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These days Aberdeen is famous for its association with North Sea oil, but shipbuilding, fishing, papermaking and the quarrying of granite have all played their part in the city's development.

The triple gables of the early 17th-century house form the centrepiece, with flanking wings. John Ely, a Manchester architect, added the Tudoresque bay window to the right in 1894.

The house, probably of the 18th century, with its mix of thatch and stone slates, fine gate piers, and a less substantial gate, masks the Boot and Shoe.

Holidaymakers at this time could be forgiven for thinking that there was something of an army camp about the site!

This view, looking along the Roath Brook, does not give much idea of the park's scale. But at a total of 102 acres, the park was a pretty immense area for a day out.

A policeman stands on point duty at the junction of Lansdown, King Street, the High Street, and Gloucester Street, with the Greyhound Inn, built by the Stroud brewery in 1904, on the extreme

Middleham was once a major market town, but it is famous for two things: the training of racehorses, and its castle, home to Richard III.

Ely Cathedral, which can be seen from up to twenty miles away on a clear day, is one of the most stirring sights in Fenland.

The brickwork is rendered all over to assist with weather protection. The mill is shown in the photograph at a time when it was still trading, but not using windpower.

Ealing had been a modest village in Middlesex with a population of 7000 at the beginning of Queen Victoria's reign.

Situated at the north east of Loch Awe, Kilchurn is a 15th-century tower built by Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy.

This pleasant scene, just three-quarters of a mile from Park Square, is a good indication of the rural nature of the town and its economy at the time.

Tradition has it that the Devil visited Chesterfield one windy day and sat on the top of the spire so that he could have a good look at the place.

The pleasant later 19th-century houses look across at the cleared site upon which the Fire Station and the garage (once Regent, now Texaco) were built around the late 1950s.

When this picture was taken, the town hall, with its 225ft tower and spectacular frontage of giant columns and pilasters, was in desperate need of a good clean to rid it of decades of soot and grime

This view shows one of Salter's pleaseure steamers, the 'Henley', having just passed through Burford Bridge heading upstream towards Oxford.

Th A415 heads south along the 15th-century causeway above the marshy river meadows to Culham Bridge, built in 1416-22 by Abingdon's Fraternity of the Holy Cross, but now by-passed by a modern bridge.

The lad may be returning from the castle, which could be approached on this road at that time. The four houses on the right, built in 1817, are now private residences.

John Bright`s father Jacob built a cotton mill at Greenbank in 1809 and John became a partner when he was aged 16. John built his home, One Ash, opposite the mill in 1839.

In the distance is a corn-grinding post mill (centre left), possibly owned at this time by a Mr Mallett, whose worry was that the building of houses nearby would keep the wind from the mill's sails

The wooden cycle stand is positioned in front of the bay window with its tempting display. The post office closed c1972.

In 1955, at the time of this photograph, it became a school for emotionally disturbed children and was re-named Farley Close.

This was such a tranquil place in 1906; but now it lies on the main Dales road from Hawes to Leyburn.

At this time, all but the uppermost section of the east window had clear glass. Stained glass was introduced later in 1922.