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Building work is still in progress in this 1965 picture; a foundation stone was laid in 1964 for a lower nave and complete abbey buildings left and right of the church.

It is only 60ft long, and consists of a nave and a lower chancel. There is no tower, just a small bell turret which was added around 1500.

Note the single high-peaked mainsail: its considerable height allowed the craft to collect every last puff of wind blowing across the tree-fringed banks.

A late Edwardian scene before development took place along Grand Parade, and when grassy sand dunes filled the space where the Embassy Centre is now situated.

This view shows a lower view of the High Street. The covered walks, created by overhanging stories, were the location of two historic parts of the market area.

Salkeld was mortally wounded blowing up a gate into the city during a battle in one of Queen Victoria's 'little wars'.

Down below at the foot of the hill, the wind blowing off the summit on a cold day can make the village of Clee seem bleak.

Penarth's post-war attempts to re-establish itself as a first-class resort were to be dealt a serious blow in May 1947.

Jervaulx was destroyed in 1537 by Henry VIII - the last abbot was hanged at Tyburn, and the king took his revenge by blowing up the building with gunpowder.

Later the growth of the commercial road vehicle industry was to deal a killer blow to them both.

Higher still on the upper basin were eight sea urchins blowing their horns, and finally the pinnacle was composed of four entwined dolphins.

Vessels collided with the bridge quite frequently, but the fatal blow came in October 1960.

Bessemer steel was produced here as early as 1866, and this process continued until the last Bessemer blow in 1962.

The King's Arms (right, and now no longer a pub) was the scene of the Haslemere Riot and the murder of Inspector William Donaldson on 28 July 1855.

In 1857, at the age of 27, he passed the match that fired the charge to blow up the Cashmere Gate in the Siege of Delhi. He knew he would die in the process.

From the town bridge, we can see the sluice gates in a lowered position. The buildings behind were attached to the rear of the mill and also contained stabling.

The lime shipments caused a great deal of dust blowing about and Slaters were made to put up the large shed which is shown in this photograph.

When the police made a charge to clear the mob away, Sergeant Thomas Green was felled by a blow. Soon after that the prisoners were released, and the soldiers marched back to camp.

In the 1920s the future looked very bright for Loughborough, but the Depression of the 1930s came as a cruel blow to the town.

John Heathcoat and John Boden had a factory in Mill Street (now Market Street) making lace by powered machinery. This mill became the focus of the lacemakers' pent up anger in 1816.

He remembered: 'When I started Jack Hardy was a tool setter when they bombed X block, blowing the roof off. Seven were killed in there, along with another 37 elsewhere at the plant.