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From here we can just see the dome of the Corn Exchange (centre). On the left is the Shaftesbury Café, which became Jay's Furnishing Stores in 1915.

Here we see the beginnings of a familiar retail pattern: multinationals are taking over the high street. On the left is Home & Colonial, which by this date had several hundred branches.

Here we see the bridge over the River Greta in the busy little market town of Keswick in the northern Lakes.

We can see the back of the boat station, with 'cushion huts' peeping out behind the strolling crowds, whilst to the right 'Schneider's gate' is flanked by the bold 'Belsfield Hotel' sign.

In 1947 over 57,000 punters flocked to Newcastle Races on Plate Day to see the first running of the race since 1939.

We can see the 15th-century tower of St George's church on the horizon (left). This was rebuilt to the designs of Sir Gilbert Scott in 1858 after a major fire five years earlier.

Here we see the remains of the great triple-towered gatehouse. It is thought that Edward I's engineer-architect Master James of St George was responsible for its design.

Behind the horse and trap (left) we can just see the little gate used by Schneider en route to and from his steam yacht.

When the Ship Canal first opened (our view is only twelve months after that opening on 1 January 1894), many people wanted to travel, and see the wonders of this new waterway.

We can see the magnificent east window of the chancel and the unusual east window of the nave, both almost filling the wall with glass.

The poet Alfred Tennyson walked across the hills from Bridport in order to see the spot in August 1867.

As we look southwards from the Hele stone, through the middle arch, we can see the tallest stone of the inner horseshoes of trilithons.

Here we see the beginnings of a familiar retail pattern: multinationals are taking over the high street. On the left is Home & Colonial, which by this date had several hundred branches.

Here we see the well-loved old glass-roofed Floral Pavilion with the Spa Theatre behind.

Here we see the deviation that leads to London, Cheltenham and Cirencester. The TGWU building stands at the junction with Worcester Street.

This is another viewpoint on the Edge, from which it is usually possible to see the Cage in Lyme Park.

The tombstone of a cavalry rider and a replica of a parade helmet are what visitors come from far away to see. The original helmet, found by the river Ribble in 1796, is in the British Museum.

Here we see the church path leading up to it, with 16th-century cottages on the left and Dorset House on the right.

As we look toward West Pier from the west, we see the landward pavilion at the right, then the tower of the Metropole to its left. Nearer the camera are a range of somewhat disparate stucco fronts.

Spilsby Rural District Council is stating its presence – see the concrete sign (left foreground). The store is also advertising its wares.

In this view, we see the smoking chimneypots of Greenock and the entrance to Gare Loch.

Here we see the Grapes Hotel. The young men by the bike outside seem to be in uniform, so they probably came from the airbase.

Here we see the gatehouse and the moat of the tower-keep. As a professional soldier, William Herbert had fought for and been knighted by Henry VI.

There is a tendency to see the development of the London suburbs only in terms of public transport, but the motorcar proved increasingly important from this period.