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The most striking difference between this and the previous picture is the widening of the Promenade.

This photograph, taken 15 years after B258003 (p20-21), shows the new shop masthead on Boots. The range to the right of the Post Office has been rebuilt as Lipton House.

Yards or passages lead to many of the houses; they seem to have been put wherever they would fit, a little like a wrongly-completed jigsaw. This gives the village a unique charm.

The fishermen are standing on 'Little Pier'. We are looking upstream at half tide towards West Looe on the far side of the harbour.

This ancient borough and market town is most famous for its fine-grained granite, which was used in the construction of Waterloo Bridge.

The air traffic control centre is housed in a building which rather resembles an old war-time nissen hut; to the right of it is the quaintly-named emergency services rendezvous point.

Plymouth never quite achieved the status of being a major seaside resort, though tourists have always bathed from its beaches and promenaded across the famous Hoe.

The harbour was at that time still the preserve of local fishermen, but today the area is monopolised by pleasure craft and luxury yachts.

It was partly demolished by a large flood on 21 August 1775. Two of the small arches were replaced with one large one, which explains why the bridge is not symmetrical.

This boat-hire yard was alongside the upstream side of Battersea Bridge.

Beyond lies 'Banker's Row' - the location of the Westminster, the National Provincial, Lloyds and Barclays Banks.

The central doors, which can just be seen in this photograph, were made by the famous wood carver, Thompson of Kilburn: his signature, a mouse, is carved on the right-hand door.

This was part of the Victoria University, which was constituted in 1880, the other colleges being at Manchester and Liverpool.The colleges went their separate ways in 1904, each becoming an independent

The Fighting Cocks Inn can be seen on our left, but the Hero of Inkerman was demolished to make way for the new by-pass, and was re- built further to the left.

At this time Sheringham was developing into a popular seaside resort which would rival Cromer, though the inclination of the townsfolk was to ensure that it retained its charm.

The yachts are on the site of the terminus.

Greenodd stands on the Leven Estuary where the River Leven from Windermere and the River Crake from Coniston Water flow into Morecambe Bay and the Irish Sea.The line of the Furness Railway, built

The 750-seat Victoria Pavilion Theatre was opened on 18 May 1925.

The parish church of St Peter and St Paul had been rebuilt in 1790 as a typical Kentish church.

In 1901 the lady mayoress asked the Trustees if she could use the Gardens for entertainments for children from local workhouses, orphanages and charitable institutions, to celebrate the coronation of King

Greasbrough was once described as a pleasant village 'situated on a delightful eminence'; by the early 19th century it was a farming and mining community of over 1000.

Southampton's famous Floating Bridge enabled foot passengers and traffic to cross the Itchen between the city and the south-eastern suburb of Woolston.

Streatley is the village to the left of the river, and Goring is to the right. Every year, a regatta is held upstream, a colourful and vibrant event, where the villagers fight it out for 'top dog'.

Legend has it that the church takes its name from a mysterious carpenter who helped raise the rafters at the top of this impressive building.