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The lights have been hung ready for the summer illuminations.The pier was always a spectacular sight at this time of year.

This is the second public house of the village, and a lot less famous than the Maypole. It was originally a beer house, which was established as the village grew.

The Museum housed a collection of fine art, drawings, rare books and geological specimens aimed at awakening an appreciation of art in Sheffield's skilled tradesmen.

A large hoarding advertising Fry's Chocolate on the side of the building replaces the signwriting.

Many of the houses along this stretch of the cliff top have decorative balconies overlooking the sea.

Between is the flat farmland running inland from Porlock Bay between the wooded northern edge of Exmoor's sandstone hills and the hills west of Minehead.

The village takes it name from Smallfield Place, an estate given to John de Burstow in the reign of Edward III for services rendered during the French wars.

The pier, one of the few surviving Victorian piers in the country, has recently undergone extensive restoration.

The town developed in the 19th century as a suburb of Manchester for those who could afford to live away from the smoke and grime, and could also spare the time to travel.

Some claim that the grandeur of its design vershadowed that of the Coal Exchange prompting the latter's overhaul and refurbishment in 1911.

Wiltshire & Sons (left of photograph) opened their first supermarket in the 1960s, which later became Gateway in 1973.

A quay has been constructed in front of Quay House on the left, where there appears to be a good fire burning in the grate. In the background is the Royal Arms Hotel.

Iona is of paramount importance as a Christian historical site, with an impressive legacy of Celtic and medieval buildings and monuments.

Sherborne is, by some people's estimation, the most beautiful of the Dorset towns.

Situated near to the junction of two Roman roads and several prehistoric trackways, the Iron Age hillfort of Badbury Rings dominates the surrounding downland.

The small market town of Belford was once a coaching stop for travellers on the Great North Road.

An action-packed view of central Farnham on the eve of the First World War.

Thousands of Cheltenham people entered the world at St Paul's maternity hospital in Swindon Road, which was founded in 1948.

Shepherd's Crag towers through the trees over the Victorian Gothic buildings of the Lodore Hotel at the southern end of Derwent Water.

Great Ayton is one of Cleveland's prettiest villages, and was the scene of the upbringing and education of Captain James Cook, the famous 18th-century world explorer.

It was given its local name because of the diversity of shells gathered there. The hotels on the cliff above look out towards the island of Lundy almost twenty miles away.

A view of the pier taken two years after the storm damage of 1927. Obviously, by this time, no progress has been made on repairing the storm damage.

From Sheep Street the driveway to a tier of wide steps approaches the church.

Minchinhampton's very fine Market Hall dates from 1698, and demonstrates the early prosperity of this important wool town.