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Meads and the slopes leading up to the Downs and Beachy Head were consid- ered ideally healthy, and convalescent homes and large villas proliferated: it used to be known as Eastbourne's Belgravia.

We are looking down the Chatteris road, where very little has changed in the past 40 years.

Looking down the hill from above the station, we see the bridge carrying the Settle- Carlisle railway line running along the edge of the village.

The Town Hall, designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, was started in 1862. It burnt down in 1947, and after much debate, the ruins were cleared away in the early 1960s.

In its original form it was a farm dwelling with a barn and outbuildings, but has been added to and altered down the years.

Keymer is at the foot of the Downs near Hassocks. The Norman church of St Cosmos and St Damian was re-built in 1866. Ockley Manor is an 18th-century brick house, with a dovecote.

It is the perfect site for the ancient priory that once stood here; it was attached to the church of St Celert, and pilgrims have made their way here down the centuries.

It is the perfect site for the ancient priory that once stood here; it was attached to the church of St Celert, and pilgrims have made their way here down the centuries.

The crews of the three motor launches are preparing their vessels, and in the background a sailing cruiser has already departed down river. The entrance to the Broad is on the right.

Bridge Stores (right of centre) advertises Colman`s Mustard in much more basic style than the Victorian sign that used to look down on the central part of the street.

Lower down beyond the children is the corner drapery shop of the Misses Pryke.

Unfortunately, they have also closed down as the car industry has reformed itself.

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs.

Keymer is at the foot of the Downs near Hassocks.The Norman church of St Cosmos and St Damian was re-built in 1866. Ockley Manor is an 18th-century brick house, with a dovecote.

Boating is still popular here, although these days it is usually rowers, singly and in groups, that one sees racing up and down the river. The house is called Ferry Farm.

The prosperity of the town is evident in its grand commercial frontage.

This view was taken in the middle of the village, and is looking down Updown Hill.

Frith's photographer was looking west down the High Street from the Town Hall roof. In the far distance the road curves into Ock Street, which is also lined by old buildings.

Among the market traders who used to draw the crowds were Mrs Gee, who literally sold crockery at knock down prices by shouting out the price and banging on an old tea chest.

In this early view there is minimal security fencing out on the heath of Goonhilly Downs. British Telecom now controls around 40 large and small communications dishes over a large site.

The firm lasted until it went into receivership in 1910 and closed down.

The cobbled street passes Oak House, one of the oldest houses in Rye; it dates from the 15th century, and replaced an earlier house that burnt down in 1377.

Singleton was one of the model villages built up and down the country in the 19th century: Squire Miller provided St Anne's Church, picturesque cottages for the workers, and the much photographed little

The wearing of white coats was introduced in some towns during the Second World War; it gave the policeman at least a sporting chance of not being run down during the blackout.