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Charlie's Mast overlooks the boating pool, which seems to be the only form of children's entertainment left on the beach area. In its turn, the pool was removed as a health hazard during the 1980s.

Here we see East Mill and its mill pool, looking eastwards from the north bank of River Asker, towards houses beside East Road (centre).

It was in Shropshire Street that Roland Lateward lived at the end of the 1700s. He is reputed to have been the first gingerbread baker in the town. Even today, gingerbread is still produced here.

This view of the pier, taken seven years after the previous two photographs, shows that Paignton then had interesting shops; advertisements offered Turkish baths, drinking chocolate, a drug store, cleaners

Crowds gather on the steps of Gilbert Scott’s imposing Gothic-inspired memorial to the Queen’s beloved husband, Albert.

Barry (Thomas) Sullivan (1821 - 91) was a celebrated Irish actor, particularly of Shakespearean parts, who became well-known worldwide.

The paddle steamers were used for excursion trips out around the headland, as well as to Bridlington and Whitby, and remained a feature of the resort until replaced by screw vessels in the 1930s.

The Red Lion's conservatory has been replaced and stripped of the creeper.

On the left is the distant imposing form of the Manor Hotel.

As a naval port, Plymouth has always had a large contingent of military personnel stationed around its various districts.

The surrounding countryside of the Muckross Desmesne is noted for its beauty.

It is in an excellent state of preservation, and the public has limited access. Close by is St Theresa's Catholic church.

This part of the canal has been recently restored. The track on the left runs from Westwood stone quarry.

Another low-tide photograph of Margate harbour. Several sailing barges involved in coastal trade are moored close to the pier.Wagons can be seen on the pier railway.

Every town, village and hamlet had its market place; Pocklington market is still held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Situated on Durnford Street, which runs parallel to Stonehouse Creek, the Royal Marine Barracks were built in 1867 using a mixture of Plymouth limestone and granite from the moors and originally housed

It was close by that the Roman invaders landed, founding a town close to the mouths of the Stour and the Avon.

Taken some fifty years after photograph No 61493, this view looks along Trumpington Street in the opposite direction, with Corpus Christi on the right hand side of the road, and King's in the distance.

Sailing barges are moored on the river.

In King Street, east of the castle, this church has been redundant since 1981.

The Red Lion's conservatory has been replaced and stripped of the creeper.

Now long-disused, this is one of many 19th-century pump mills built to lift water from the drained marshes. The mill has now lost its sails, but not its inverted boat-style cap.

In fact, visitors threading their way around the streets can admire a splendid array of Georgian and Victorian architecture.

As a modern holiday resort and suburb of Brighton, Rottingdean benefited from an increase in holidaymakers immediately after the Second World War.