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Prior to the advent of mass car ownership cycling to the park was an even more popular option than today. With so many bicycles present this busy scene is more reminiscent of Oxford or Cambridge.

To the left is the confectionary shop of H Bovett; then comes the Volunteer Inn, and in the distance the premises of the East Devon Motor Company - unchanged in use today, for it is still

This view encompasses the whole village looking across the extensive salt marshes, which are a haven for birds of every description, especially wild-fowl and migrating birds.

This is an excellent study of an Edwardian post office, with the postman on his cart, the telegraph boys at the door, and the postcards on display.

Polgooth grew up in the 19th century as a mining village to the south west of St Austell.

For long described as 'the oldest house in Wales', and dating from the 1300s, this medieval merchant's house has attracted visitors since the early years of the last century.

By 1713 the Chester Room of the Kings Head was being used by the Court of Attachments of Waltham Forest, which met to decide on minor disputes.

On the western approach to the town, St Andrew's Church, in St Andrew's Road, was built in 1862. Many of its parishioners were employed by the Romford brewery.

This photograph successfully shows the long incline of Perrymount Road. The bus coming up the hill would have already passed the recreation ground.

Only a modern lamp-post detracts from the rural tranquility of Rectory Lane on its way to the old village.

This view along the main street towards the Market Square displays an air of rural pragmatism, with several of the shops displaying their wares for inspection outside.

Although built by Edward I, Harlech is considered the most Welsh of the Edwardian castles.

Viewed from the west, the façade of the west front is dominated by the Great West Window and the Triple Arch Door.The west front of many cathedrals were intended to be showpieces.

Behind is the wooded western spur of Conegar on the side of Chapel Hill, and medieval St Catherine's Chapel (left) with Portland projecting beyond.

The stone-arched building on the right was the postern tower built in 1497 on St Mary's Abbey walls; it is now an office for First York Buses.

Diverging from High Street at the junction with Station Road, Wellington Avenue led directly to the 'Cathedral Church of the British Army'.

Just north of Floodgate Pool was the floodgate keeper's cottage, which was demolished in the 1950s. The family out for a stroll have stopped on the path to talk to the gatekeeper.

This bridge over the Stour leads from The Croft (adjacent to St Gregory's Church on the right) to Fullingpit Meadows, part of Sudbury freemen's land, on the left.

Those people who could afford it were, already in the 1800s, establishing their homes beyond the old town of Runcorn on the higher ground around Runcorn Hill.

The 16th-century Guildhall was built on the site of the priory refectory.

The tall chimneys pictured here remind us of Bollington's industrial history.

Part of the 'deal' whereby Oxfordshire surrendered Caversham to Reading in 1911 was the rebuilding of the sub-standard 1869 bridge.

From within the churchyard the chequer pattern of the walls is evident, with limestone blocks alternating with small panels of flint to give a rich decorative effect.

This is one of the oldest parts of Shirley, where Stratford Road meets Olton Road and Haslucks Green Road.