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She led an army of charioteers to sack Colchester, London and St Albans before heading north through Milton Keynes city area along the high streets of Fenny and Stony Stratford.

By the time of this photograph Cromer had experienced a continuing building boom, which included new premises for fashionable stores such as Jarrold & Sons (left), who are still flourishing both in Cromer

Here we see King Street before the Post Office moved to the High Street in 1919.

Many of the shops on both right and left had only recently been, or were yet to be, converted from private dwelling houses.

Inns and beer houses served the needs of travellers and waggon drivers - the Chequers stands on the left and the George and Dragon faces us in the distance.

On the extreme right is Kemplah House, a private preparatory school run by Miss MacDonald and originally the residence of Mr Clarke.

Another recreation ground available to Rugbeians was the Whitehall Recreation Ground on Hillmorton Road, which housed a 28-ton, armoured First World War tank presented to the town in 1919,

'Church' is a Northumbrian word and 'Kirk' is Mercian; both words mean 'a place of worship'.

During the Civil War, Newnham, like many Royalist garrisons surrounding Gloucester, was on the receiving end of a raid mounted by Colonel Edward Massey's forces.

The Corporation's policy of providing a sufficient number of public parks and recreation grounds for both residents and visitors was actively pursued during this period of expansion.

Victorian iron screens are on the west, north and south of the chancel.

supplied 500 police batons; later it became Oxley's Mineral Water factory, and in 1943 even produced Coca Cola for American troops stationed nearby; during the war German prisoners were quartered here, and another

This caused the Sardinian Chapel to be moved several hundred yards north.

It became the gatehouse to the palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury during the 14th century. It is now used as the tourist information centre.

By 1937 the town was being promoted as both a summer and winter resort, and hotels now occupied much of the sea front and the area behind it.

In the 1920s the future looked very bright for Loughborough, but the Depression of the 1930s came as a cruel blow to the town.

Encouraged by the changing political scene at both national and local levels, especially after the extension of the vote in 1918 and the rise of the Labour Party, Carlisle council found itself

Not to be outdone by old Joseph Hirst, he too built a church and another school, and added the post office, the village club and a range of fine houses throughout the village.

lost each year that the Abot of Furness Abbey petitioned King Edward II for monies and a coroner of his own to cope with the situation; he stated that sixteen lives had been lost at one time, and on another

To our left is the entrance to the Old London Road, which leads to Mickleham, one of Dorking’s neighbouring parishes. The village boasts many grand buildings.

The road at this junction has traffic going in both directions, unlike today, when as part of the High Street one-way system the traffic now flows towards the market cross.

As one paddler loads, another leaves.

The latter specialised in excursions and, between the First World War and the 1960s, up to 44 coaches a day left Minehead with up to 1,400 passengers for trips to the surrounding countryside.

Pigot and Co's National Commercial Directory, published in 1830, gives an interesting snapshot of the town just before its rapid decline (the building of the Great Western Railway killed both the