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The handsome building in the centre of this view, adorned with a balustrade and pinnacles, was a branch of the Midland Bank in 1950.

This curious little extension to one of the town wall towers is even more interesting because of the modern and incongruous-looking brick wall that looks as if it has just been built.

The church of St Stephen is thought to date originally from the 7th century; it is certainly recorded in a taxation document of 1254 as the church of 'Bottewara'.

The gorge cuts its way out of the carboniferous limestone as if it was in the Peak District of Derbyshire; it is an underground cavern whose roof has collapsed, leaving soaring cliffs and crags of

As we look back up East Street, the focus of the view is the Market Hall.

This view of the Mill House, further north along the Buckinghamshire bank, captures wonderfully the curious formality of late Victorian leisure activity as the fishermen sit stiffly in

Beyond are workshops and outhouses, now all gone and replaced by 1970s blocks of three-storey flats.

Work on the construction of the viaduct began in 1894 and was completed in 1897, but owing to the collapse of one of its piers it was closed straight away.

The Twyn and its surrounding wall were built in the 1890s with money from the Barry Railway Company when they purchased a small piece of the common from the parish.

The 16th century timber-framed Plough and Fleece public house on the left of the road was just one of the three pubs in the village.

The Fox Inn dominates this view up Bow Street to the tall Market Cross, which we can just see at the head of Westgate in the distance.

This imposing edifice, with a front porch of great style, is perhaps surprisingly grand for such a small village on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors.

The post office and the village shop were at the heart of Thelwall life in the mid 1950s.

The view is dominated by the gents' loos of the Queen's Head (left), which were demolished in 1982-83. The roof of the Old Vicarage rises behind.

His Punch voice (produced by a device held in his mouth called a swazzle) was amplified by means of the loudspeaker to the right of the stage.

This crossing is at the east end of Bury Road, with No 58 visible through the trees, just west of the traffic lights and junction of the roads from Bury and Norwich.

The handsome building in the centre of this view, adorned with a balustrade and pinnacles, was a branch of the Midland Bank in 1950.

This beautiful parish church of All Saints was built by the abbot of Ramsey for his manor estate in the late 14th and 15th centuries. The cobble stone walls were all originally plastered.

Judging by the rows of sweet jars on display in E W Winfield's Cash Stores, it must have been a popular shop with the local youngsters.

The church is near the intersection of Well Street and Church Street, and the vicarage lies beyond.

The Chapel lies at the heart of the school and the inside, like the outside, is in the Gothic style of the 19th century.

This earlier photo looks east and gives a better view of the thatched cottage and the large house with the impressive porch. Beyond is a grocer's at the 'Hovis' sign.

Situated along Ayston Road, to the north of the town, it was bought in 1895 by C R Haines who added a wing. Threatened with closure in 1925, it has survived and flourished ever since.

Kendal's church of the Holy Trinity is Cumbria's largest parish church, and dates from the 13th century, although it was extensively restored 60 years before this photograph was taken, between