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The view towards the Royal Hotel and Lloyds Bank is almost unchanged. On the right the Victorian Corn Exchange has become the Variety cinema.

In 1685 it was bought by Robert Hadley of Great Munden and eventually passed to Martin Hadsley Gosselin, who carried out major restorations in 1849.

Legend has it that she had a boom placed across the strait, and any ship plying between Skye and the mainland had to pay a toll.

The River Lune and the town of Lancaster are viewed from the New Bridge, or the Skerton Bridge as it is now called.

On the extreme left is Palmers, with John Bull tyres and cycle lamp batteries on display in the window.

The town hall is built in the Renaissance style with a campanile. The natural springs at Leamington were known about in the 17th century, and were mentioned by a number of writers.

Steel and glass were used in the construction of these offices, opened by the Queen Mother in 1967.The complex includes the Town Hall, Law Courts, Police Headquarters and the Technical College, all

Built by Edward I, Conwy Castle glowers at the head of this street scene as it dominates the town.

Town building had drained nearly all his wealth, and a sale, when most of his possessions were auctioned, lasted a fortnight.

Most of the buildings on the right have since been rebuilt, while on the left all up to the three-storey brick building with the parapet, now the Abbey National, have also gone (and some beyond).

Most of Tetbury's town centre buildings have stood there since Queen Elizabeth I's time. The Market House is one of the finest in Gloucestershire, and dates from 1655.

This scene is of Banstead Downs, which are actually outside Sutton's boundaries, south of Belmont station. The clubhouse of the Banstead Downs Golf Club is seen in the distance.

'Chain Bridge was a great attraction for me and my friends. We always built a hut in the woods — and would like to have slept there, but weren't allowed to. We

Battlemented parapets of the 15th-century nave and porch of St Giles Parish Church are seen here on the corner with North Road (left).

The Sheffield branch of Thomas Cook & Son is dwarfed by its neighbour, Woodhouses.

It is Market Day in the busy little town of Thirsk, which stands at the foot of the Hambleton Hills, halfway between York and Darlington.

It is Market Day in the busy little town of Thirsk, standing at the foot of the Hambleton Hills, halfway between York and Darlington.

This is the main route from Runton and west Norfolk into the centre of town.

Comparing this with the earlier pictures, the memorial has gained a chequered kerbstone and a rash of road signs.

Rivalling the castle in impressiveness, albeit on a lesser scale, is the Elizabethan town house of Robert Wynn, built between 1576 and 1585.

The factory, designed by Cecil Hignett and built between 1912-20, fulfilled Ebenezer Howard's tenet that his Garden City should provide industrial employment and not merely be a dormitory town for London

Ingleton is the gateway to the Three Peaks, and has been a popular destination for hill walkers and climbers for over a hundred years.

Nearly a third of a mile long, it now shows off the town's electricity with poles to carry the lighting and telephone system.

It was built in 1850 by Joseph Kaye, who was well-known in the town as a merchant, a brewer and the owner of four mills at Folly Hall.