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Dating from the early 18th century, it has unusual features, 'an undulating Edwardian parapet with 3 blind arches over plate glass sash windows' (The Department of Environment List of Buildings

It was designed by the Chippenham architect Walter Rudman, , gives details of the construction by Blackford & Son: the building used '3650 cart loads of stone …. 75000 tiles cover the roofs' and 'the

Packing the hillside of Happy Valley above Llandudno, holidaymakers and residents alike enjoyed the views of the activity below them beside the recently constructed Victoria Pier.

The centre was in use with temporary structures shortly after the war, but was formally built between 1950 and 1951 as a part of the Festival of Britain.

Much of this scene had not changed since before the war. The post office (near right) was run by F S Mowlam in the 1950s. Further on we see the gabled end of the White Hart Hotel.

Along Hall Quay are clustered craft of every kind: flat-bottomed barges, wherries and fish- ing boats—it is still the age of the sail.

A small village with a common on the Portsmouth to Guildford main road near the Hampshire border. Chalk quarrying is carried out on the hills here.

This quiet resort takes its name from the salterns or salt pans used by the monks from the nearby Otterton Priory.

In the 1920s and 1930s, the George and Dragon Hotel was a popular stopping-place for cyclists and walkers following the route of the Icknield Way.

Although earlier it had been a wagon-wash, the cleaning of horse-drawn vehicles was strictly prohibited, and railings were erected in 1915 to prevent access.

A 1930s Rover saloon is parked on the road. A trout stream flows through the water meadow here.

One of the finest fortresses in England, Dover Castle traces its history back to the Iron Age earthworks on the site.

The unique oast houses are basically kilns, or ovens, where the piles of hops were dried on sacking laid over wooden slats, and heated by fires of anthracite mixed with sulphur.

Church Town in the parish of North Meols had long had a tradition of sea-bathing, associated with a couple of local festivals known as Big and Little Bathing Sundays, when the natives took to the waters

The erection of the war memorial proved to be both protracted and controversial.

Within view of their parents' caravans groups of children could play unsupervised.

South-east of the town on Watling Street, the entrance to Towcester Race Course and Conference Centre is through this fine gate screen linking two lodges.

North of Wainfleet, on the Skegness to Lincoln road, Burgh le Marsh is a market town whose charter was granted in 1401. At its east end is another of Lincolnshire's preserved windmills.

Built at the junction of two valleys, Nailsworth represents the transition between the old wool- based industry and more modern industries.

This superb minster church was founded before 956; the present church was started in 1108 by the Archbishop of York, and the west towers were completed by about 1150.

Perched on the summit of Ludgate Hill at almost the highest point in the city, Wren's masterpiece of St Paul's Cathedral is the pride of London.

Situated on the Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Cart, Clydebank was little more than farmland until 1871-72, when J & G Thomson began the construction of a shipyard.

Being one of the few beaches south of Bude that can be accessed by car ensured that Crackington Haven had its compliment of holiday facilities, such as the hotel we see here with players just visible on

A haphazard collection of stalls and covers which today's local government would not tolerate.