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During the Cold War, Ringstead was dominated by the masts (top right) of a military communications station.

Its replacement, the Railway Hotel that we see here, was built between the wars at the Station Lane junction. The pub became especially well-known for its home-cooked hams.

When Richard I was away fighting in the Third Crusade, the Mount was seized for John by Henry de Pomeroy, though it was subsequently retaken by Richard, who stationed a permanent garrison here.

Cookes next door was a printer and stationer selling postcards, and then came A G Metcalfe, a baker with café, and R S Corner, a confectioner.

The North Eastern had two other stations serving Durham. Elvet closed in 1931 to passenger traffic, but remained open for goods until January 1954.

One of the Swiss-built steam locomotives propels the standard single coach up the final leg; the railway starts near the Victoria Hotel, 350ft above sea level, and there are four intermediate stations

Before the railway - the Quay station can be seen on the left - this area was quayside. Merchants have transacted their business here long before that.

Also in the picture is the original railway station, the main building of which was replaced in the early years of the 20th century by one designed by Armitage Rigby.

The petrol station and the nearby brewery have been converted to private houses, and so has the old Methodist church of St Cuthbert. The village post office, near the bus (right), remains.

Here we see a very 1950s scene - the tea rooms combined with a petrol station catering for the revolution in popular motoring.

At the top end could be found the Mechanics' Institute and police station. The scene today is little changed.

This is the view from Northampton Road, with the George Hotel roof visible behind the bus station.

Situated to the south of Alcester on the Midland Railway line, Broom railway station was the interchange for a cross-country route linking up with the Midland main line from Rugby to Bedford.

Motor Works, but by the 1950s it was one of several sites used by Caffyns, the countrywide car dealership business; its main site in the town is now on the western side of the railway station

The Customs and Shipping Offices on the corner of Station Stret opened in 1925.

St Ives is seen from Draycott Terrace, overlooking cottages in Primrose Valley below and the curving sweep of the railway station beyond, most of which is now a car park.

Amongst the shops on the left are the Bazaar of the Misses Parsonson, Robert Joy's carpet warehouse, John Payn, a stationer's, and James Read, a furniture dealer's (now Boots).

the Benedictine nuns of the Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, of Montmartre, OSB and used as a novitiate house, before being acquired by the local council, and replaced by the present police station

With its rusticated ground storey and ashlar-faced upper storeys, designed by Noel Hill in 1933, it fails to match in design quality other police stations such as Hammersmith by Donald McMorran, 1938

Note the Wealden-style house next to the lane, and the interesting country petrol station preparing to serve the visiting Austin.

The town bus station is on the right, on the site of Stamford Castle. The church with the tower is St John's. Stamford is classed as the best stone-built town in England.

The approach from Wembley Park underground station, romantically named Olympic Way, has changed little in the years since the 1948 London Olympic Games, but in recent years the setting of the stadium from

The RAF Fylingdales early warning station has dominated the nearby moors since 1963.

The large Maltings car park which exists today was at the time being cleared for the bus station - it was once the site of Bunting's Brewery.