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Pierrot were in vogue right up to the Second World War, and their origins go back to the London success of the mime play 'L'Enfant Prodigue' staged in 1891.

Centre left stands the Bear Hotel, a lovely old coaching inn dating back to 1432. The shop next door to it sold fishing tackle— fishing is one of the area's most popular pastimes.

The water mill here dates back as far as the 11th century, and survived for almost 800 years. This picturesque scene was a favourite with painters and photographers in Victorian times.

Back to the east of St Peter's Hill, the photographer looks north along Castlegate, with the Beehive Inn on the left; the leaves hide a beehive set in the tree, which is still there.

There is talk of bringing back the railway, but talk costs nothing. In days of old, Whitby produced its own coal gas, and the gas works can be seen below the bridge.

A barefoot boy with a stick guides two donkeys back to their stand on the pullover.

It contained the magnificent municipal buildings completed in 1888 at a cost of £540,000—the Post Office, the Bank of Scotland, the Merchant's House and several hotels.

The arrival of the railway in 1867, and the 1872 National Bank Holiday Act, opened Walton up to everybody.

The Maer was once a golf course for the town, but it was allowed to revert back to wilderness in the 1950s.

There are here a commodious pier, and a sandy beach well supplied with bathing machines, donkeys, minstrels, and the like attractions for the amusement of the Bank Holiday crowds.

This is one of the ponds, Banks Pond, on the main east-west road through the village; the scene is relatively unchanged, although out of view to the left is now a parade of 1960s shops.

Banks are now found in Eastgate Street, on the left-hand side of this picture, which eventually leads to the under-cover Kings Walk shops.

With Kipling's 'blunt, bow-headed, whale-backed Downs' surrounding it, the village runs up a valley from the sea, climaxing beyond the High Street on the Green with its pond, where Kipling lived.

Here we look east along the River Witham, flowing out of Brayford Pool, with the High Street reached by steps from each bank.

There are roads along each bank and houses face the river, giving it a slightly Dutch feel. Indeed, there are some fine Georgian houses, particularly on the east side near the good parish church.

Beyond Cundys Lane is High Bank, a medieval hall-house; then comes the thatched 17th-century Tudor Cottage and the former post office.

From Wells to Blakeney, a great sand barrier holds back all but the most vicious tides. The quay at Wells is now stranded a mile from the open sea.

Here we see the Grammar School from another angle, looking from East Road back into the city.

Glen Middle Mill 1908 If Sally Spencer, the lady looking at the photographer, came back today, she would see that almost all in this view (except the rear block of Pavey's Temperance Hotel) has

The inn on the banks of the river was two cottages and a shop in 1840. In 1851 it became an inn owned by the brewer Henry Prior.

The cobblestones was the dock area where the barges would come into the village to unload their goods. It was probably built in the 13th century, when the town of Swavesey was first established.

Located at the corner of Stockerston Road and South Backway, West Bank was built in 1866 by Howard Candler, 'a small, energetic mathematician', who always refused to have more than six boys boarding.

Locally-quarried stone was transported from here to London by barge as far back as Roman and Norman times.

Behind the tearoom, the village shop, now closed, was once an inn with stables and yard running back from the road.