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Today, the built-up promenade extends westwards past the houses, but both they and their gardens survive.

Although actually very old, this is another Medway-side village that was left with a distinctly Victorian appearance by the 19th century building boom, when it was a source of brick earth and also chalk

Both Christ Church and St Michael's were bombed during the second world war.

Further down the Thames, Mapledurham Lock by-passes another weir.

Holy Trinity, Laygate, was earlier, having been built in 1832-34 to the designs of Anthony Salvin. Both have since been demolished.

Another fishing village, Polkerris had one of the largest fish cellars in Cornwall, so big that it was known as a fish palace.

Just past the Village Green, the Boot (left), one of the oldest pubs in the village, and the Barley Mow beyond, are both still trading, although the General Stores between them has been demolished to make

It is another very hot summer, with sunglasses a common sight, and hundreds gather to worship the sun. Two ladies model the latest conservative fashions, handbags in hand.

This is another view that has now changed considerably because of the ring road, which could be said to slash its way through here.

Although still labelled Dunton's, the ferry and boat-building business now belongs to the Davy family.

Unusually, both the trams near our camera are facing the same way on adjacent lines.

Frinton's development as a resort began as late as 1885, by which time Walton and Clacton were both well-established. Frinton grew at a slower, more genteel pace.

There were four mills hereabouts that at one time or another were involved in the making of paper, tanning hides and grinding corn.

The western side was then demolished and rebuilt, but it was another seven years before the eastern side was pulled down to give the road the width which exists today.

Both the Town Hall, the stone building on the right, and the Bolton Hotel on the left, are still here today.

Another view that clearly shows the 1883 promenade and sea wall. Before this was built, the beach stretched much further inland and sand dunes often formed as far as Regent Street.

There are no traffic lights here yet - it was to be another ten years before they appeared. Life was simpler for learner drivers then.

A mother is attending to two youngsters, while another child crosses from the boat to the dinghy, a potentially hazardous leap. That was 1965: today the wearing of a lifejacket would be automatic.

Not far distant from the Slaughters are the little villages of Lower and Upper Swell, both situated in an entrancing rural landscape along the banks of the River Dikler.

The Oxfam poster both pre-empts the later popularity of charity-shopping, and also displays an effective line in ironic copywriting. Fading into the distance is the high ground of Thorndon Park.

This gently curving street is to the east of the town. This view, looking back towards the town centre, shows both the Congregational and parish churches.

There is a wonderful mixture of timber-framed, Georgian and Victorian buildings here, which line both sides of the road.

Both privately owned, they later sold out to a major brewery that joined them together in May 1989.

This delightful mill is to be found on the River Blackwater. Few can pass over the hump-backed bridge without pausing to get a better view.