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The Institute was opened in 1855 by Colonel Charles Townley; it was a haven for apprentices taking on night-school to further their careers, and for youngsters wanting to better themselves.

The Institute was opened in 1855 by Colonel Charles Townley; it was a haven for apprentices taking on night-school to further their careers, and for youngsters wanting to better themselves.

When the old Queen died after more than sixty years on the throne, England threw itself into the building of a plethora of monuments, each one trying to be better and different.

Fortunately for the hotel, it has been taken over by a group of local businessmen, and it looks much, much better now.

But the Exford smith is still carrying on his traditional business, although his forge has seen better days – the thatch has worn wafer thin and will soon be letting in water.

Behind the camera is the Leicester- Nottingham railway line, with Swithland village, better known for its slate quarries, sited at the south end of the water.

Its style owes something to the Wentworth Estate to the south-west, where there are many houses in a similar style, but mostly better than this.

The round keep is thought to be the first of its type to be built in England; it was designed to be difficult to mine and resistant to attack with a battering ram.

The waters from the Malvern Hills nearby were then, as now, much better known.

to drive the grinding wheels of the Queen's Mill (centre); it was taken over in 1921 by the Natural Food Company, led by the health innovator Dr Thomas Allinson, who firmly believed that bread was better

The diving board here was known locally as the `plachet`, and as you became a better swimmer you moved upwards to a higher level.

Today the park is better known for its involvement with the NHS on the Wirral.

Today the park is better known for its involvement with the NHS on the Wirral.

Fortunately for the hotel, it has been taken over by a group of local businessmen, and it looks much, much better now.

Bay Cottage is better known as Jane's Café, for its link with 'Persuasion'.

Built by Lord Hastings of Ashby-de-la- Zouch around 1480, the castle matches in quality the brickwork of the better preserved Tattershall Castle in Lincolnshire.

It is protected against attack by battering ram or by undermining with spur bastions.

Launched in 1868, she was twenty-two years old when our photograph was taken, and had been overtaken by newer ships with more and better guns that could cover the front and rear of the vessel.

Things are a little better these days.

The money was raised by pre-selling the pews and boxes inside to the better-off families of Liverpool.

Nobbies and nickies had the same basic hull shape, but were rigged differently, and the nickey was probably the better sailor of the two.

It is in line with Falkirk's past that one of its representatives, unselected by his party, should be elected and re-elected as an Independent, reflecting the old motto better meddle wi the deil

CHELFORD is better known as a village that is passed through rather than a destination in itself for it stands on an important crossroads, where the route between Manchester and the Midlands crosses

The Second World War had been over for about ten years, and better times were on the way - and so there were traffic direction signs and advertisements for travellers.