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At the top of Greenway Road, looking back towards the heart of old Runcorn is the war memorial.

This is locally known as the back road to Lincoln, and it looks a well surfaced village road.

Back in the 1920s, people had a good choice of public transport. The tramway from Bradford came here in 1914, but the first road accident happened years earlier in 1900.

The Village 1940 Beyond Williton, our route follows the western edge of the Quantock Hills back towards Taunton.

But for the young girl with the satchel on her back, the start of another school day beckons.

The Bishop of Durham claimed Barnard and occupied it from 1296 to 1301; then Edward I took it back, and eventually gave it to Robert Clifford.

This is the frantically busy A330 and the wall on the right, to Holyport Lodge, has been moved back for road widening.

Drainage was provided, but it proved inadequate after a very high tide, with the result that the water found its own way back to the sea by scouring out a deep channel under some of the pier supports

Of the pulpit, 1619, only the back panel with caryatids in its upper part is original. The tracery heads of the screen are original, and show their Decorated rather than Perpendicular origin.

The road is widening as we look back towards the High Street. Owen the pharmacist was at No 61 (right) until 1958, next door to the King David Inn, which was to close in 1973.

Though it seems we are looking back into an era long past, already the trams are electric-powered. However, the cabs and carts are still relying on horse-power.

Built of sandstone and dating back to Saxon times, although with a Norman nave and chancel, it still has a number of small pews for children installed in 1790 at the beginning of the Sunday School

A number of people, on the beach by the bathing machines in the distant back ground, enjoy the mirror-calm water.

This view shows the backs of buildings along Kempock Street. Kempock Place is just in view on the extreme left. Over to the right is Seaton's temperance hotel, one of several in the town.

The track is the main line between Paddington and Exeter, and here is carried above the River Carey on the back of a five-arch viaduct.

We are looking towards Back Lane. This is a street mainly of 16th- or 17th- century timber-framed cottages.

The market that was traditionally held here was moved away in 1973, but it was recently brought back for a trial period after a campaign by local traders.

The town's reputation for its fine market harks back to the 14th century, when the first rights were granted to the abbot of Cockersands.

A rather complex road junction now marks the spot where these gates once stood.The gates, signifying the entrance to the Bevois Mount Estate, date back to 1844, but were removed before World War Two

The road is widening as we look back towards the High Street. Owen the pharmacist was at No 61 (right) until 1958, next door to the King David Inn, which was to close in 1973.

Originally the site of a Saxon hunting lodge, much of the present Corfe Castle, which gives its name to the stone-built village beneath, dates back to the troubled reign of King Stephen.

Here we see pairs of family homes with large front and back gardens built in the late 1950s. Beyond are bungalows for the elderly, built in 1961.

This view shows the backs of buildings along Kempock Street. Kempock Place is just in view on the extreme left of the picture.

This shows the view looking back down High Street towards Boutport Street at the bottom. Butchers Row is on the left. The Sydney Harper building is now a travel agent.