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In 1905 it became the duty of the hotel boots boy to pull and tie down a cord which silenced the quarterjacks during the hours of darkness.

A century after his visit, the town had been transformed from a quiet village to a vibrant centre for the textile industry.

Other systems that closed down in 1934 were Colne, Derby, Middlesborough, Nelson, Northampton, Guernsey, Rhondda and Torquay.

The High Street becomes Fore Street as it heads down towards the river Exe. The street today is a mass of shops and attractive buildings, none more so than Tuckers Hall.

The thatch-roofed house has a well-clipped hedge and a Chilean pine - or monkey-puzzle tree - grows in a garden further down the hill. The roadway is of stone; motor transport has not yet arrived.

To the right of the bend in the road there is a drop down to what was the Commercial Hotel, sited near what was the port in times past.

These awe-inspiring and formidable walls and gates were knocked down in the 1920s. At that time there were no conservation laws, and anything that was in the way of progress was destroyed.

Situated at the foot of the South Downs, where the River Stor flows north-west to its confluence with the Arun, Storrington is the only downland settlement that became a small market town.

South of the bypass are late 19th- and 20th-century housing and a large industrial area leading down to Eling creek. Nearby is the brick church of St Winifred, built in 1937.

The two ladies in the distance have just come down from the May Bush Inn.

Meads and the slopes leading up to the Downs and Beachy Head were consid- ered ideally healthy, and convalescent homes and large villas proliferated: it used to be known as Eastbourne's Belgravia.

We are looking down the Chatteris road, where very little has changed in the past 40 years.

Looking down the hill from above the station, we see the bridge carrying the Settle- Carlisle railway line running along the edge of the village.

The Town Hall, designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, was started in 1862. It burnt down in 1947, and after much debate, the ruins were cleared away in the early 1960s.

In its original form it was a farm dwelling with a barn and outbuildings, but has been added to and altered down the years.

Keymer is at the foot of the Downs near Hassocks. The Norman church of St Cosmos and St Damian was re-built in 1866. Ockley Manor is an 18th-century brick house, with a dovecote.

It is the perfect site for the ancient priory that once stood here; it was attached to the church of St Celert, and pilgrims have made their way here down the centuries.

It is the perfect site for the ancient priory that once stood here; it was attached to the church of St Celert, and pilgrims have made their way here down the centuries.

The crews of the three motor launches are preparing their vessels, and in the background a sailing cruiser has already departed down river. The entrance to the Broad is on the right.

Bridge Stores (right of centre) advertises Colman`s Mustard in much more basic style than the Victorian sign that used to look down on the central part of the street.

Lower down beyond the children is the corner drapery shop of the Misses Pryke.

Unfortunately, they have also closed down as the car industry has reformed itself.

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs.

Keymer is at the foot of the Downs near Hassocks.The Norman church of St Cosmos and St Damian was re-built in 1866. Ockley Manor is an 18th-century brick house, with a dovecote.