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Lobster pots dry in the fresh air outside one of the tiny cottages that cling to the dramatic cliff swooping down to the sea. Coastal erosion is a constant peril around Runswick bay.

This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.

Nearly 50 years after this picture was taken, a steam roller went out of control down the one in seven gradient, hit the bank and turned right around.

This lovely view was taken just a few miles north of Dunsop Bridge.We can see the tiny River Brennand running down to join the Whitendale River to make the River Dunsop, which gives the town its

The machicolated heights of William Herbert's gatehouse and closet towers look down on the moat which surrounds the famous Yellow Tower, the work of his father William ap Thomas.

This delicacy probably went down well with Vitbe (left). Snow's is now a house called, appropriately, No 1 Snows Court.

What a pleasure it must have been to walk down the middle of the street without the worry of a constant stream of traffic.

The village sits below the North Downs on the main road between Dorking and Reigate.

We are looking down the High Street towards Barclays Bank.

We are coming down into Lower Eype from Mount Lane; the view is south-westwards from below the New Inn. The 1860-dated plaque (far left) is on Eype School.

In the late 18th century, Compton Wynyates was abandoned by its cash-strapped owner, the 8th Earl of Northampton, and narrowly avoided being pulled down.

On the right is the Haymarket Theatre facing down Charles II Street, where His Majesty's Theatre stands on the corner; in 1952, with the accession of Elizzabeth II, the theatre became Her Majesty's.

The hotel site is now replaced by a modern characterless Holiday Inn; we may be thankful that the ornate 1905 drinking fountain has been saved and relocated down by the river.

The lantern tower of St Botolph's dominates the town and the surrounding countryside. The river flows down into the Wash.

When Parkgate, further down the Dee, was inaccessible owing to the state of the tide, ships would tie up and unload at a small anchorage just off-shore from here known as Dawpool.

This photograph looks down on the town from an aqueduct along the Macclesfield Canal, the last canal to be built in England, which opened in 1831.

Panama-hatted Tom Roe, 'Dealer in Worn-out Horses' (perhaps a grand name for a rag and bone man), clip-clops his way down the Skipton Road through Keighley.

Two of the girls have come down from the bridge and are inspecting the ruined south-west towers.

Even the elegant steam cruiser the 'Gondola', seen here moored at the pier, is still taking passengers up and down the lake.

This interesting mining village, almost a town, developed in the 19th century close to the great copper mines of Consolidated and United Downs.

There is not much traffic other than a car and a motorcycle with pillion passenger in this view of the road running down from Dunmail Raise into Grasmere.

Magnificent sea views are afforded from the Promenade, down the north coast in the direction of Hartlepool and beyond, hence the name of these gardens.

The photographer was positioned on Moor Street looking down towards the Town Gate.

We are looking down onto the old bridge with the castle in the centre left of the picture. This bridge has now been superseded by a modern version, although this one is still in use.