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Little trace of the railway remains today (Broadstone Leisure Centre stands on much of it), but this was once a busy junction, where the Bournemouth main branch crossed the London, Southampton

This view shows facing cottges built at Canford Magna from 1870-72. By 1955, one cottage was the post office, with a separate telephone kiosk outside.

The trams have given way to buses and the horse-drawn vehicles to motorcars, and hatless heads are now commonplace.

A temporary bridge was erected from a ledge below the Store or Detachment Shelter on the left to Castle Hill, which allowed the passage of building materials and labourers from mainland to

The single-storey extension to the pub also dates from 1921, when Hiskey Golding was the landlord. Where the Austin Sevens are parked is now a beer garden.

This triangular Bath stone fountain stands at the junction of Silver Street, Vicarage Street and Church Street; it was erected in 1783.

Rows of black cars line the sides of the road. Today there are estate agents, an optometrist and a surgery here; the surgery dates from 1937 when Dr Cheyne opened it in his Havant Road home.

The Swan Inn is south of Lyndhurst. A turning to the A35 is opposite it, and here we find Leominstead Lakes, where trout fishing is available daily.

The Norman tower and later spire of St Michael's parish church watches over the busy Yorkersgate.

We are looking out across the deal and timber yards to the cathedral and downtown Bristol. Perched high on its hill in the background at left is the tower erected to commemorate John Cabot's voyage.

From the 1880s to the mid-1930s, Sharpness was the third largest port in the UK for the importing of timber, including pine and spruce from Canada and the Baltic and teak from Burma.

Prominent on this main road was Rushton's poultry shop on the left. At Christmas especially, rows of pheasants, rabbits and hares hung here, along with other game, poultry and fish.

There has been an inn here since at least 1680; it became a coaching inn in about 1750.

It stands 76ft high and is a notable Clyde estuary landmark, looking across to the light on the Gantock rocks.

One much-loved inhabitant was the actress Peg Woffington, who died here at the age of 39.

This well, with its thirteen water jets, is a reconstruction of an earlier one destroyed by Oliver Cromwell's troops. On 23 January 1570, Regent Moray was shot as he rode through Linlithgow.

On the right is the United Free Methodist Church, which opened in 1869, and facing it on the left is Burnley Town Hall.

The area from the Duke of Wellington statue to Market Street was once a large ornamental pond complete with fountains, which had delighted Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on their visit in 1840.

At the turn of the century Wetherby was described in some tourist guides as 'a town of no interest'.

Famous as the birthplace of John Macadam in 1756 and of Robert Burns in 1759, Ayr was founded under a charter granted by William the Lion. This view looks towards the New Brig and Main Street.

It is difficult to tell what these traders are selling, but it is probably wet fish. It looks as if they have almost cleared their tray. A young boy pauses on his way to buy a jug of beer.

This dignified four-storey stucco terrace of about 1870, with its continuous first-floor balcony, was at the south-east corner of The Steyne.

Founded by Nathanial Woodard, then curate at nearby New Shoreham, Lancing was one of fifteen schools he established, including Ardingly and Hurstpierpoint in Sussex.

The remains of Ratae Coritanorum, the origins of the city and a regional capital, lie adjacent to the superb Saxon church of St Nicholas, seen here in the centre of the photograph.