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Today's health and safety regulations would never allow the petrol pump to be positioned in the middle of a public pavement!

The exact date of this very early photograph is uncertain. The Grand Hotel is on site, possibly still under construc- tion, for it did not open until 1867.

The fine stained glass east window features scenes from the life of St Werburgh.

This local landmark stands on Fish Hill. Broadway Tower is a 65 feet high folly built in the 18th century by the 6th Earl of Coventry.

It is thought that Lizard takes its name from 'Lazar', an old word for lepers, who by necessity had to live in isolated communities away from the rest of the population, a requirement amply met by this

The Bandstand (foreground) once stood on the site of today's public bowling green before moving to this site near Smeaton's Tower.

A fine example of a traditional Edwardian shop front. Misselbrook and Weston's provision store seems to have offered every grocery product the discerning customer could desire.

Once many villages were clustered around the village pond, and this shot of Finningley in South Yorkshire shows it was no exception.

These houses overlook Porthminster Beach and have views of St Ives Bay that are as superb today as they were when this photograph was taken.

Attractive thatched and pantile-roofed houses line the street, the skyline softened by the mature trees on the left-hand side.

Sherborne Park separated the village into east and west ends back in the 14th century, but there is a uniformity throughout of well restored cottages, fronted by long well stocked gardens and bounded by

Wooden seats have replaced the old iron ones, but the fascination of the river for amateur photographers and for children is evidently unchanged.

But no one would dare leave a hand cart in the middle of the street today, as these children have!

The heavily-laden 'Glasgow' will come alongside to discharge her cargo once the other barge has finished unloading a cargo of what looks like coke.

New Bridge is the starting point for canoe- ists embarking on the stretch of the river known as 'The Loop'— a three-mile white- water run downstream to Holne Bridge, tackled in winter when the

The town has, in fact, a long industrial background: it was once a centre for the production of copper - South Wales's first smelter was built here in 1584.

The jetty is for the use of passengers waiting for a pleasure trip on the rowing boats.

The town's thatch hooks were kept on the inside wall of the forge; these were used to pull the thatch off if the house was on fire.

Boscombe developed to the east of Bournemouth in mid-Victorian times, attracting the fashionable and wealthy.

This ornate Norman porch was expertly incorporated as a detail into the main body of the rebuilt church.

This led to the laying out of the Marine Gardens.

Although the advent of the railway saw Sheringham develop into a resort, its origins are in fishing.

A great deal of building took place during the years that followed; the population increased three-fold during Queen Victoria's reign.

Two other famous residents of East Budleigh were two smuggling parsons - Matthew Mundy and Ambrose Stapleton.