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This is the creeper-clad rear of the Hotel Alexandra, taken from its tennis lawn. The building faces the sea and the sun.

Heawood Hall was a small gentry house in Nether Alderley, once the home of the Hollinsheds, a family that included the 16th-century chronicler who was Shakespeare`s source for many of his

The contraption on the brick wall of Allin's Newsagents beside the pub is a vending machine.

The parked lorry belongs to Jones & Co, Corn and Seed Merchant; perhaps it is more than mere coincidence that a transport café is just across the road.

The Welshpool and Llanfair Railway still chuffs its way along the eight-mile narrow gauge line between the two towns.

In Church Road there are some older houses and the parish church; the south churchyard boundary runs along Church Lane to the left.

In the main street of The Borough, and facing on to Castle Street as it runs up to the south side of the castle, this early 17th-century, half-timbered building with its complex pattern of quatrefoils

Here we can see a closer view of the railway line, which runs parallel to the river virtually all the way to Carmarthen.

Here we see motorists in the village—they are probably touring the area.

In the 1940s, Mrs Chadwick's tearoom gave servicemen teas under Chestnut Cottage's thatch.

A busy place at times, considering that imprisonments for being drunk and incapable were running at 300 a month in Glasgow alone.

This Grade I building, now called Valley Farm, is the Warden's House of the Field Studies Council, who run environmental and arts courses at Flatford Mill, Willy Lott's House and Valley Farm.

Around a hundred years before this picture was taken, the cobblestones of Newark Market Place would have echoed to the clatter of stagecoaches and carriers' waggons.

The idea for Harlow New Town dates from the late 1940s. It was seen as a way to relieve some of the congestion in London.

Rottingdean, the valley of Rota's people, is cut off from its vast neighbour, Brighton, by steep chalk downs and sea cliffs.

Salt panning was an important industry in this area, and the output from Salthouse provided the local fishermen with all their needs. The salt marshes are famous for their varied wildlife.

Standing on the north-west side of Moat Road, this was an Anglican school for girls, run by St Margaret's Convent.

On the right is the busy village store run by the Foxwell family, who only recently gave up the business.

The River Colne has always played a crucial role in the history of Colchester.

The three remaining millstone grit pillars (there were originally four) have been here since the Bronze Age.

The boat we saw in photograph No M32031R is now seen climbing the 5 locks at Tyrley.

Set in the midst of a region of rich and picturesque farms, it developed into an important market centre for the agricultural community.

Much of this corner of the Market Place has changed since this photograph was taken.

Lowfield Heath is near the old London to Brighton main road. The White Lion Inn, left, also serves teas. The Stores, run by J F Mitchell, has the front door open awaiting customers.