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With traffic lights in the middle of the junction at Major's Corner, and pedestrian activity reasonably busy, where, one wonders, is all the traffic?

Down the street stands Batheaston House with its many chimneys: it was originally the home of the Walters family, 18th-century cloth merchants.

Here we see the hustle and bustle of Douglas in high season. The white castle-like structure in the background is the Falcon Cliff Hotel.

The magnificent topiary gardens of Levens Hall, near Kendal, were laid out by the King's gardener Beaumont, who trained at Versailles, in 1692.

The Bowder Stone, a 2,000-ton boulder which was transported to near Grange in Borrowdale by Ice Age glaciers, has been a source of tourist wonder for centuries.

Situated to the south of the town, overlooking the Test, Broadlands is an imposing porticoed house remodelled in classical style by 'Capability' Brown and John Holland in the mid 18th century.

It was wool and brewing that put Romsey on the map; several mills were established on the picturesque streams and watercourses of the River Test, which is fed by clear springs under the chalk soil and

A devout Catholic, Sir John Giffard was hauled before the Privy Council to answer charges of not conforming to the established church, just three days after lavishly entertaining Queen Elizabeth I at Chillington

The village itself is a mix of stone and local brick, as in the terrace on the right.

Would they be on the jukebox in this historic Kent alehouse?

Of Hardhorn, Newton, and Staining, only the last name is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Those of riper years were drawn to the village pub, The Black Horse, reached like a reward after climbing the steep rise on which it stands.

To the right of the photograph is a dry dock where lighters were repaired - it is shown in Constable's painting 'Boatbuilding' (1814).

Two little girls have been pressed into service to add human interest to this picture of the rustically styled post office.

Though smarter and more affluent today, much of St Mary Bourne is as it was when this photograph was taken.

Marks & Spencer's (left) has been a constant presence in Wrexham at a time when town centres generally have been under perpetual threat of change.

The weatherboarded building on the right has served as the post office for many years, and the white building on the left is the Blue Boar.

On the left is part of Bainbridge & Co's shop window – they were drapers and tailors.

That function for the modern Theatre Royal (built roughly on the site of the GWR offices) is fulfilled by The Bank, which in this picture (behind the columns) is still a bank.

Leading up to the castle and priory church, the High Street has always been the focus of the town.

When this photograph was taken, the pantiled old forge at Thornton Dale on the A170 east of Pickering had already diversified into pottery, postcards and gifts, as well as the more traditional metalwork

Another view of Whitby, this time showing the Upper Harbour beyond the causeway which leads to the famous 199 steps which lead up to St Mary's Church and the Abbey.

This view, now on the South Downs Way long distance footpath, looks down towards Eastbourne past Meads.

The Forge 1903 At a time when farming still depended on natural horsepower, rather than the mechanical variety, the local forge was an integral part of any local community.