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The Mobil petrol station is just off to the left - they were evidently offering Green Shield Stamps in return for purchases at that time.

At this time it belonged to E H Rodger, and traded as a stationer's, confectioner's and lending library. It is now a newsagent.

Far left of the bridge is Trimperley, with the Severn Trent reservoir and pumping station.

The building, now a private residence, is on the road to Cartmel, and is nearly opposite the former Constabulary Station.

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

This was the wireless station where Guglielmo Marconi first transmitted signals to Newfoundland in December 1901.

and central government; Weston Park Museum and the Mappin Art Gallery are undergoing a Heritage Lottery facelift of nearly £20- million, the entry into Sheffield outside the Sheffield railway station

Freshfield station is still open, though it lost its goods traffic in 1968.

The High Street, leading to the railway station (which opened in 1850, providing access to London and other parts of the country), was thriving in the decades before the First World War.

You can also see the National Benzole filling station in the hotel car park. The first garage in Weedon was opposite the Globe Hotel in the Wheatsheaf car park.

The off-licence on the corner of Lackford Road and Station Parade no longer sells Watney`s ales, and currently remains empty with a chartered architect`s name by the door.

By the end of the Great War the town had lost many of its young men—they had marched away past the Steamer Hotel along Dock Street to the railway station.

Singleton was one of the model villages built up and down the country in the 19th century: Squire Miller provided St Anne's Church, picturesque cottages for the workers, and the much photographed little fire station

The white building was the Coastguard Station, built in 1884-1904 here on the corner of South Parade to replace the Watch House, which was on the beach. Next to the flagpole is a signalling device.

This photograph was taken at the front of Eastleigh railway station. The front of the National Provincial Bank, now the National Westminster, has barely changed since 1960.

The isolation of this area of Norfolk is shown by the fact that the local railway station was closed to passenger traffic as early as 1930.

A Shell petrol station can be seen on the left. Two of the older properties here - Lloyds Bank and the building beyond it (centre right) - still stand.

Very much an architectural relic of a former age, including its clock tower, the bus station looks very similar today, except that the high-level balcony on the left has gone.

There is a railway station nearby.

Today, this is an office stationers. Modern shops and banks now line both sides of the street. The building with the distinctive dome can still be seen.

During the 18th and 19th centuries many buildings (including the old railway station) were constructed with rock quarried from the beach.

In 1950 people going to or from the station would also be shopping. Built in the 1920s, the Co-op had its own cafe. Across the road were two others. The Bedford bus would leave from here for Amport.

When the castle was under siege, one might have expected many men to be stationed here, yet there are no hearths or latrines.

The observatory on Bidston Hill is a recognised weather observation station.