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It followed in the tradition of two earlier arches, also designed by the eighty-year-old local artist Lucy Kemp-Welch, for the 1937 Silver Jubilee of George V and the Coronation of George VI in 1937

While not obvious from this photograph, Gresford is most famous for the tragic mining disaster of 1934 when 266 lives were lost following an explosion and fire at the Gresford Colliery.

Arrested during the persecution of Protestants that followed Mary Tudor's accession to the throne, Hooper was held in custody for seventeen months before the law to burn heretics was passed.

The neo-Georgian buildings around Central Circus clearly reflect that date, with the somewhat faceless super-cinema following a decade or so later.

Following the armistice in 1918, war memorials were erected by many parishes throughout the British Isles, either close to the church, or in a public place, as a symbol of a shared grief,

To create suitable access to the show, Battenhall Road was made and a residential suburb inevitably followed.

The first stone castle was built by David I; it was extensively modified around 1411 following the sack of the town by the Lord of the Isles the previous year.

George V and Queen Mary visited the castle on 8 July 1912, only to return the following day to offer condolences to the families of the 35 men lost in the huge explosions at Cadeby Colliery.

Later it was dissected and, following a Yorkshire custom, her skin was tanned and distributed in small pieces to those who applied.

The Harpur Trust, following the decay of its school in the 18th century, made ample amends in the 19th with the Harpur Schools in the 1830s; then after 1873 it had three further schools built

Following the Battle of Wakefield, a number of Yorkist nobles, including Sir Thomas Vaughan, Sir Richard Grey, and the Earl Rivers, were summarily put to death on the orders of Richard III.

Holyhead has seen a decline in recent years, although Swift was able to write in 1727 that it was 'scurvy, ill-provided and comfortless', so recent trends may have followed a pattern.

After the building of a purpose- built home in another part of the town, Gisborough Hall was turned into a restaurant, and following a recent major refurbishment and extension project,

Two railways touched the town: the North West line was followed by the famous Settle-Carlisle line in 1876.

Spence’s design was attacked by traditionalists for being too modern; others saw it as a statement of Coventry’s renewal following the blitz.

Executed in an imposing neo Georgian style, the hospital opened in 1933 and was completed the following year.

Further north-east we reach Crowborough, a village that became a health resort in the 1870s when Lord Abergavenny followed the advice of a Dr Prince.

On the left-hand side, W Cushen, a silk mercer and undertaker's office, is followed by a fruiterer and greengrocer's, a stationery shop, a barber's, and a fishmonger.

This type of mill predates tower and smock mills, utilizing the simple principal of following the wind by revolving the body of the building round a fixed central post.

The following year car sales topped the million mark for the first time at 1,030,694 vehicles.

Inserting the tower on four piers inside the existing building was a great feat of engineering skill, and following the 1539 Suppression, dismantling the tower proved too difficult.

A similar view to the one above, but this follows work carried out to the chancel by Sir Charles Nicholson in 1932. Note also the new screen on the right for the Lady Chapel.

The shops on the right are Thompson Bros, clothiers, at number 16, followed by Wild`s Hat Manufactory, established in 1850, then Freeman, Hardy & Willis (boots and shoes) at number 20, Thomas Davies

The sections from Leeds to Gargrave and from Wigan to Liverpool followed by 1777. Then the funding ran out. For years progress was slow, but the missing stages were finally completed in 1816.