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Note the variety of roof lines on the left. Fred Dickinson , newsagent and tobacconist, owned 'The Lile Bacca Shop' (left).

This view, with well-clad visitors strolling along the beach and sailing boats drawn up on the shore, shows a south coast beach before development and formalisation changed its character.

The Bowder Stone, a 2,000-ton boulder which was transported to near Grange in Borrowdale by Ice Age glaciers, has been a source of tourist wonder for centuries.Today the stone is surrounded by trees

It was originally jettied (with an overhanging upper storey), and is the oldest known domestic building in the parish and one of the oldest in Hampshire.

Here we see the Llandoger Trow Inn, whilst a little way down the street is the Theatre Royal, home of the Bristol Old Vic since 1946.

Seen on countless calendars, this view of Derwent Water from Ashness Bridge, on the narrow road up to Watendlath, is always popular. Skiddaw fills the backdrop.

The path extends for the full length of the canal.

The church of St Lawrence is right alongside the Kennet & Avon Canal. This view today, a century later, is almost unchanged.

This is Taw Vale Parade, a new road cut through what were the riverside gardens of the houses to the right.

It presents a delightful area of green close to the town centre and is a prized area to live.

Note the array of chimney pots on the houses behind the shelters. Southend Westcliff Parade Band

A new fish market exists on this site, but little else is changed; the lighthouse on the new pier still guides ships back into the shelter of this welcoming harbour.

The Wesleyan church on the right dates from 1844, and is typical of the big town chapels at that time.

More accurately, this is the rear of Church Street; modern detached houses have been developed in the allotment-style gardens.

The village bus is setting off for Looe outside the famous Punch Bowl Inn, which is said to have been used for the distribution of goods by smugglers.

The massive former Great Eastern Hotel, built in 1864, dominates this picture of the quayside. It was built for travellers who came to the Railway Pier to catch the steamers to the continent.

In complete contrast to photograph H167008, here we have a rainy morning in downtown Hadleigh by the Rectory Road shops.A pram is parked outside the butcher's shop, whilst on the opposite side of the

This town, which stands above the Colne in the north of the county about five miles from Braintree, was once famous for its silk and crepe.This wonderful post-war view looks up the High Street, with

The road is devoid of both people and traffic – is it early morning? The third house from the right, slightly lower than its neighbours, is now the post office.

A local resident described life in Caversham just before the turn of the century, when this photograph was taken: 'When we went shopping in the trap, we would stop outside the shop and the shopkeeper

Set in the heart of Charnwood Forest, this pretty village was a favourite destination for Edwardian trippers, and features on many postcards.

These places were often one of the favourite haunts for the local children, who would while away their time watching horses being shod, metal tyres being fitted to wooden cart wheels, and farm equipment

More than 50 years before this photograph was taken, Bracknell was described in the county directory as 'a small village consisting of a long, narrow street, inhabited principally

The Stag Inn dates back to the 18th century, and the elm tree on the right reputedly marked the centre of Windsor Forest.