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For centuries the Thames has played a part in Benson's history.

Visit the church at Yateley, and have a look at the glass in the 13th- century east window: it depicts Peter and John, and is the work of William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Pontrhydfendigaid means 'bridge of the blessed ford', and this is that bridge. By it is the village shop.

There are more bicycles than cars in this 1950s view of Sheerness High Street.

This whole area is now somewhat overgrown, making access difficult, and the remains are more ruinous.

In grander and more prosperous days Ashburton was one of the region's strategic stannary towns. Mining finally came to a halt in the 19th century.

The left- hand ground-floor window now matches its fellow, three dormers have replaced the original two, the end elevation has plasterwork instead of tile-hanging, a larger window and more

The River Teme rises in the Kerry Hills of Radnorshire and flows through 75 miles of beautiful countryside before it meets the River Severn just south of Worcester.

The Picture House on North Street was still doing excellent business, in spite of competition from the nearby and more modern Ritz cinema (1938).

Fishing was a rough and dangerous way to earn a living.

Motor cruisers were becoming larger and more numerous, almost crowding out the traditional sailing boats.

Cloche hats and knee-length skirts place this picture firmly in the roaring twenties.

As more and more injured men came back from the front, a larger hut hospital was built on the playing fields of King's and Clare Colleges, with 'open-air' wards such as this one housing the patients.

In 1882, the American firm of Singers opened a sewing-machine factory, bringing yet more jobs and more people to the area. Clydebank became a burgh in 1886.

Quay Station was the original town-side stop for the Ilfracombe train.

West Street was originally part of the main route through Sompting, linking it to Broadwater and North Lancing.

The streets are packed with onlookers, and anxious officials wait by the entrance to the site of the new town hall.

They may have a few trees to look at, but as far as the amenities of their home are concerned, these elephants do not fare any better than the gorilla.

This is the entrance front; the rows of Nissen huts and a water tank above the roofline are features of the former Nautical School, linked to HMS 'Ganges'.

In this view the trees are more mature and obscure the long facades of this eleven hundred foot long road.

J & K Deadman's stores (left) would probably have sold every kind of provision you could have imagined - and more.

St Osyth once had thriving lime-kilns and maltings, as well as wharves and a tide-mill.

By the time of this photograph, the river was being used more and more for pleasure: streamlined boats are moored by the bank, and a canoe with its lone occupant is heading towards Lendal Bridge.

In the foreground are cottages, some thatched, while in the distance are some more urban later houses of two and three full storeys.