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In the decades following the First World War, Exmouth reached the heights of its fame as a holiday resort, thanks to the greater mobility offered by railway trains and motor vehicles

Until the 1960s, most people relied on public transport, and the green-liveried buses of United Counties carried workers and shoppers in and out of town on busy timetables.

This is an excellent view of Botley Mills, which produced cattle fodder and seed for farmers. Note how low barges could come up under the mills for unloading and refilling.

On the right, the narrow strip of park beyond the trees is the Common Acre, where the archers of Andover practised before going into battle under Henry V at Agincourt in 1415.

Several of the port's big fleet of topsail schooners can be seen. These 'western ocean yachts' were built here: they carried slate world-wide, and returned with mixed cargoes.

This little hamlet lies on the River Llugwy, at the foot of Snowdon.

Before the railway - the Quay station can be seen on the left - this area was quayside. Merchants have transacted their business here long before that.

This splendid building must have overawed the narrow Waring Street, which could only lay claim to such a pile because of its very long history as a place where business was to be done.

We can see the stone mullion windows and low doorways of this former almshouse, which was built under the will of Robert Napier in 1616.

This point - where Grace's Walk crosses Sandon Brook - has a ghost story attached to it: Lady Alice Mildmay (d1615), child-bride of Sir Henry, supposedly drowned herself in a pond here after he was unkind

In the background of this picture stands the Gas Works jetty. Pier Hill leads down to the sea front esplanade, with the Palace Hotel on the left.

The Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire is unique: modern village life and ancient stones live side by side in a common and mutual existence where the past is indelibly a living part of the present.

Here we see the buckthorn-covered dunes in the Park or Jungle; we are looking towards Roman Bank, with bits of the main footpath visible through the trees.

The road curving up to the left of the castle is Roydon Road, known at this time as Zulu Road.

The Lloyds Bank building on the right has been renovated, though the exterior is similar. The Crown to the right of it is now a building society.

Immediately east of Wicksteed Park, on the higher ground above the River Ise, Barton Seagrave has a small core of stone-built houses and cottages and a good Norman church around a triangular green.

They were the traditional enemies of Cromer men, who referred to them disparagingly as 'Shaddocks'. Nets were regularly cut and battles fought.

A lace maker works at a floral sprig of Honiton lace outside her cottage door at Beer in South Devon.

The process involved in loading or unloading ships can be seen clearly here. Cargo is off-loaded from and to horse-driven wagons along wooden gullies directly from and into the hold of the vessel.

Outside the Higher Clovelly post office, postman Roy Fisher accepts the sacks of local post from the Bideford van.

The process involved in loading or unloading ships can be seen clearly here. Cargo is off-loaded from and to horse-driven wagons along wooden gullies directly from and into the hold of the vessel.

In this carefully composed picture we see the lower part of the village. The two men, one holding the horse and one with his dog, are everything a photographer could want in a village scene.

In the distance a crowd gather to be entertained – could it be minstrels or a Punch and Judy show? A little closer, a group of donkeys await their rides.

This is a view from the south-east, and shows the Ladies' Gate on the right and the bowed fernery on the left. The brickwork of the original windmill can be seen on the Round Tower.