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They would not have been able to afford the fees, for one thing: they were 10s 6d entrance, and a guinea a year subscription.

Twinkle-toed holidaymakers were able to 'Dance to the Melotones'. The pier survived a £2 million blaze on August Bank Holiday Monday 1989, and is a commercial success.

The hob was fond of children, and was able to cure ailments.

The hob was fond of children, and was able to cure ailments.

Passengers occupying the roof seats were able to enter the hotel directly through an upper door, saving them the nuisance of having to clamber down from the coach.

This development of 178 dwellings was built in 1952-55, so these children will have been able to go to the brand new school in the village.

As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.

Although they do not have immediate plans to raise them, they may be able to create 3-D computer images of the stones using ground–probing radar, and thus 'raise' them virtually.

Here we see busy shoppers, but little traffic - one man (centre right) is even able to pause in the middle of the road to pick something up!

At Acle, on the river Bure, wherries and sailing craft glide by under the old bridge, their masts lowered.

He was able to combine his knowledge of the countryside with his skill as a writer, using prose and imagery to illustrate his great love for creation.

Providing a mixture of both residential and commercial property, Peabody Road was still enough part of the shopping centre to be able to boast Curzon and Son's betting shop, Tottles' newsagents, the

As one old guide book pointed out, 'To every broadsman who quants his wherry along the slow rivers, Acle Bridge is a haven or port of call.

The port was able to send twenty ships to Calais in 1347, thanks to the financial success of the wool trade, but its privileges were curtailed by Henry VIII in favour of Poole, and the

Today, beside the war memorial, there is a captured German submarine gun; this was presented to Chepstow to commemorate the bravery of Able Seaman William Charles Williams, who was awarded the Victoria

narrow passage leading down to St Mary's Street was home in 1900 to a fishmonger and hairdresser, as well as the Hole in the Wall Inn, previously the Coach and Horses (although it is hard to imagine being able

The old rogue lived to a respectable, though gout-ridden, old age, writing his memoirs and receiving a small pension from the respect- able local worthy Lord Rolle, who admired the wily Jack's

They were able to occupy the house again in 1975.

However, if they were able-bodied they had to do menial tasks to earn their keep.

Although expected to be able to withstand the elements on this exposed stretch of coast, it was badly damaged by gales in the winter of 1900, and was finally dismantled by Bournemouth

Perhaps some can just remember the time of this photograph, of being able to sit in a quiet, fairly plain bar with a glass of cold beer, with no machines, and no music. Halcyon days!

This view from the water meadows is a very well known one, and relatively little changed today, although it would look very different to a late medieval traveller – he or she would be able to see fourteen

Until 1948 divers had only been able to reach and explore Chamber 9.

They were also able to wave to passers-by.