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Prestatyn's station on the Chester and Holyhead section of the L & NWR meant that it became increasingly popular with holidaymakers, especially with those from the Liverpool area.

Stationers shop has a fine display of picture postcards including no doubt some Friths. Bailye the tailor has handed over the business to his relative Alec Johnson at No 1 Middle Row.

The tower of St John the Baptist's church in Station Road is visible on the left.

Bangor's main street runs between the station and the harbour. It is shown here crowded with shoppers and an early car. The street today has been partly pedestrianised.

The stretch of buildings on the other side of the station were once the original Company Shop (of the Rhymney Iron Company), which was set up and strictly run by Andrew Buchan - there was another similar

Prominent coastguard stations with clear Channel views were built along the coast as a deterrent, such as this one at Swanage.

When this photograph is enlarged, it is possible to make out a sign for the Fire Station on the right.

The original Charing Cross was also an Eleanor Cross - today's cross outside the station is a replica.

The quaint old clock tower with the fire station in its base, which stood at the foot of Gravel Hill, was an early casualty of the town planners' ruthless remodelling of the town centre.

Nearby is the station, dating back to 1840 and the only one on the 19-mile stretch of railway between Winchester and Basingstoke.

We are looking north down the slope to Station Way, and the bridge which dates from the opening of the railway in 1847.

Designed by Henry Edward Kendall in 1839, and situated to the west of Cockfosters Underground station, this stock brick church was financed by the Bevan family who owned Trent Park, and whose origins were

The amount of change since 1929 is surprisingly small, although Cookes the stationer's has become Austin's.

This is still one of the main punt hiring stations in Cambridge today, although the modern-day prices reflect the passage of time - at the time of this photograph, it cost 3s 6d to hire a punt and 3s a

Barton the grocer's (left) is now Snips and Clips, and Scupholm, the potato merchant next door, is now The Filling Station, a good sandwich shop. The Angel Inn is in the distance.

Fisherton Street was an important shopping street linking the railway station with the city centre.

The building on the left is the lifeboat station, erected in 1885; it is unusual that it is set at right angles to the beach.

Fisherton Street was an important shopping street linking the railway station with the city centre.

The first radar research station was set up at the manor in 1936, and was used extensively to pick up raiding Luftwaffe aircraft during the Battle of Britain in 1940.

On the left we can see the pediment and roof of the Baptist Chapel, built in 1856 on the recently-constructed Station Hill.

Hunstanton had been described in the 1860s as 'a compact little watering place with everything on a miniature scale - a little railway station, six or seven bathing machines etc...'

Alighting at the railway station, it was now possible to travel comfortably by carriage down Beach Road, admire the Esplanade, and return up Cliff Hill back to your train via Marine Parade and Plymouth

The bridge we can see here is a railway bridge built by the 'Little North Western', who constructed a line to Morecambe in 1849; their station was at Green Ayre.

Fisherton Street was an important shopping street linking the railway station with the city centre.