsmouth Road, formerly the A3, shows the late Victorian expansion of Kingston past Surbiton.

This view was taken at the crossroads of Woodfield Road, Barnett Wood Lane and Craddocks Parade, the 1930s three- storey flats over shops.

Before the New Town was even a dream in a developer's eye, a group of children pose for the camera in the quaint little old-world town, with the spire of St Mary the Virgin's church on the left.

By the beginning of the 20th century the national retail chains were opening branches along what was considered one of the finest streets for shopping in England.

Much of the village is owned by the Cowdray Estate, near Midhurst, and many of the cottages in Cocking have their woodwork painted the bright yellow of the estate.

The town of Strathpeffer owes its popularity to the discovery of sulphurous springs in the 18th century.

Friars Fleet winds along the back of the town and joins the Ouse close by the quay. King's Lynn flourished into one of richest ports in the land in medieval times.

Opened in 1928, it replaced a previous Fortune of War (now a printer's on the Billericay road), which had itself been founded, supposedly, by a soldier returning from the Napoleonic Wars.

Market stalls were supposed to be erected and removed either side of market days, but inevitably it became easier to leave them stacked for use (left).

This Wealden village lies on a Roman road.

This ship was one of a fleet of six owned by the Belfast Steamship Company. She was one of its express boats, which provided a nightly service to Liverpool from Donegall Quay.

This perfect walking territory is within yards of the town.

The Old Deanery on the north side of the Green is a large 15th-century building with an inner courtyard. In 1497 Henry VII stayed here after the Perkin Warbeck uprising.

Pallister Road is the impressive Bank Building built in 1899 to house the London & County Bank as well as a number of shops, including the Home and Colonial Stores.

Max Miller featured in seven comedies filmed here, and Errol Flynn began his career in one of the films and was promptly whisked off to Hollywood once his talent was recognized.

In the 10th century, when permission was granted for a house to be built on the bar, the yearly rent charged was sixpence.