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This seemingly idyllic rural summer scene on the banks of the River Brit, with its group of thatched cottages, lines of washing and vegetable garden, is brought acutely into focus by a closer

Under the spreading chestnut trees of St Mary`s churchyard, and on the opposite side of the village street, the photographer`s activities generate much interest from a mixed audience of both children

Here we have another view of the High Street before pedestrianisation.

Also known as St Sampson's, Golant on the west bank of the Fowey was cut off from the main estuary, save for a bridge, by the embankment of the Lostwithiel to Fowey railway in 1869.

Frogmore Street begins near the bank on the right, site of the medieval north gate. The pedestrians walking towards the camera are heading for the High Street and, no doubt, the market.

Pollution, mainly from the smoke from the railway, did a lot of damage to both glass and stone.

Another tablet commemorates Edward Mellish, 1707, and shows a large family, the man kneeling facing west and the woman east.

This view looks southwards across the Common from Stert, named for a neck of land, which juts into the English Channel and is the southernmost point of both Portland and Dorset.

On the right is the Swan, the only hotel in the city in the 1920s to be RAC and AA listed.The city's other leading hotel, the George, was once the main coaching inn and is also the setting for George Farquhar's

The local garage is in on the Green Shield stamp craze; you were given so many stamps depending on the value of your purchase, which you then stuck in a booklet, each booklet holding a given number of

Another old inn, the Peacock, was already scheduled for demolition when it caught fire in February 1974.

This was another popular area where children could paddle and swim. By 1972 a swimming pool had opened at Edisford.

Lea Scott, an optician`s, is on the left and Haworth`s next door still has both men`s and ladies` wear departments at this time.

The first car on the left seems to be parked on the bend; the driver might have got away with this in 1960, but today this would be highly irresponsible.

Much of the life of the town revolves around the Saturday influx to the weekly market.

Another view along the Welland towards Town Bridge, over which the old Great North Road crossed into Lincolnshire.

The inn occupied both of these buildings. The one to the left is 16th-century, with a brick façade of 1759. The taller building was erected in 1826.

Parker was a young seaman, who having arrived at Southampton, made his way across country with another member of the crew.

It was built in 1843; for a further ninety years after this photograph was taken, it offered both a warning and guidance for ships passing north along the white cliffs, and for those heading

Returning to the Square, we are once again looking at Market Street.

This magnificent stone bridge was built in the early 1800s to replace another that was washed away in the floods of 1797.

St Mary's is another restored Norman church. Dating from around 1200, additions were made in the 1400s; a transept was demolished at that time. Restorations were made by John Colson in 1862.

The Swan Inn advertises 'Good Accommodation for Cyclists', and another sign offers 'Horse and Trap or Wagonette for Hire'. Cycling would have been hard going on the rough roads.

Another great Nonconformist preacher dominates the Square at the opposite end of the High Street to John Bunyan.