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Now, thanks to cut-backs, post offices disappear like ghosts into the night.

The square, originally Cross Bank, was bypassed in 1810 on its eastern side by the A6 Market Harborough to Leicester road.

Lloyds Bank is on the right. Much downhill has gone, to be replaced by neo-Georgian shops.

Set back behind the High Street, the church looks reassuringly medieval amid the modernity of Crawley, but in fact only the nave wall is: the tower was rebuilt in 1807 and the rest in 1880.

This view looks across the river to the south bank, now a much changed view. The Picturedome at this time was showing 'Madame Peacock' daily at 3, 7 and 9 o'clock.

On the right is another relic of the old high street—the National Provincial Bank.

For many years the river at Barrow has possessed a watery magnetism which has drawn people from the city to its banks on warm summer days, either to enjoy a picnic, or to venture onto the

The back of the Crown Inn can just be seen in the centre, where Station Road becomes Hinckley Road, curving south past the parish church, and on to Nailstone and Market Bosworth.

It was all done in memory of Sir Joseph Banks, who lived in Revesby Abbey, named after the 12th-century abbey, a Cistercian foundation.

The tall building on the right is Lloyds Bank. This part of Brighton Road is due to benefit from the construction of the Coulsdon by- pass, commenced in 2004.

The Church 1961 Heading back towards Highbridge and the end of this seaside tour, we head for East Brent on the north-east side of Brent Knoll; this is an Upper Lias limestone outlier rising steeply

About ten miles north-east of Penrith, near Staffield, pathways have been cut along the banks of the Croglin Beck where it tumbles down through the sandstone gorge it has carved on its way

The Bard and his cronies had a drinking bout at this inn with the Bidford Sippers and lost. Too drunk to make it back to Stratford, they slept the night under a crab-apple tree.

Zenon Vantini, the first manager of the North Euston Hotel, backed by the Rev John St Vincent Beechey, put forward the idea of a boarding school for boys, and by 1904 the school was flourishing, despite

Highcliffe Castle was once one of the grandest stately homes in England; a restoration programme is bringing it back to its former glory.

This photograph looks back at the same houses as those shown in 41386 and 41387. The well-laid out public gardens give a tropical air to the scene.

As the reign of Queen Victoria receded, a slightly more laid-back atmosphere was staring to take hold. The Great War - only a year away - would change things for ever.

It looks southwards towards the Garth and Bangor, which is backed by the Snowdon mountains.

As the reign of Queen Victoria receded, a slightly more laid-back atmosphere was starting to take hold. The Great War – only a year away – would change things for ever.

Known locally as Jacob's Ladder, the original steps dated back six hundred years. Coffins would have been carried from the town below up to the church.

We travel back to the London Road, and at the entrance to the Staff College, we find the War Memorial, erected in 1922 at a cost of £433.

Thurlestone takes its name from a holed, or thirled, rock just out at sea in Bigbury Bay, which was mentioned in a Saxon charter way back in 845.

The greatest attraction of Perranporth is its extensive beach of golden sand backed by dunes.

The chimney stack in the foreground has been removed, and the building has been extended at the back. The main bar is dominated by a central fireplace with built-in bread oven.