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Notice all the evidence of day-to-day trade, especially the delivery boys with parcels or newspapers.

We forget what a recent introduction this is; a comparison of this photograph with the next one (of the same street but from the other direction) shows that by the early 1960s the 'Keep Clear' signs had

Salford was an area of Blackburn; the name derives from 'salix (willow tree) ford'. This is where the old pack horse trail to Accrington and the east crossed the River Blakewater in a shallow ford.

The statue of John Cobden can been seen in the middle of the square: this bronze statue, by Marshall Wood, was paid for by public subscription and was presented to the town on 23 April 1867 by the President

The well-laid-out Hamilton Square in the centre of Birkenhead is named after the town's founder, John Laird, in honour of his Scottish mother.

The magnificent frontage of half-timbered work is the finest in London. Here the plaster rendering shown in the previous photograph has been stripped off revealing a wealth of timbers.

On the sands the business of the day is under way. Men are gutting the catch and a fish 'jouster' negotiates a price for filling his trap.

Large 19th-century houses line the road on the far side of the Common on Chaters Hill. In the grass on this side of the house on the right lies the mediaeval maze.

Phipps ales and stout and wines and spirits can just be seen advertised on either side of the main door of the thatched Royal Oak in Blisworth.

It is a classic example of contour cutting by the engineer Samuel Simcock: there are no locks, because the canal hugs the contours of the land.

Here, at Belmont Hill, we are looking out of the village, towards the former toll bridge over Wicken Water.

These locks were constructed in 1774 on the Leeds/Liverpool canal, which transformed the town of Bingley into an industrial centre.

Situated at the southern end of Filey's long beach, the outcrop of Flamborough Head can be seen in the distance.

The thing which is most striking about these old photographs is the absence of traffic. Just you try walking up Khyber Pass in the middle of the road today.

Such were the number of visitors navigating the overgrown and makeshift route from the town centre to the beach that the Windsor estate prioritised the construction of a more permanent path.

The red-brick village school with its bell-tower and half-tiled gables was built on the main road between Ashford and Royal Tunbridge Wells during the late 19th century, adjoining the churchyard of Holy

Daniel Defoe, speaking of Leominster, described it as having 'nothing very remarkable about it, but that it is a well-built, well- inhabited town.

Open-air swimming pools are probably the direct descendants of the sea-bathing craze that swept the country during the 19th century. Many towns had open-air pools, though few now survive.

Though Dr Boddington was most famous for his work with TB patients, he also cared for mentally ill patients at Driffold House Asylum at the corner of Wyndley Lane and The Driffold.

The rowing boat in this view is approaching the boat slide, the abutment of which is just visible on the far left. The huge weeping willow beyond is on a small island.

In this photograph we look west from the tip of Mill Meadow Island towards the Embankment and the north bank of the river.

Today it peers over the western Roman wall exposed by the demolition of all these cot- tages and into the roaring gulch cut by Balkerne Hill, a dual carriageway stretch of the western bypass

The hydropathic movement started in the 1830s using ordinary water and offering a variety of treatments, including Turkish, Russian, sitz baths, electrical, douche and vapour.

Pendleton nestles right in the shadow of Pendle Hill: in fact, the name means 'the houses on Pendle'.