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When this picture was taken, the motor car was a relatively new method of travelling up the hill to the village grocery store, A E Hammond (right).

This did not happen, but the Wizard still does not have a full licence, a relic of its teetotal days.

Stewart Park was originally the grounds of Marton Hall, the magnificent residence of Henry Bolckow which he built in the 1850s, and filled with valuable works of art. As

Every day the pilot boats thread a winding path between the yachts, leading in huge vessels that seem impossibly big for such a relatively narrow waterway.

No 36a on the right is late Georgian, while the Feoffee almshouses are late 16th- century timber-framed under the render.

A relic of the old stone balustrade from the bridge is preserved behind the new shops where the mill once stood.

This charming timber framed cottage (with a relatively modern extension) is a typical product of the skill of local carpenters and builders.

At weekends the banks are lively with visitors, strollers and walkers, rowing club members, and people visiting the café.

The adjacent tobacconist's premises bears numerous advertisements for assorted products, while on the opposite side of the street, the hardware store displays some of its stock, including a roll

This was a relatively easy position to defend because the river almost surrounds the site.

The creators of Golden Acre Holiday Bungalows - as they are now called - proposed a relatively modest development of 18 such buildings.

KIDDERMINSTER has been fortunate in that it has always been a relatively compact town, despite its expansion during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Royston is a relatively modern town - it is not mentioned in the Domesday Book - which grew up at the crossing of Ermine Street and the Icknield Way; it was not officially recognised until the late 1800s

In the 1960s weekly freight services to Ireland were launched, sailing to Londonderry, Portrush, Dublin and Waterford, and the port was amongst the first to offer a roll-on, roll-off service for taking

George Cowper, who was backed by the Bromsgrove Guild; once they were satisfied with their work, they dismantled the statues and rebuilt them on top of the Liver Building, fixing them into place with a rolled

The Roman Catholic Church, discounting the 1000 years or so before King Henry VIII separated the Anglican church from it, has a relatively short history in Godalming.

The Derby winner has always been celebrated by sporting artists, but it was not until Victorian times that race-goers themselves caught the imagination of the art world.

There was also a roller-skating rink, facilities for a range of sports and catering - 'plain tea, meat tea or first class tea' could be provided.

Cars remained a relative luxury in the 1930s and most people either travelled by public transport or used a bicycle.