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The White Bull inn dates from the 18th century, and still believes in a roaring coal or log fire in winter.

The minster's twin towers dominate most pictures of East Street, but Hawker's new drapery shop (centre right) comes a close second in this shot.

The esplanade at Freshwater Bay is a favourite place to stroll on long summer days, though in the winter it serves as a sturdy defence against wild weather and channel gales.

The hay would later be stacked before being taken to a hay barn to be stored as winter feed for the livestock. Holy Trinity, the parish church, dominates the skyline.

The path, one of the most popular in the Peak District National Park, is now boarded on this section, which often floods in the winter rains.

The river floods in the winter, and can rise up to the height of the walls.

Such lamps were often removed during the summer months and were often left unlit on moonlit nights in winter, an impressive example of early civic cost-cutting.

Monk Bar on Goodramgate is one of the finest gates in the York city walls, and the closest to York Minster. It is vaulted on three floors and still has a working portcullis.

Danny Howell writes about it in 'The Warminster & District Archive', Winter 1988. The ornamental pineapple on top of the urn was a popular symbol of affluence in the 18th century.

Behind stands the magnificent York Minster.

Here, in freezing winters, Londoners enjoyed skating on the pond.

Looking north towards the pier, the photograph shows the promenade before the Winter Gardens were built. The tide is well in and horses have been taken down to soak their legs in the salt-water.

The minster of Deerhurst-on-Severn is known to have existed in the early 9th century, but was later destroyed by Danish raiders.

A concert is taking place at the bandstand at The Fort, a few seasons before massive construction work took place here to create the new Pavilion and Winter Gardens.The tram running along Fort Crescent

The cost isn't helped by the fact that each winter around half a million starlings roost on the bridge!

The calligraphic Ten Commandments (far right) have been replaced by a brass to King Ethelred, killed in battle in 871 and buried in the Minster. It is the only brass in England to a king.

below: MINSTER-IN-THANET

In the same year they purchased the glass Winter Garden from Torquay, dismantled it and erected it beside the pier entrance.

The town was cheery enough in holiday weather, but winter could bring disasters. In 1953 the sea had smashed a thirty-yard gap in the concrete sea wall.

Defoe records that he saw 'perhaps two hundred sail of ships' lying by the town during the winter months, 'as safe as in a wet dock'.

Now the view is clearer, and any fine day will give a view across to Winter Hill and the Pennines.

The ford was replaced by a bridge over the beck in the winter of 1966/67.

We can assume that it is winter by the look of the tree. A lady waits for her husband beside their car. Has he leaned an item of furniture against the telephone box?

Despite the grand appearance of the building, the acoustics in the Winter Gardens pavilion were suspect.