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An interesting picture revealing the extent of the differences in working practices that have occurred over 75 years.

The original castle was built on this site by Baldwin FitzGerald following his appointment by William the Conqueror as Sheriff of Devonshire.

By that time, building work on William Leigh's plan for a grand mansion at nearby Woodchester Park had been under way for six years.

Here we have another view of this heavily traffic-ridden main road with its shopping parade. On the right, Raymond's hair salon proudly advertises its offer of 'perms from fifteen shillings'.

A splendid open car heads north, driving in the middle of the road. The house on the left had belonged to Dr Atkinson, who died in 1917.

In this picture we can see the small stream that runs down from Waddington Fell and the Moorcock Inn as it runs right through the centre of the village to join the Ribble.

The wooden posts erected to mark out the gardens of the row stopped visitors peer- ing through the windows, and helped give the inhabitants a little bit of privacy.

Next door, with the two gabled doorways, stands the post office, built in 1887 on the site of the Old Court House.

This became the main park for Minehead in 1924 following private donations towards a scheme for the conversion of 6 acres of meadows.

Shirehampton was eventually linked by rail to Bristol with the opening of the Clifton Extension Railway in the 1870s.

Though the Gardens were opened in 1836, within four years of this picture being taken the Gardens' operating company was in financial trouble.

It was the birthplace of the educational reformer W E Forster, who introduced into parliament the pioneering Education Bill of 1870 which provided a free education for all children.

One of the town's most famous landmarks is Matthew Wyatt's magnificent statue of Wellington on horseback.

The front facade of the Palace Hotel appears on the left of the photograph with the pier stretching away out to sea. The boating lake may also be seen.

The imposing yet uncluttered classical façade of the Angel Hotel dominates the eastern side of the market.

A cartload of voyagers being returned to dry land after a sail in the Wash.

As with several other fishing villages along the Yorkshire coast, Staithes clings alpine-like to the sides of steep cliffs and ravines.

The lofty spire of St Michael's Church is perched above a Perpendicular flint tower topped with a red-brick upper storey.

This quiet empty street pictured here contrasts with the bustle of today's pedestrianised area, which is often occupied by a busy market.

The gardens and the railway occupy what was the Nor' Loch, an expanse of water that formed part of the old city's defences.

Here we see pretty brick and stone cottages of the 18th century and earlier, which went to make up the Ashby referred to by Camden as 'villa amoenissima'; they pre-date the dramatic launch of the town

This terrace of almost picturesque millworkers' cottages now sits quietly, adjacent to the isolated and decaying great water wheels which once powered the mills.

Almost out of shot on the right-hand side of the photograph is probably the best-quality structure in the town.

A policeman on point duty sets the tone of this well-regulated scene.