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It is clearly high summer and the horrors of World War One were still unknown to these two, even if not for long.

This view looking east down Colne Road in the main street of the village of Cowling, near Keighley, shows the prominent monuments of Wainman's Pinnacle and Lund's Tower on the escarpment of Earl Crag on

for Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Gordon, Goodwood House was designed by James Wyatt and includes in its structure parts of a previous house built in 1720.

Virtually every shop in the picture has since either moved elsewhere in the city centre or closed down altogether: Marks and Spencer moved to New Canal, and Woolworths to the High Street.

The wide and elegant Station Street leads down to the porticoed entrance of the railway station.

New Brighton is situated on the extreme tip of the Wirral Peninsula, and is separated from the busy city and port of Liverpool by the River Mersey.

This photograph was taken further down the road and two years earlier than photograph 61439.

The others are Finkle Street and Stramongate.

Regular performers included the Royal Marine Band; the Bandstand was hit during the blitz and subsequently pulled down.

This great peak gives some shelter to the little village of Seatown - a tiny resort of cottages and caravans just down the road from Chideock.

Animals, local produce and other implements such as weaponry and agricultural tools were sold at the junction of the three main streets, Coleshill Street, Mill Street and High Street, and Sutton

Down the years, pyramids of waste have scarred the landscape above St Austell, creating an eerie, lunar atmosphere.

Stand by the Burton monument and look down the High Street to compare this photograph with the scene today.

Henry de Rokeby pulled down the old Norman chancel and rebuilt it in 13th-century style, adding an unusual tower (72131, opposite): early commentators believed that it was intended as a place

Is this family smiling for the camera, or have they noticed that little Johnny, head down and pedalling like mad, is on a collision course with our man from Frith?

This was true, the council wanted the land for '… road improvements, public offices, a fire station, baths and washhouses and sanitary conveniences.'

The attractive heath, with its colourful heathers and gorse, reach down to a village boasting several buildings constructed of exquisite brickwork.

The railings and lamps have gone, but similar lamps have recently been installed along the Castlegate.

This last alludes to the town's on-going military associations, from the North York Militia, through the Green Howards to Catterick Camp.

He received a lot of opposition to the building from the locals: as well as fearing they might end up with a white elephant on their hands, they were understandably concerned that construction would involve

Hundreds of houses in old Taunton were torn down during Victorian times and throughout the 20th century, particularly in the aftermath of the First World War.

Built in 1947, the Bristol Queen was considered to be the ultimate in paddle steamer design, and was never to be replaced.

This photographs shows the waterfall, and above that the T-rocker viaduct of the Lady Isabella.

A scene that was once familiar in many villages up and down the country.