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Another view of the Spa buildings, this time from Promenade level. There is no record of why the huge banners proclaiming Queen Victoria are displayed.

Caversham Heights lies to the north of the Thames and began to expand up the valley slopes when Caversham became a fashionable suburb of Reading.

The zany comedienne Joan Sims, star of many crazy 'Carry On' films, started her acting career in amateur dramatics in the Basildon area.

Each day at dawn, strings of racehorses would pass gracefully up the hill, as they had 100 years earlier.

The Dean's seat is just one of the many superb examples of wood-carving in the stalls. Bench ends, misericords and canopies are individually carved.

This photograph captures the very essence of Ilkley - the moors, the town nestling in the valley and the gentle slopes of Middleton in the distance.

The church was founded to take the place of St Nessan's, on the nearby island of Ireland's Eye. The bells are preserved in Howth Castle.

Another view of the charming seaside town and port, this time looking to the prominent landmark, the 70 ft mound and ruined castle of 1821.

The shallowness of the river is apparent in this picture of a man quanting towards the iron railway bridge. The railway line has since closed.

Was the Millennium Dome at Greenwich based on Kingswinford shopping centre? Perhaps we should be told!

Horley is on the old main London to Brighton road before it was diverted around the area of new Gatwick airport. Single and two-horse traps wait by the roadside.

In this photograph, taken a few years after 56473 (pages 30-31), horse carriages still await their fares in the centre of Brook Street.

Positioned on the Firth of Clyde, this seaside resort looks across the Firth towards Kilcreggan, Loch Long and Dunoon.

Jireh Court has been a particularly successful development, primarily because of its location, just a five-minute walk to either the bus or railway station, yet only five minutes from the Broadway

Much of 18th-century Stamford's trade came from its location on the Great North Road, and it had numerous coaching inns.

These cottages at Newhaven, Fife, are an example of the type of fishermen's dwelling that could be found around harbours from Scotland to at least Cullercoats in Northumbria, usually single-storey terraces

After a disastrous fire in 1174, the new choir was designed by William of Sens, a French master mason who was versed in the Gothic style of northern France, with its pointed arches and universal stone-built

We are at the junction of Wingrave Road on the left, which leads into Tring past the site of the old Tring silk mill, and Tringford Road on the right; the photographer is standing in Bulbourne

Here we have an early view of Towan Beach, with everyone overdressed for the seaside. A game of tennis is in progress on a court marked out in the sand.

All is peace and quiet in this scene, but things were livelier on 23 January 1570. Lord James Stewart, Earl of Moray and Regent, was shot by James Hamilton as he rode through the town.

Further east, at the junction with Ironmonger Street, the quality of the Georgian stone or stucco façades on the right is evident, while on the left or south side there is more variety.

As we move further west, we see a part of St Mary's Street with an interesting mix of buildings with alleys leading down to the river front and The Meadows.

These occupy the site of houses demolished in 1848 that had been built as encroachments along the centre of the Market Place.

South of Lincoln a string of villages grew up along the western edge of the limestone ridge, mostly along the spring line.