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A view looking west down King's Road from near the station towards Shottermill. Note the traction engine and trailer on the left of the picture, up Longdene Road.

Pandering to the needs of motorists, the first Railway Inn was pulled down in the 1930s to make way for a larger establishment.

Maiden Newton makes a good centre for exploring the Dorset downs. Many visitors walk up to the Iron Age hillfort of Eggardon.

This sylvan path winds down from the castle inner bailey towards Park Lodge, and then through the Roman wall to more open parkland with the boating pool and the River Colne.

In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the East Coast sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles was a thriving port.

Back in the Market Place, the photographer looks south down the High Street. Cook's on the corner is still a newsagent and stationer, Goodnews.

This charming area is down the river from Little Silver, close to the confluence of the river Lowman. Today, the trees have grown appreciably, forming an almost impenetrable barrier.

Our photographer seems to have left his carrying bag in shot, down in the bottom left corner.

Further down is Plums Cycle Depot.

The Wheatsheaf Public House on the left is now a jewellers shop, and Matthews, the Gillingham brewery, closed down soon after this picture was taken.

Two new housing developments have appeared further down the road.

Further down on the left is the Society of the Resurrection's retreat, St Francis House.

Tennis courts, a café and beach huts are situated on the sands reclaimed from the sea beneath the cliffs; down them the steep access lane descends to the Riviera Club.

The road coming in 100 yards down on the right is King Street. The Post Office and the King's Arms Hotel on the right are still there today.

This view looks down the hill towards The Priory and Lister's factory. The 18th-century shopfronts of Long Street have been largely retained.

Scots fisher girls followed the herring shoals down to the port in the autumn and worked tirelessly day and night gutting and packing.

The town is already heading down market and away from James Atherton's ideals.

Sixteen people lost their lives amidst the debris and boulders that were washed down with the flood water.

Regular cruises take enthusiasts down-river to see the famous avocets on the river's mud banks. These fisherfolk and boat- men share a rare idle moment in a busy day.

A random collection of cottages around a pair of lanes forms an oval.The thatch-roofed house has a well-clipped hedge and a Chilean pine—or monkey-puzzle tree—grows in a garden further down the hill

Here we see a busy scene, with parked cars on the right and an open-topped bus bound for Southend chugging down the Street on the left.The picture is taken from close to the railway bridge, looking

This 16th-century arch, leading from the original village down to the harbour, was once fitted with a portcullis and gates as a protection for the settlement against pirates and sea-raiders.

Victorian tourists would walk the six miles across Ballard Down to see these unusual rock formations on the coast near to Swanage.

Down by the crossroads is the Six Bells public house, while to the left, the church is one of only two in England dedicated to Saint Vigor.