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The most striking change comes with the pedestrianisation of this area and the erection of a wrought iron archway, proclaiming the High Street.

The most striking change comes with the pedestrianisation of this area and the erection of a wrought iron archway, proclaiming the High Street.

A range of houses this side of the telegraph pole has been demolished. The two ladies are at the turning to Maulden's Mill, whilst the children are outside Brackenbury's Tarpaulins.

A lovely view taken from the end of the pier, looking back towards Saltburn and showing the buildings of the Marine Parade and the cliff lift leading up to them.

This view taken in the mid 1950s shows how popular Saltburn was before the advent of the package holiday abroad.

The premises of the Rothwell Co-operative Society has changed to an Indian restaurant, and the building to the left of it has gone and been replaced by a chemist's shop.

To the south of Wellingborough lies the village of Wollaston, separated from its neighbour Great Doddington by the River Nene.

Behind a dry stone wall All Saints' Church sits in the centre of the winding main street of the village.

Over the years sheep have grazed the slopes of this famous chalk hill, which rises to 888 ft.

The town of Farnborough has grown enormously over the years, mainly because of its close proximity to Aldershot.

Hazlerigg Hall and Rutland Hall, built to the designs of the then County Education Committee Architect in 1939 in a neo-Tudor style, were the original halls of residence to Loughborough College.

Ashford, situated in the south-west corner of the county, takes its name from an ancient river crossing, the Exeford of the Domesday Book.

By the 1960s, the glory days of the pier were coming to an end, with few of the talent competitions, fashion parades, afternoon tea dances, charity balls and gala dinners of late 1940s and 50s.

The Technical College c1950 Clowne is situated about 9 miles north-east of Chesterfield. Many men found work at nearby pits, including Barlborough on the outskirts of the village.

The Falcon Inn at the corner of Grosvenor Street was once the town house of the Grosvenor family.

In the centre stands Hylton House, home of the last Lords of the Manor, later to become Seager House School, a girls' school evacuated from Hayling Island at the start of World War II, and then Moreton

Just south of Penrith, Mayburgh Henge is a circular bank of earth and stones of about 1.5 acres, with one 10ft stone at the centre. It is thought to have been built between 1000BC-2000BC.

Even less has changed in this scene in the old part of what is a very old small town, which had its own Bishop at the beginning of the 10th century.

The backs of the houses in Chaldon Way near the turning with Bradmore Way are viewed here from the footpath along the line of magnificent yews on the eastern slopes of Farthing Down.

Haigh Hall was designed by the twenty-fourth Earl of Crawford for himself and built at a cost of £100,000 between c1832 and 1840.

It is one of the biggest in the country with over 200 volumes, the oldest dating back to 1343.

Beeston was one of a series of fortresses built by Rannulf de Blundeville, Earl of Chester and Lincoln.

Runcorn is now the terminus of the Bridgewater Canal, but there was a time when it continued down a massive flight of locks to connect with the Mersey and the Ship Canal.

Another view of the Bowness Ferry shows a full coach-and-four just about to set out from the Bowness side of the lake, with the coachman at the front steadying the nervous horses.