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The dome further down the street was on the old Empire Theatre, which could seat 2,500 people. It specialised in music hall-style entertainment before it closed during the 1960s.

Two smart white-liveried motor charabancs are collecting holiday makers from the pier, possibly for the advertised excursion over the South Downs.

This sublime abbey, scene of many coronations down the centuries, is probably the most famous of English religious buildings, and considered the pinnacle of European Gothic architecture.

Mechanisation might well have reached market traders, but down on the farm things were different. Here a sled is being put to good use during haymaking near Hawes.

Further down is the Rush Cutters pub.

A little further downstream, just through the railway bridge, the view down river from the Staines bank has changed; now there is extensive housing development on both banks, much fortunately still hidden

It closed down as a shop and post office in the late 1970s. The YHA sign on the right points to the youth hostel that used to be at the end of Eastfield Road.

Further down, the shop with the clock and the 'eyes' was later removed in a road-widening scheme.

This delicacy probably went down well with Vitbe. Snow's is now a house caleed, appropriately, No 1 Snows Court.

The Norman castle burnt down in 1684 and little survives. It was replaced by the present castle - more of a palace - built around Upper and Lower Castle Yards.

Combeinteignhead takes its name from the valley which runs down to the Teign estuary at Combe Cellars.

This building burnt down in 1896, but was subsequently rebuilt.

Fine sea views can be obtained from the regular summer open-top bus service which runs from Brighton to Rottingdean, a picturesque village situated in a dene, or valley in the downs.

A few children are paddling in the water, but further along, adults swim in the sea, having changed in bathing machines that have been brought down by horses to the water's edge.

The distinctive profile of the Lion Rock frowns down on the River Dove in the part of Dovedale known descriptively as the Narrows.

Just down on the right is R Ridgers' fish and chip saloon, and on the corner is a familiar pub sign. At one time there were a staggering 45 inns in Lymington.

The neatly mown lawns and carefully maintained flowerbeds surrounding Cheam Park House are viewed from the vantage point above the porticoed entrance; we are looking down onto the sweeping gravelled drive

The turning to the right off St Bride's Hill leads down to the Glen. The fields have now been more fully developed with residential property.

The old Pier Pavilion was burnt down in 1959. The Exel Bowling Lanes replaced it and live entertainment moved to the end of the pier.

Kendal Castle was built by the Normans to the east of the town, probably by Ivo de Tailbois, the first Lord of Kendal in the late 12th century, and it still commands good views to the north and

It is cupped in a hollow of the South Downs, near the famous Seven Sisters sea-cliffs and the onetime smugglers' landing place at Birling Gap.

The village lies in the shadow of Chanctonbury Ring, one of the most famous landmarks on the South Downs.

by the new block displaying the Betabake fascia beside the Salad Bowl fruit shop, with the Louis Francke ladies' hairdressing salon on the first floor, while opposite Montague Burton's has a closing-down

This is the scene looking back down Kirkby's Main Street towards the Royal Hotel, which can just be seen in the distance.