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THE CROWN INN c1955 The Crown Inn at Hallow was a popular venue for the motoring public visiting from nearby Worcester.

In September 1909 the 7623yds long Rivelin Tunnel was completed at a cost of £150,000.

There are several stories as to how the zulu got its name, but the first of the type does appear to have been built around 1879 at the time of the Zulu War.

A small boy in a rowing boat gazes at his reflection in the waters of Windermere in this summer photograph.

A room at the Prospect cost from 4s 6d, with dinner at 6s a head, which put it in the same price as the Grand in Cornwall Road, but more expensive than the West Park, where rooms were from 3s, and dinner

In the background is St Wilfred's, which was repaired in 1612 at the expense of Sir William Craven. The church houses an 11th-century font and some fragments of Anglo-Saxon sculpture.

This almost deserted beach at the village of Angmering-on-Sea dramatically contrasts with the crowds at the larger and more popular resorts.

To encourage people to walk along a pier, attractions were invariably provided at the head.

When Ascot commemorated the accession of Edward VII by building a new grandstand, the Duke of Richmond responded by building an imposing two-tier grandstand to accommodate 10,000 persons at a cost of £40,000

The schooner anchored here, awaiting high tide to allow it to enter the canal, is the 'President Garfield'. The lifeboat is the third one to be stationed at Bude, the 'Elizabeth Moore Garden 2'.

Around the beginning of the 20th century there was little difference in the cost of accommodation at either the Victoria, the Prince of Wales, or the Royal, though eating at the latter was slightly

This inn on the Great North Road was built in 1642 from the local limestone. It has a central carriageway and two wings; at the rear they formed an open courtyard with stables and a barn.

Upper Stroud is in the distance, with Park Road below, still at this period containing only a few large private houses.

The open-air swimming pool at the Miners' Holiday Centre was a popular spot on a sunny day. It had a glass screen sheltering it from the sea breezes.

In 1644, James Graham, 5th Earl of Montrose, raised an army to fight for King Charles I.

A notable Victorian inhabitant of Bere Alston was Percival Johnson, who lived at Ward House from 1846-55.

Streatley lies at the junction of several major routes as they converge on the Goring Gap. The Bull at Streatley public house is on the left.

This set of 16 locks is part of the famous flight of 29 at Caen Hill.

At the junction of High Street and Higham Green, opposite the chancel of St Thomas's Church, is the old Court Hall, a 14th-century building restored and altered in the 19th century as a museum.

Opened in 1934 on the site of the former Middleton Hall corn mill, these gardens became another focal point for the town and a much-loved asset.

At the bottom of the street is the bridge over the River Bollin and the Manor house.

This was Wilmslow`s main shopping street after the war, and by 1955 the traffic restrictions had started to appear, with the no-waiting signs at the top of the street.

In 1890 the John Ruskin Museum relocated from a house at Walkley to Meersbrook House in Meersbrook Park.

Despite being an ancient settlement, Maltby was still little more than a village at the beginning of the 20th century. Then things changed.