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The church-like building on the corner of Kettering Road (now Lower Street) has since been demolished, and a modern community centre stands on its site.

Raikes Road had many thatched dwellings; as late as 1961, when alterations were afoot, one cottage proved to be a Fylde cruck-built cottage with clay and straw walls from the 16th century.

Trams used to run along Mandale Road between Norton and North Ormesby, but that was more than seventy years ago.

This fort is also the junction of four Roman roads and, after the Norman invasion, was the original Salisbury until the 13th century when a 'new town' was built.

Many of the buildings can be recognised today, but they are now separated from the water in the harbour by walls supporting a road and a walkway.

The market hall also serves as a convenient road sign, indicating Grimsby to the left and Skegness to the right.

The high-roofed White Hart, along the road, survives to this day.

In the centre the long white building is the 16th-century Bridge End Inn, at the junc- tion of New Road and Bridge Street.

The river runs along a neat channel here, but perhaps the greatest interest is alongside on the road.

The chains used to support the road were bought second hand, having been used on the old Hungerford Bridge in London.

Lymington Road at this period had a wide selection of different traders to satisfy local demand.

To get your bearings, the road behind the slipway is Water Lane. It is regrettable that little of coherence or merit has replaced any of it.

This sheltered cove below the Toll Road clearly shows the Carboniferous limestone that forms Worle Hill. In the foreground is a 'stack', a pillar of rock isolated from the cliff by erosion.

The Woolpack Inn, a medieval building, is situated where several roads meet. Its name suggests obvious links with past local industry, and its beers were supplied by Frome United Ales.

second time it was rebuilt with the benevolent assistance of the Duke of Bedford, a fact that is reflected in the open aspect of its modern layout and the quality of the Georgian facades on the main road

by car today (though there are plenty of buses), but from 1913 to 1924 they came by bus, and from 1924 to 1952 on the hugely popular Number 70 tram, which served nearby Rednal Terminus on Lickey Road

Race Hill was once the main road into Launceston from the south; it leads down to the South Gate, which is the last remnant of the old town walls.

Opposite is Salter & Son's carpenters' workshops, while on the same side of the road are the Western Hotel and the Royal Standard Inn.

The Botanic Gardens occupy 43 acres off Great Western Road, and many orchids, tropical plants and trees are grown in the conservatories.

Bainbridge was once an important junction, for here the roads to and from Lancaster, Swaledale and Westmorland met.

The path through the park was supposed to follow the route of a Roman road.

This view of the village on the hill from Hebden Road is dominated by the two big mills, the Ivy Bank Mills on the left and Bridgehouse Mill in the foreground.

Close to Northwich, Weaverham straddles an old Roman road, thus reminding us of the importance of the salt mines in this area nearly 2,000 years ago.

There are traffic lights here today, at the busy junction of the Bakewell-Grindleford and Baslow-Stoney Middleton roads, and the petrol station on the right of the picture is no longer there.