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One of the most attractive features of Astle Park was the lake, now almost silted up.

Restoration of the pier began in 1996. The elegance of the pier was reflected in the broad streets of the town, which were built to resemble fine boulevards.

This photograph, probably taken from the top of St Mary Woolnoth Church, shows the view west down Poultry which leads directly into Cheapside.

The Museum housed a collection of fine art, drawings, rare books and geological specimens aimed at awakening an appreciation of art in Sheffield's skilled tradesmen.

Barnsley was founded by the monks of St John's Priory, Pontefract, after they had been granted the manor and rights to hold weekly markets and annual fairs.

In this, the most interesting of all the houses in York, a young apprentice plumber stated that while he was working in the cellar, he heard a trumpet playing; then he saw an army of Roman soldiers

In the 1920s, the owner of a chain of grocery stores had two carved cats placed on the upper front of his shop - they were supposed to frighten the rats away from the river bank.

The Prince Albert stands further south on Horley Road, actually in South Earlsfield rather than Salfords, and north of the junction of Horley Road with Woodhatch Road.

The covered stalls and amusement tents are huddled together in the shelter of the cliffs.

The lights have been hung ready for the summer illuminations.The pier was always a spectacular sight at this time of year.

This is the second public house of the village, and a lot less famous than the Maypole. It was originally a beer house, which was established as the village grew.

The Museum housed a collection of fine art, drawings, rare books and geological specimens aimed at awakening an appreciation of art in Sheffield's skilled tradesmen.

A large hoarding advertising Fry's Chocolate on the side of the building replaces the signwriting.

Many of the houses along this stretch of the cliff top have decorative balconies overlooking the sea.

Between is the flat farmland running inland from Porlock Bay between the wooded northern edge of Exmoor's sandstone hills and the hills west of Minehead.

The village takes it name from Smallfield Place, an estate given to John de Burstow in the reign of Edward III for services rendered during the French wars.

The pier, one of the few surviving Victorian piers in the country, has recently undergone extensive restoration.

The town developed in the 19th century as a suburb of Manchester for those who could afford to live away from the smoke and grime, and could also spare the time to travel.

Some claim that the grandeur of its design vershadowed that of the Coal Exchange prompting the latter's overhaul and refurbishment in 1911.

Wiltshire & Sons (left of photograph) opened their first supermarket in the 1960s, which later became Gateway in 1973.

A quay has been constructed in front of Quay House on the left, where there appears to be a good fire burning in the grate. In the background is the Royal Arms Hotel.

Before you reach Ingoldmells, north of Skegness, you pass one of Butlins' largest holiday camps. Indeed, it was Billy Butlin's very first one, opened in 1936 and the first in the country.

Bordering the wonderful weald of Kent, Chipstead is near the great house of Chevening - a favourite spot for Prince Charles.

At that time the agricultural industry was in the middle of a depression, with much of the countryside derelict.