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Standing beside the pier, it housed Louis Tussaud's Waxworks, a major attraction in this area. On the left of the picture we can see the boating lake.

The boarding houses of Margate became the private guest houses and hotels of Cliftonville; dinner was served in the evening and not midday, and amateur landladies with old-fashioned rules were replaced

The Petty Sessions were held here until 1882, and over the years the premises were also a posting house, a railway booking office and an Excise and Inland Revenue office.

Much of the woodwork was commissioned in 1938 from Robert Thompson from Kilburn, and his mouse trademark can be found on the pews and pulpit. The building to the right is the old hearse house.

Although only visible from its sign in this picture, the Green Man is a magnificent timbered public house.

Once the village smithy, the inn at Godmanstone is said to be the smallest public house in England. The beautifully-thatched building measures only 20?ft by 10?ft; it is about 500 years old.

Sea scouts share in this idle scene outside the local public house on a sunny day half a century ago. The New Inn has been the focus of community life in Shalfleet since Victorian times.

Before assuming the role of the first military town in Britain, Aldershot was no more than a pretty village comprising a church, a manor house and several farms, close to an area of open heathland.

The village also houses the Atherstone Hunt stables and kennels.

Malmesbury Hospital, which was formerly the manor house, was rebuilt in the Tudor style in the late 19th century.

This heavy interior is typical of mid-Victorian taste, and its architectural detailing presumably dates from the rebuilding of the house in the 19th century.

To its right Barn Hill climbs gently north-west, a street of almost unspoilt Georgian houses.

The gardens of Haddon Hall are simple a delight, falling in a series of terraces from the house down to the river.

Dating from the turn of the 17th century, the Key House is probably the best of Castle Donington's vernacular buildings.

Originally a Tudor house, to the north of the village, the building was remodelled in 1806 by Jeffry Wyatville and given its classical frontage in a manner which was strongly influenced by the work of

Just north of the village is Brewery House, home of Sir William Hooker and his son Joseph.

To a current inhabitant, the most striking feature of this view is the absence of houses in the centre.

The delightful whitewashed parapets and the octagonal toll-house of the Bratch Locks. Nearby are the waterworks opened by Bilston's urban district council in 1896.

To its right Barn Hill climbs gently north-west, a street of almost unspoilt Georgian houses.

East Street runs parallel to the High Street, and small alleyways between the houses connect the two.

This tranquil scene shows the village pond with the reflection of the houses on its surface.

Apart from some more houses, this scene is still familiar today, viewed from the popular cliff walk out to the Chapel Rock near the harbour entrance.

The photograph generally shows later Georgian flat-fronted houses with shops thrust into their ground floors.

Prior to this, the school had been in Ramsam House at Greenhill.