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This attractive view taken during one summer around 1960 shows that many of the shops followed the fashion of the day in using sun blinds over their shop fronts.

Originally built in 1924 as a three-bedroomed house, the building was added to over the following six years to become a hotel. The pavilion to the right is a café that was operated from the garden.

It later reopened following major restoration

After the Norman Conquest, the lands belonging to those theyns who had either fought for Harold or were implicated in the Northern rebellions were confiscated and awarded to William's followers.

Hardy drew a very accurate picture of Beaminster, and it is possible to follow in his heroine's footsteps.

Turning left out of Castle Hill, Bailgate follows the course of the Roman Ermine Street towards the old Roman north gate from the city, the Newport Arch.

Following a bequest by a local surgeon in 1828, the Infirmary was built in Tudor-Gothic style on the historic Greyfriars site.

The following year, a Fylde girl, Lucy Morton, won the Olympic swimming race in Paris.

In the following years many buildings were added to it with major reconstruction in the 1930s.

It has acquired even greater prominence following the loss of the Pier Pavilion and the pier itself.

Following the forfeiture of his lands in 1600, it passed into the ownership of Sir David Murray of Gospetrie.

The High Street was one of the principal shopping areas of the city to be damaged during the air raids of December 1940.The front of the C & A store collapsed into the street following three direct

All Souls' is still in scaffolding following bomb damage.

A primary school followed in 1846, hidden by the trees to the left.

Following Newark's surrender, the Parliamentarians smashed the bowl of the 15th-century font in St Mary's; it was eventually replaced around 1660.

Following the battle, 300 clansmen were herded into Inverness town jail and left without food or water for two days. Those that died were thrown into unmarked trenches.

The Ragged Schools, Saffron Hill, set up the first society, and nine others followed. The aim was to educate orphan boys and to give them a good start in the world.

Following the Dissolution of the Monastries, it was acquired by the Crown before becoming part of Pembroke College. Its members worshipped here until the college built its own chapel in 1732.

Constructed by local workers, the church does not conform to standard architectural styles; the Welsh refused to follow the fashions of the age.

This general view shows typical houses of the time; the terrace in the foreground is followed by 1950s semis leading down to the waters of the inlet of Carmarthen Bay, with the Gower peninsular just visible

Its streets, North, South, East and West, follow the pattern laid down by the Romans.

The cottages are outside the line of the old walls, and may not have been subjected to the ban on thatch which followed the fires of the 17th century.

One of Scotland's greatest royal fortresses, Stirling Castle was taken by William Wallace in 1297 but was surrendered to Edward I in August 1305 following a siege.

The Fosse Way runs down from the right of this picture to meet the Avon and follow it to Bath, three miles away.