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Generations of naval officers have trained in this impressive building, or on the old ships moored here in the days before the land base was established.

The harbour marina is now full of luxury yachts.

Generations of naval officers have trained in this impressive building, or on the old ships moored here in the days before the land base was established.

Oast houses are common in the Weald of Sussex as well as in Kent, and indeed wherever hops are grown.

Founded in poverty in 1132 by a group of monks from St Mary's Abbey, York, Fountains eventually became very wealthy.

The Hoe Pier was the last to be designed by Eugenius Birch; he died a couple of months before it opened on 29 March 1884.

It narrowly escaped demolition in the early part of the 19th century.

One tends to think of delivery boys with large wicker baskets as having disappeared by this time, but there are two in this picture.

It has an overall length of 2,700 yards including approach viaducts. The tracks run across the bridge 150 ft above sea level.

A former rectory, the great hall of this beautiful building dates from around 1300, although parts were added later in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Whitbourne is only a small settlement and hardly could be said to be on the tourist trail. And yet, we have this picture of its tea rooms. I have been unable to ascertain just where they were.

The harbour marina is now full of luxury yachts.

These whale bones were brought to the town by a local trader, a reminder of Teignmouth's importance as a port.

Actually, it is named for the Earls of Craven, who also owned nearby Stokesay Castle.

A small but decorative wooden bell tower houses a single bell and is perched neatly on the gable end. A school was built nearby to provide for the educational needs of local children.

Here we see a close-up of Compton House and Newmans. Behind the latter is a medieval vault known as Ye Olde Crypt which dates from c1230.

Much of the street plan was changed. One example was that Thieves Lane became Station Road.

Parts of Little Comberton's church date back to at least the 12th century, though there was considerable rebuilding in 1887.

Another view of the High Street, looking in the opposite direction. The ornate building on the left is no longer The Chippenham Co-operative Society, but a department store.

Quay House on the right now has a window where J P Stewart had his sign proclaiming `Builder Decorator`.

The new building was occupied in the period leading up to the Great War by the Forbes family; Eileen Baillie recalls old Mrs E M Forbes 'lying on an elegant couch ... having her beautiful hair dressed

Although much of the church is original 16th-century - the north chapel was built in 1570 - extensions and restorations were carried out in 1851 at a cost of £7,000.

It is 1897, and a golden age for the Clyde excursion steamer industry is dawning: operators sense that the ban on landings at some piers on the Sabbath will soon be broken.

On the left is London Square, where the obelisk of the war memorial towers above all else.