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This view brings out the tremendous bustle of Brighton's beaches, dotted with small sailing boats and lines of bathing machines.

On the right, a contemporary wing of singular quality lurks behind the petrol pumps. For show, transportation of an earlier age adorns the forecourt.

Holy Trinity church is a most unusual building in that a number of shops are built in it. In the 1900s these included a tobacconist's, a bank, and two butchers.

Albert Park was opened by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, in 1868, and the land was purchased for the town by Henry Bolckow.

This is the forecourt at the north front of Wilton House. The house was built for the first Earl of Pembroke when he was granted the old nunnery estate after its dissolution in 1544.

Rockley Sands was one of the earliest holiday camps. It catered for family groups who wanted outdoor holidays with plenty of activities.

Bundles of Norfolk reed lie stacked at the edge of Ranworth staithe awaiting collection by thatchers. The Maltsters Inn can be seen across the road.

Stow-on-the-Wold is the junction of eight major roads, including the Roman Fosse Way, and has always attracted travellers from far and wide.

By 1921 the green fees at the Old Links, St Anne's were 2s 6d on weekdays and higher at weekends, whilst the Lytham & St Anne's club charged a fee of 5s for play on any day of the week.

After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it was acquired by the Crown before becoming part of Pembroke College. Its members worshipped here until the college built its own chapel in 1732.

Many of the houses in this area, some around 300 years old, were built of stones and pebbles.

The civil engineers of the future concentrate on their construction work, while a budding mountaineer attempts a climb of the stone wall (left).

The Cranford Hotel on the outskirts of the town began its existence as the Half Way House; it was transformed from a humbler inn to cater for the increase in visitors to the resort and the

The church of All Saints is considered to have the finest chancel in Nottinghamshire, as well as a magnificent 14th-century Easter Sepulchre.

The River Fal is one of the glories of Cornwall, and winds a serpentine course towards Falmouth and the Carrick Roads.

The monument in Market Square is inscribed: 'In memory of Henry John Lucas M D. Born July 3rd 1804 Died December 29th 1873'.

Viewed from the corner of the High Street, Boots is on the left hand side, with W H Smith opposite.There is a striking canopy over a former hoist at Stokes Tea and Coffee Warehouse on the left of

Even by the 1960s the heyday of canals such as the Birmingham to Worcester was long past.

Wyre Piddle's church was built in 1888, though some of the original Norman building remains. The font is 12th- century, and there are some good examples of 15th-century glass.

Apart from the individual on the bow, it is possible to see the strength of character in the faces of the men.

R D Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone, was moved to describe the walk to Lee as `one of the finest in England`.

Odiham Castle, situated in a bend of the River Whitewater in North Warnborough, is the only castle in England with an octagonal keep.

A tram rattles along Bradshawgate on the Tonge Moor service in the days when letters of the alphabet were used instead of route numbers.

Wimborne Minster dominates the winding streets of the medieval town to which it gives its name.