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The buildings here have not changed much, although the garage on the right is no longer there. There is a Maserati car dealership at the end of the High Street.

The 14th-century Mint House, on the left, was once the home of Andrew Borde - 'merry Andrew' - a former Carthusian Friar, and court physician to Henry VIII.

The Old Plough was opposite but closed in 1948, the licence being transferred to the 'new' Plough.

Shoppers on Newgate Street in 1923 were seeing prices slowly returning their pre-war levels.

Gradually absorbed to become a suburb of Tunbridge Wells over the first half of the 20th century, this section of village shops and businesses along the main highway running between London and Eastbourne

Built-in bathrooms for most people were still something of a novelty.

In the 1890s there were several tramway schemes to link Southport to Lytham St Anne's, though the real fly in the ointment was bridging the River Ribble.

All long piers such as those at Southport, Ramsey in the Isle of Man, and Southend, were equipped with tramways, though the original idea behind them was for the conveyance of passengers, baggage

Northenden Road was one of Sale's main streets for shops, along with Chapel Road, School Road and Washway Road.

Tower Bridge has become a virtual symbol of London, and it is certainly a very striking and remarkable structure.

One of the attractions at Embleton is its golf course, once only 9 holes but now the full 18.

By the 20th century, Goudhurst has quietened down considerably compared to earlier times, when the iron smelting and cloth making industries were at their peak.

The great house was New Place; it has now been converted into cottages. It was the home of the Palmer family in the time of Henry VIII. Ecclesden Manor is a long, low Tudor-style house built in 1634.

There was an initial problem, in that the law in Ireland dealing with such things did not allow the necessary action, so this had to be attended to.

Lord Donegall was quite willing, since he had just built the new Belfast Castle on the Antrim side of the town.

On the left, above the fourth sunblind, is a plaque informing the passer-by that Thomas Hardy was apprenticed here in 1856.

Situated 4.5 miles south of Birmingham, Bournville was chosen by George Cadbury in 1879 as the site for his new factory and for a model village for his workers.

Next to the circle is the railed King Stone, badly deformed by weather and people. The railings do little to enhance its setting.

Roath Park was laid out in 1894 at a cost of £62,000 - a considerable sum in those days. The land, 132 acres, was presented to the city by Lord Bute.

One of Anglesey's best-known sailing resorts, at the eastern end of the Menai Strait, Beaumaris was founded by Edward I, who built one of his great castles here, although it was never finished.

This was the scene of the Rebecca Riots in the 19th century, when local farmers and workers, protesting against the high level of tolls, disguised themselves in women's clothing and tore down the tollgates

The village had once been a centre for lead-mining, but by 1900 it was once again reliant upon agriculture, though there was still some quarrying carried out in the locality.

The Monmouthshire Canal ran from Newport to Pontymoile, with a branch to Crumlin. Allt-yr-yn is the name of the hill in the distance.

At this time Warburton was a small village on the south bank of the Mersey, five miles west of Altrincham and twelve miles from Manchester.