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Eaton Park, out in the western suburbs, has three avenues and rectangular ponds converging on a bandstand surrounded by circular colonnaded buildings, which were built between 1924 and 1928.

This scene, with Lieutenant Colonel Tebbutt's 19th-century barograph under the shelter in front of the village shop has hardly changed.

The Hemingford Laundry (left), which was taken over by the Huntingdon Model Laundry, closed in the late 1960s when Gordon Elphick opened a furniture shop on the premises.

The exposed position of the bandstand meant that it had to have a revolving glass screen to prevent the performers' music blowing away!

Flying boats remained a common sight on Southampton Water during and after the Second World War.

Hurst Castle was built by Henry VIII between 1541 and 1544 as a defence against foreign attack, utilising many of the stones from the dismantled Beaulieu Abbey.

In the centre of the picture, the George and Dragon, with its quaint porch and balcony supported on brackets, was originally an old posting inn.

Many of the inns along the broads contain the word 'Ferry', commemorating long-gone crossing points. The ferries were often run by the innkeepers themselves, who benefited from the extra trade.

And whilst the general level of signs outside has reduced, AA and RAC signs are prominent on both buildings.

Just outside the village of Weston Rhyn there is an unusual folly - a romanticised Stonehenge. It was erected in the 19th century by Thomas Barnes.

On the left you can see Southern Railway's Riverside Station.

The undercroft on the west side of the cloister garden comprises the two vaulted aisles that once formed the abbot's cellars; above this was the guest-house.

Today Currys trades from an edge-of-town superstore in St Georges.

It was replaced by a structure which had started life as a dais used on Peel Street to receive their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary during the royal visit of 1913.

Looking inland from the high ground above Black Head, this view captures almost the whole of the little valley where trees thrive in the shelter.

Tennis courts, a café and beach huts are situated on the sands reclaimed from the sea beneath the cliffs; down them the steep access lane descends to the Riviera Club.

In the foreground stands the arch of the Conservative Club, with the solid brick-built Cambridge Hotel next door.The honey-pot style telegraph poles carry lines to the surrounding buildings.

Christchurch stands on two rivers, the Stour and the Avon, and gets its old name of Twyneham from the Anglo Saxon, meaning 'the town between the rivers'.

A steam train pulls into Newby Bridge Station, at the southern end of Windermere.

Lots of bustle and business make this a delightfully atmospheric photograph, typifying the times just after the Great War.

The street is a pleasing mixture of Georgian and Victorian houses and shops.

This is the manorial core of Saling: the church and the hall. St James' dates from the 12th century, but its early details have been obscured by Victorianisation.

Rock is now a very popular resort for dinghy sailors on the north shore of the Camel estuary, which is seen behind at high tide.

Gnosall's church of St Lawrence is largely 13th century, with some fine Norman details and an impressive central tower.