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Here we see the coastline between Porthpean and Gerrans Point.

The Edge is not the highest point in the county; at the eastern border with Derbyshire the land rises to nearly 1800ft, and to over 1900ft at Black Hill in Longdendale.

The black and white signpost in the foreground will bring back nostalgic memories for some of motoring as it was half a century ago.

This early photograph of the 15th-century Cromford Bridge shows a shadowy black-coated figure in the foreground fishing in the River Derwent.

The old black and white signpost points to nearby Watling Street, one of Britain's most famous Roman roads and now the A5.

Here we see the village tucked away in its valley, with the great expanse of the bay reaching beyond to Black Head (centre) and the Dodman Point (left).

The summit at 1083 feet is at the head of West Down at the southern point of Cleeve Common.

This scene has changed little since picture No 61176 was taken from the same point over 20 years before.

The Black Bull Inn became the Youth Hostel, and the Dog Inn is now the Hark to Bounty.

Originally made of wood, later versions were metal, and visually the black lettering certainly stands out from the white-painted pointing board.

We are looking westwards to the snout of Goggin's Barrow (right), Black Head (centre), and Redcliff Point (left) above Weymouth Bay.

Chalkley's (right), the drapers, had a handsome shop sign in large silver letters on a shiny black background.

Chalkley's (right), the drapers, had a handsome shop sign in large silver letters on a shiny black background.

Blackburn means 'on the black stream'.The town guards the entrances to the river valleys we have been looking at in earlier pages - the Ribble, the Hyndeburn and the Hodder - and was the starting

Since 1886 the races have finished opposite Phyllis Court to avoid the tight bend at Poplar Point, which always gave the crew rowing on the Berkshire side an unfair advantage, as the bend swings

Just in front of the Star is Haywards Heath's town sign, attractively painted and prominently positioned for all to see and enjoy.

The sandstone hills have their highest point in Leith Hill, 965ft above sea level, about five miles south-west of Dorking.

The black-painted smock windmill, set back from the road, and the prominent Cricketers pub facing the local cricket pavilion, are both local landmarks.

The old black-painted tithe barn stands on the right.

On the other side of the road is the lamp-post which was first in the Market Square, with its black-painted cast iron base.

The black-painted post mill with four patent sails is turned to the wind manually by a tailpole.

Behind the Anchor Inn (left) are Seatown Farm and the black-painted coastguard cottages (centre), with veranda- fronted Seatown Cottage to the north (right).