Caption For Heysham, Half Moon Bay C1965
Before the advent of cheap, foreign package holidays, Lancashire resorts and beaches continued to draw summer crowds, with donkeys and deckchairs here completing a traditional British scene.
Caption For New Brighton, Lighthouse C1955
Constructed from
granite blocks cemented
together with 'puzzellani',
a special hardening
material developed from
volcanic dust extracted
from the slopes of Mount
Etna, the lighthouse
was
Caption For Stroud, Bank Gardens C1960
The gardens behind Bank House, situated in the lower High Street, were given to the
town of Stroud in 1930 by Mr Ernest Winterbotham, and were intended as a quiet corner
where shop workers could enjoy
Caption For Clydach, The Wells 1893
It is certainly not unlikely that these men and boys are workers at what remained of the indigenous ironworking industry after the 1877 collapse.
Caption For Burton Bradstock, C1955
The cliff line of Dorset breaks to give access to a small cove and the village of Burton Bradstock, with the River Bride gurgling away to the end of Chesil Beach.
Caption For Buckland St Mary, C1960
As a break from a succession of market towns, the route heads north-west to Buckland St Mary, situated just north of
the A303 and at the east end of the well-wooded Blackdown Hills.