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The top hats sported by the boys can still be seen, even if they are no longer generally worn for the rest of the year.

From the junction with Silver Street and Gold Street you can spot the distinctive tall tower of a former boys school, now an educational centre.

Village boys stand at the edge of the pond in Horseshoe Lane, which was used for washing carts - note the floating board.

Arnold Roy spotted the need for provisioning the Broads tourist industry early, and his story is a classic errand boy to shopping magnate story.

The college admitted both boarders and town boys, and somewhat uniquely for the period, regarded them all with equal status.

The North Yorkshire village of Ampleforth is perhaps best known for its Roman Catholic boys' school situated to the east of the village, but this view shows the Main Street of the village itself, which

On the right is the Ritz cinema, showing the X-rated film Boys Night Out and also The Crimebusters. Later, it was to become the Apollo, and it is now closed.

The boy in the small boat is quanting, a word used on the Broads for propelling a boat by means of a long pole.

Boys and girls usually had in effect separate schools in one building, each with its own entrance.

The man and boy wait with buckets at the well, which is just visible beneath the huge tree.

The photographer is obviously arousing the interest of the collection of boys in the foreground. The men just behind them appear slightly more reticent.

Its College for boys, situated on the road to Bath, was built in the 1840s in the popular Gothic revival style.

A local boy provides interest on the left, but would he have appreciated this unspoilt view?

Motorised transport is in the process of taking over from more traditional methods, while the three small boys on the left have to make do with two bikes between them!

A boy runs across to meet his friend by the large green on the left. Perhaps they are going to meet some more friends and play a game of tag.

With the river at about half tide, a collection of boys lounge in the river bed. A few hours ago, this was covered in sea water: the state of their clothing can only be guessed at.

In the 18th century there was a boys' school in Allostock run by a minister of the Unitarian chapel; it was attended at one time by Robert Clive, the future conqueror of India.

Both boys and girls were admitted, having first had to pass an entrance examination. Under the headmaster, Dr Edkins, the school was renamed Accrington Grammar School in 1921.

Here, some of the boys write their journals or letters home, while others go about the housekeeping chores.

The Black Boy Hotel stands splendidly in the centre, with its astonishing wealth of architectural detail. The flags were flying to celebrate the end of the Boer War.

Most of the permanent chalets were raised on piers, like this one where a young boy smiles for the camera. In 1953 the sea broke through the defences, causing great distress and some loss of life.

Its walls are hidden beneath some rather tatty rendering, but are almost certainly made of granite, which can be seen in the arch below the gable, and in the horse trough in which the little boy is standing

Cheltenham College was founded in 1841 as a public school for boys, and its buildings were designed in a Gothic style.

Among the old boys of Blundell's are Jack Russell, the famous hunting parson of Swimbridge, Archbishop Temple, and the author R D Blackmore, who was sufficiently impressed to send his most famous character