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Set where the old county of Westmorland reaches down to the sea, this bracing small seaside resort and ship-building port enjoys splendid views of the fells at its back.

This view was taken in 1903, although it appears earlier. The timber colonnades are an unusual feature. The pump standing beneath the awning on the left was removed in 1960.

Some sources suggest that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas a Becket, fled here after a confrontation with King Henry II at Northampton Castle.

It was possible to place a grocery order at your local Duckworth branch, who would then arrange for one of the Blackpool shops to deliver it to your holiday accommodation in time for your arrival.

So that W H Hammond, who bought Raven Hall and became a local benefactor, did not have to look at an ugly railway line, a tunnel was constructed.

Situated at the west of end of St Peter's Street, this fine Regency terrace was constructed between 1827 and 1831 on the site of the bowling green to provide houses for 20 middle-class families.

Local councillors frowned at the cost of the winning design, and it was quietly shelved. The town's own surveyor eventually came up with a plan for the present theatre.

Here Broadgate starts to climb out of the valley. Whites Mineral Waters was rebuilt in 1994 as a county library, but the battlemented and towered former Drill Hall of 1890 survives.

This is one of the unmade roads to the west of Rectory Road—perhaps Hillcrest Chase or Rectory Park Drive. St Michael's church looms in the background.

Eamont Bridge, just south of Penrith on the A6, takes its name from this splendid three-arched bridge across the River Eamont.

Waterhead on Coniston Water has not changed significantly since this photograph was taken.

On the left can be seen the Embassy Cinema, which at the time this photograph was taken was showing 'The African Queen' with Humphrey Bogart. Further down are Woolworth's and Dewhurst Butchers.

Now it is a house and a tiny plate above the shop window reads 'The Old Post Office'. Four and a half days a week, the Village Hall hosts the Post Office.

At Harlech, golfers could enjoy the picturesque prospects of the castle and the headland as they walked between holes.

The golf club was established in 1905, on parkland set high above Cardigan Bay.

Looking from Newell up to Greenhill with the Crown Hotel on the left.

Major-general Thomas Harrison, who served in the Parliamentary army during the Civil War, was born in a house on the High Street.

Further attempts were being made to ease the road-congestion: a cluster of traffic lights, individual lanes, and 'Keep Left' signs.

Lord Dunraven spent much of his time on his estate at Adare, Ireland, and it was while he was on a trip to see his lordship that Devey died after contracting a chill.

The King's apartments were on the first floor. Here was the Presence Chamber, where Councils would have been held.

A number of Stradling family members fought for King Charles I during the Civil War, including Sir Edward Stradling, who commanded a Welsh regiment at the Battle of Edgehill (23 October 1642), where he

Hesba Stretton is a little-known writer who was born in New Street, to the left of the timber framed building at the far end of the square.

The terrace at the left survives but on the right all beyond the 1880s bank (now Atkinson and Keene estate agents) has been demolished, as far along as the parapeted building.

During the 1950s the site of Barlborough Colliery was cleared, but in 1955 there was an attempt by the NCB to re- open Southgate Colliery in Clowne.