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Much more survives of the buildings on the left side of the Broadway, seen here just before the War Memorial replaced the drinking trough and lamp post.

A double-decker open-topped bus travels north along the A24 on its way to Dorking and its terminus at West Croydon.

At the source of the Ribble and the Wharfe, the village has been a centre for granite, slate and limestone quarrying for over a century.

This is a quiet town on the south bank of the River Stour, at the point where it begins to widen into the estuary.

Holidaymakers queue up for the traditional offshore boat trip, while in the background the 19th-century pier steps out to sea on its spindly legs.

The post office is on the left then Corney Manufacturing Jeweller.

There was a time in the 19th century when the powers that be in Hull looked upon the needs of the fishing industry as little more than a nuisance and a hindrance to commercial traffic.

The three cottages on the left were originally a house of c1580, with the further range added in c1800.

The three cottages on the left were originally a house of c1580, with the further range added in c1800.

The Mersey ferries are world-famous, even without a boost from pop music, and no printed coverage of the city would be complete unless homage was paid to these links with the Wirral Peninsula.

Madingley Hall was the home of Colonel Harding - in 1909 he was carrying out an extensive restoration programme.

Twice a year, in April and September, people come from all over to watch the Severn Bore, a wave varying in size from nothing more than a ripple to a wall of water several feet high.

The full tide brings its own burst of activity, as small passenger boats in an orderly seamanlike manner position themselves to approach the slipway.

This is a small hilltop village about a mile to the south east of expanding Fleckney.

We are at the top of the street seen in photograph No 71178. The Black Bull, where the people are standing, was built in 1855; it was a Blackburn Brewery Company pub, and so was the Brown Cow.

Here we see one of the ornate gateways that gave entrance to the inner square of the building for deliveries. There were cellars for rent, and Manchester businesses could store goods in them.

The bank on the left has its long frontage to St Paul's Square, and is now a Ladbroke's betting shop.

This little group of cottages belonging to the fishermen whose boats are lined up on the foreshore, grew up around the declivity where the local stream, the Wynreford, after passing through

The earliest tourists to the Lake District were overwhelmed by the 'horrid' and 'frightful' nature of the mountains and crags, which frowned down on them as they negotiated the passes.

The Star Inn still looks out towards the wonderful, elegant stone cross on its seven step base.

Here is a typical market day in Wisbech, at the beginning of the 20th century. In the distance can be seen Racey's Arcade Stalls.

The tailor's shop to the left was shortly taken over by Fells, Cycle & Wireless dealers (see W115023 on page 38-39), who also had premises in Norfolk Street, and until recently was Belfast's linen store

This view from the middle of the Market Place is not much altered since 1922. The view towards the Royal Hotel and Lloyds Bank is almost unchanged.

It is appropriate that our east to west town tour should start in the cathedral city of Chichester, the county town of West Sussex and one with a very long history.