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These old buildings give a typical view of the village as it was then - and as it is today. Indeed, little has changed, save the re-routing of the main road that ran through the centre.

John Dunlop, a local lawyer, was one of the leading lights in the Clydeside temperance movement, founding the first society in the 1820s.

At the time of this photograph, these were known as the French Gardens; they are now known as the Rose Garden.

At the centre of this picture is a distinctive stone lamp standard given by Edward Simeon in 1804 'as a mark of affection to his native town'.

There seems to be ample room beneath the wide arches of Llanfoist Bridge, but when the Usk floods the waters have often risen to the top of them and flooded the Castle Meadows in the foreground.

Maiden Newton's mill is probably situated on the site of many earlier mill buildings. There are records of settlements here dating back to the Roman occupation.

Boot and shoe repairs are undertaken in these premises in one of the back yards in the cramped village of Mousehole. Perhaps it is Mr Jeffery himself who is posing at the steps in the foreground.

This is a flourishing view of the High Street with its flags and buntings, possibly celebrating the Festival of Britain or a Royal occasion.

The name of the village comes from 'Hudemanebi', a Scandinavian word meaning 'the farm of dog keepers'.

The covered colonnade, which has protected shoppers for generations, is still a feature of Long Row.

Consecrated in 1868, the parish church was funded entirely by William, the 8th Duke of Bedford, at a cost of £35,000.

Seven miles to the east of Hull but totally isolated from urban ways, Paull has a history stretching back to the days of Charles I.

The impact on Twickenham of the carnage of the First World War can be seen by the many local names on the war memorials around the town and neighbouring districts.

A DOMINANT FACTOR in the life of Boston in the 20th century was Boston Dock. It attracted both of the author's grandfathers to the town!

On the left is the Swan Inn, on the right is Graball Row. as to make it easier to carry away stone from the castle.

This was built to provide a covered building where corn (wheat, barley, and other cereals) could be bought and sold; its building must indicate an ever-burgeoning corn trade, and the conversion of

This is all pedestrianised now, and no double decker bus is to be seen in this part of the High Street. The High Street is in fact the Roman Ermine Street, and it goes all the way through the city.

For casualties, the Pitsea Health Centre was held at Pitsea School, and was one of just three for Basildon residents of the 1950s; the others were in Craylands, Timberlog Lane, and Florence Road, Laindon

Again the Nab dominates the harbour and, at first glance, resembles the shape of a whale. Refreshments can be found at the Cod and Lobster Inn on the left-hand side of the picture.

Here we are overlooking the beach, the upper part populated by marram or 'bentgrass'. As a holiday village, what we see here has to be one of the first examples of parking problems anywhere!

More than 10 years before this photograph was taken, a thick pall of oily black smokescreen enveloped the town and the trading estate, where many of the factories had been requisitioned for war work.

Port Isaac is one of Cornwall's least spoilt fishing villages; it grew up around the head of the sheltered harbour. There is a trading boat on the beach, either discharging coal or loading slate.

An Edwardian lady, parasol folded in hand, shelters in the shade of the trees at the entrance to Courtenay Park. The town's wealthier residents lived in sumptuous villas at this end of Newton Abbot.

This castle, probably dating from the 13th century, stands on the high ridge overlooking the Woodchester Valley, just north of Nailsworth and on the western edge of Minchinhampton Common