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A fast rowing boat, a lobster pot and promenaders give an idea of how the Promenade looked in the last years of Victoria's reign.

'The shallowness of the shore', one commented, 'may seem a merciful provision of nature to keep enterprising swimmers from venturing out too far, as there is a strong current to be reckoned with'.

The road is the A30 London to the west of England road which, even in 1955, could become horribly congested, especially at summer weekends. This broad thoroughfare runs the entire length of the town.

The little hamlet of Brockweir, straggling along the floor of the Wye Valley and with a utilitarian bridge spanning the river itself, lies on the county border with Gwent.

An early 20th-century view of that bastion of English life, the Post Office. Here is a lovely half- timbered building in this picturesque little village on the Canterbury road.

It was to here that Mary Queen of Scots and Henry, Lord Darnley came following their marriage in July 1565. The castle was owned by Henry's father, the Earl of Lennox.

To the left of Carfax there used to be a 'pennyless bench' where beggars sat and women sold butter.

The memorial in St Giles dates back to 1841; it stands on an island in the road and was designed by George Gilbert Scott. Behind it is the Church of St Mary Magdalen.

Many of the buildings are limestone; the old Town Hall is worth a look, as are the Georgian facades of the inns in the Market Place.

This almost deserted beach at the village of Angmering-on-Sea dramatically contrasts with the crowds at the larger and more popular resorts.

Lady Patricia Brabourne is the daughter of Earl Mountbatten, the cousin of George VI.

Was everyone in church or still asleep here? If so, L L Hopkins the grocer and postmaster had managed to get up and open for business!

This is a typical Edwardian scene, with a group of villagers looking coyly at the camera. Today, with increased housing development, North Warnborough has almost joined up with Odiham.

Martello Towers were built in the time of Napoleon to guard the coast.

The grand Victorian hotel catering for the wealthy dominates the sky-line to the top left, mirrored by the terrace of cheaper B and Bs on the right.

'The large cellars or caves beneath the town, dug out of the sand rock, are highly curious.

This, the main body of the university, is spread over approximately 190 acres. The university uses many of the historical buildings in the city, as well as the Hall.

Kempsey's church, seen here through the trees, has a puzzling 18th-century monument inside, which reads 'Underneath the corruptible parts of a vicar, one husband, two helpmeets, both wives and both Anns

The cenotaph can be seen to the left of centre of the park, which is on Market Street. The memorial is dedicated to Whitworth men who died in the two World Wars.

The life of a moorland farmer is tough today; in 1890, with no Landrovers, electricity or modern waterproofs, it must have been unimaginably harsh and very isolated.

By the 1960s, time had taken its toll on the castle and it was in a poor state of repair.

The house dates from the reign of Elizabeth I, but was largely rebuilt following a major fire which undermined the structure in 1886.

On the ridge nearby is the source of the River Frome - that beautiful Dorset brook that crosses nearly forty miles of the county before reaching the sea.

A cart delivers fresh water around the village of Puncknowle. The water came gushing from a grotto in the middle of the village.