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This is one of the final stretches of golden sand that once graced the foreshore at Parkgate before the estuary totally silted up and salt marsh encroached. Parkgate was a popular yachting centre.

Overlooking the Gayton Sands, Parkgate now attracts bird watchers rather than travellers on their way to Ireland. Much of the land around here is now owned by the RSPB.

The park gates were on Pytchley Road.

The town of Parkgate has a rather fascinating history. It started as a small, coastal hamlet occupied by a few fishermen and shrimpers.

Near the Park Gate entrance at the city end stands the former Viceregal Lodge, once the home of the British Governor. It is now the President's palace.

Though shellfish are still gathered by some locals from the brackish sands to the north of Parkgate, the commercial trade ceased when the estuary finally silted up in the 1950s.

When Parkgate, further down the Dee, was inaccessible owing to the state of the tide, ships would tie up and unload at a small anchorage just off-shore from here known as Dawpool.

Like Neston, Parkgate saw increasing trade as a port once the River Dee around Chester began to silt up.

This view along The Parade at Parkgate has changed very little over the intervening years. All of the houses still stand.

Warsash is situated near Hamble and Park Gate. Straight ahead is the clock tower; this was a water tower supplying Warsash House, which King Edward VII used to visit when he was Prince of Wales.

St Mary's church stands near the park gate and contains the tomb of the first Lord Montague, who entertained Queen Elizabeth I at Cowdray House.

It originally functioned as a café, serving visitors who chose to stroll along the promenade from the town or those who braved the cool seawater at Parkgate baths.

The second photograph depicts a virtually deserted Parkgate, but there is still evidence of a beach beneath the sea wall.

The park caters for cricket, tennis, and bowls, and it has a putting green. This is a marvellous asset for the community.

The park caters for cricket, tennis, and bowls, and it has a putting green. This is a marvellous asset for the community.

The White Horse stands in the High Street with a car park at the rear. Note the tall, brick-built chimneys. On the grass in front of the hotel is a pump and a trough.

Polar bears, brown bears and black bears were all kept in the same rather basic enclosure at the Flamingo Zoo Park at Kirby Misperton, between York and Malton, when this picture was taken.

At the divide, under the clock tower, the left-hand fork heads for Pinner village, while the right-hand one will cut through the mediaeval deer park at Pinner Park to Hatch End.

The New Inn is a welcome haven in the centre of the small village, with its own car park at the side allowing calling motorists to leave the narrow street.

The park at that time edged the river, but a road has now been built. The 'peoples' park' was opened in 1871 amid scenes of great jubilation.

The Roman road from Ribchester to Ikley passes through Downham Park at the end of the village.

The bank sign has a beehive for Bevan, and an Oak Tree on top for Oakes of Nowton Park. At