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The busy Dover promenade was very popular with visitors; a pier was added to it in 1893 at a cost of £28,000.

In 1967, one of the Georgian residences with seven bedrooms, two acres and a heated-swimming pool cost £20,000.

The school was built on the Green in 1872 at a cost of £700, with accommodation for 70 children. The side windows have gone and have been replaced by six sky-lights in the roof.

A poster advertising the Bric a Bracs, an entertainment troupe, adorns the building at the landward end of the pier.

It was built at a cost of £100, paid for out of guild wine funds. Beyond the cross are the municipal buildings complete with their 210 ft tower.

Boating cost one shilling (5 pence) per hour.

This bridge over the River Aire linking Silsden and Steeton was built in 1806 at a cost of £3529; it opened up trade between Wharfedale and Airedale.

The glass shades on the Bradford Boot and Shoe Exchange (left) carry interesting advertisements: men's nailed boots cost from 3s 11d.

The glass shades on the Bradford Boot and Shoe Exchange (left) carry interesting advertisements: men's nailed boots cost from 3s 11d.

It was erected in 1856-60 at a cost of £60,000 for Lady Willoughby de Broke as a memorial to her husband.

In 1823 the Chamber of Commerce were so concerned about the high cost of the port dues being demanded by the Bristol Dock Co that they inquired as to what charges would be levied at other ports for the

The Lifeboat House was built in 1893 at a cost of £1,400; in 1900 the 'John Francis White' was stationed here, followed in 1926 by the 'Dash'. The station closed in 1929.

Bridge caused riots, and in 1780 angry protesters burned down the toll-house.After a succession of expensive repairs a replacement was suggested, and the present bridge was erected in 1864 at a cost

This impressive work by Goscombe John cost £1,500, raised by public subscription, and it was unveiled by Lord Aberdare on 10 July 1920.

The Nantwich architect George Latham found that his client, Rowland Egerton Warburton, demanded constant alterations to the design; this increased the cost from an original estimate of £5-6,000 to £30,000

The Town Hall was enlarged in 1869 at a cost of £15,200, and many locals considered the expense to be a waste of money; there were more important things to spend it on than councillors full of their own

The substantial clubhouse pictured here cost £3,000; it is now the North Shore Hotel.

Around the beginning of the 20th century there was little difference in the cost of accommodation at either the Victoria, the Prince of Wales, or the Royal, though eating at the latter was slightly more

It was the most expensive of Wren's refurbishments, costing £15,400. The ponderous Victorian Gothic architecture of this part of the City is not to everyone's taste today.

The chapel, capable of holding 1400 people, opened in July 1846 at a total cost includ- ing land of £5200. The Methodist New Connection opened their chapel in October 1848.

The statue cost £2,000 and was unveiled on 24 October 1891; it stood close to the Town Hall, whose foundation stone Bright had laid 25 years earlier.

Opened in 1967 and costing £526,495, this building was then considered one of the most modern council offices in England.

In 1967 a dozen eggs cost 4s 1d; 2lb of sugar 1s 9d; potatoes were 5d a pound; a pint of milk 10d; streaky bacon 3s 6d a pound; and for the well off, sirloin was 6s 10d a pound.

The Local Board have expended £14,000 on a sea-wall and fine esplanade, and the pier, 1,000 feet in length, cost £5,000.