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The landlord hired out boats by the hour, as well as providing trips up and down the river. He had the unfortunate name of Mr Crook.

We can see the Church Street Road Bridge to the left, and the land upon which the church is built slopes down quite steeply to the river.

Further down on the right is another Debenhams store selling perfume.

The Symes family still run Chideock Post Office Stores further down the street.

It was still running in its original state until it closed down in 1999 - a unique piece of living history was lost!

South Road became so dominant that it altered the character and subsequent development of other areas within the town such as Commercial Square, Boltro Road, and the Broadway.

Further down the road are Johnson and Smith's Staines Ironworks; such local foundries were not uncommon in larger towns at this period.

There was a lodge down in the village, and the estate of about 14 acres was laid out with attractive gardens and woods.

The first is down Market Street. The Baptist church was built early in the19th century; it was attached to a farmhouse, the tile-hung building to the right.

Horse-drawn ambulances, taxi cabs, flat wagons, and even a horse bus were used to convey the patients down to the new Royal Infirmary on Oxford Road.

The Apex stands in the fork of the junction between the High Street and Church Street, both of which lead down to old landing stages on the Great Ouse. Today, little has changed.

The nave of St Mary's acted as the parish church for the town, while the large chancel was used by a secular College of Canons, responsible to the King, whose duty was to pray for members of the

The Downs Link, a long distance footpath, passes through the village on the route of the Horsham to Guildford railway line.

In 1826 she was based at Bude; in 1852 she was sold to Henry Petherick, whose family were to own her until 1936.

The corn mill burned down in 1961, and then in 1964 Dr Beeching swung his axe and the pretty railway line from Buntingford to Ware was closed. All was set for Standon to slip into a decline.

Racing was their passion, and A PRINT OF ECLIPSE ZZZ05329 (Bourne Hall Museum) After the painting by George Stubbs, showing Eclipse at the Rubbing House on the Downs.

Here we have a close-up view of the Overhead Railway, which ran from north to south in the city and yet did not hold up traffic going down to the Pier Head.

It was taken down in 1793, and a new Exchange was started in 1806. By 1849 there had been two extensions added, along with a post office and news room.

At one time the churchyard wall decayed, rainwater washed the soil away from the graves, and bones were taken down the hill, even into the water.

Centuries ago the pulpit had a large leather funnel with a pipe going down to a pew for a particularly deaf member of the congregation.

All the needs of a developing small town are in evidence - the Bedford lorry loaded with builders materials, Charles Love & Son's ironmongery and radio/TV engineer's (right), Lisles petrol station (near

This is now an extremely busy road, and there is a host of traffic lights where five roads meet at the bottom of Lindum Hill, just about where the car is coming down the road.

The road heading into the distance is Boltro Road, which leads down to the railway station - the railway line is off to the right of this photograph.

Many of the Manchester Ship Canal workers settled here, where there was plenty of work to be had in the ever-spreading town.