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The `Star Inn` on the left is being given a fresh lick of paint in this view from the railway bridge.

Overlooking Minard Bay, an inlet on the north side of Loch Fyne, stands the 19th-century Minard Castle.

Looking in the direction of the town, the Holt estate lay behind the trees on the left. Two large gas lamps flank the lych-gate to St Paul's church on the right.

Flitwick is a village that has been the subject of substantial population growth during the 1980s and 90s, tripling its physical coverage with ease.

The ironmonger on the right has taken every opportunity to display the variety of his wares, though the children will almost certainly be more interested in the next shop along where both Chester rock

Some of the stones were salvaged and used in the construction of St Peter's. Also saved was a bell dated 1661 and a sundial.

By the Victorian drinking fountain at the entrance to Botley station lies a memorial tablet which reads: 'this stone is erected to perpetuate a most cruel murder committed on the body of Thomas Webb,

Hampshire's only commercial airport was once at the centre of a major controversy.

Clifton House occupies the corner of Fox Hollies Road and Olton Boulevard East, and had probably been only recently completed when the photograph was taken.

This decrepit-looking lock (now expertly restored) is part of Delph Ninelocks, a spectacular piece of canal engineering on Dudley No 1 Canal.

But a lot of that is just traffic passing through. There are always fewer shoppers than traders would like, and too many empty shops and charity shops.

Coventry endured dozens of air raids from 1940 to 1942, and much of the city centre was flattened. The stately buildings on the right here are among the few which survived the bombs.

Horses grazing peacefully in a paddock act as a reminder of that rural past, and the Stourbridge Canal and the Staffordshire countryside are just a stone's throw away.

The toll house on the far span of Halfpenny Bridge explains the unusual name, because that is how much it cost to pass over this handsome construction when it was built in the 18th century.

Doubling as a landing stage for steamers, North Pier was the first of Blackpool's three to be built and opened in 1863.

Parks were an important feature in many Victorian industrial towns and served as an escape from the noise, dirt and labour of the mills and factories.

One of Blackpool's former attractions was a gigantic Ferris wheel, seen here behind the sea-front baths.

A later view, shows the Winter Gardens now completing the arc of guest houses and other buildings that overlook the wide promenade.

The main A59 road from Liverpool to Preston runs through the centre of the village, and at the far end, rises over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

The earlier Corn Exchange on Cornhill was demolished in 1880 for the new post office. The replacement was built in 1882 in a mixture of Italianate styles, with French pavilions on the roof.

The industrial complex is the tannery of Edward Stow, established in Milton Road from 1896 to 1904. There are maltings against the skyline to the right.

These cottages on the green, against the backdrop of the church, are probably the most photographed houses in Suffolk.

On the left is a terrace of brick houses and shops built c1865. Barclay's Bank closed in 2000, but the Co-op still trades from the ground floor, although it now has a mid-1990s shop front.

Time-worn steps lead up into the lower courtyard of Haddon Hall, instantly recognisable as the backdrop to countless feature films.