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Though cars were more affordable by the 1950s, engines, being thirstier by today's standards, needed more frequent refueling.

Elsewhere people paid to follow fashion and cover their houses with bricks; here that was a luxury few could afford.

The town developed in the 19th century as a suburb of Manchester for those who could afford to live away from the smoke and grime, and could also spare the time to travel.

In the centre is a motorbike and sidecar, a popular and affordable form of transport.

Some of these houses were owned by sea captains, who could afford to build a substantial two-story house. It is said that almost every boy from Borth went to sea.

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 second shop from the left is T E Clegg's shoe shop; how many fisher families could have afforded shoes?

The thatched cottages of one or one and a half storeys with dormer windows are more villagey in character: there are remarkably few thatched houses in towns, but in Alford even the Manor House is thatched

Rothesay is the chief town of the County of Bute, and is situated in a well-formed bay, which affords safe anchorage in high wind.

The railway also turned Whitley Bay into commuter country for those who could afford to escape the grime of Newcastle.

But in the 16th century, Alford was also a major glass-making centre. The tile-hung Crown Inn on the Loxwood Road was on the smuggler's route from Sussex to the north.

There is now a golf course here; and the shelter afforded by the Great Cumbrae makes Largs a first-rate place for boating. Largs commands a magnificent view of Arran.

The pier affords fine views of the shipping and docks of Liverpool, the Irish Sea, and the mountains of Wales.

Built in 1813 by Oxley of Alford, it is a five-sailer owned by the County Council and often open to the public.

A rough sea is coming onto the beach, but the pier affords protection to the dangerously narrow harbour entrance beneath the cliffs.

At the end of the 18th century, much of the village was in disrepair because the previous owners, the Mordaunt family, were unable to afford the upkeep towards the end of their tenure.

Calshot has long been popular with local people and holidaymakers for the views it affords of Southampton Water.

Standing some 800ft up, rising in green terraces above the village, it affords panoramic views with the erosion caused by rivers and frost action during the Ice Ages evident in the isolation of the

Alford is a most attractive small market town on the eastern edge of The Wolds, noted for its thatched Manor House in West Street, a 16th-century hall house with crosswings, all encased in brick in 1661

As a result it was afforded the rare privilege of flying the White Ensign.

Now known as Truro School, the college was founded on the hill overlooking the city 10 years before this photograph was taken, 'affording a thorough English education at a moderate cost' for up to 120

Sir James Colquhoun of Luss developed Helensburgh in the late 18th century as a residential district for those who could afford not to have to live any nearer to Glasgow than was absolutely necessary.

Its survival in its near-original form probably owes much to the fact that its owners were often very stretched for cash and could never therefore afford to alter it, add bits on to it or change it in

That at No 30 is of particular interest; it afforded the occupants the very best of views of the public hangings that used to take place on Court Green.