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Note the building in the centre by the attractive street lamp - we will see it again.

The more energetic and adventurous could make their way to the small wooden shed with the sloping roof, where they could hire cycles by the day, week, or longer.

There are boat rollers by the Isleworth bank on the right, and Richmond Lock is on the left. This and the stylish pedestrian bridge date from 1892-4.

Reached via a cobbled yard in front of The Three Daws pub, and visually obstructed by the high sea wall, the pier is somewhat run down, unlike the Royal Terrace Pier.

From 1925 the towers were looked after by the Ministry of Works, and a lot of money was spent to prevent them falling into the sea.

Looking at these old Frith photographs, I am struck by the presence of so many blinds outside shops on sunny days – you never seem to see these today.

Preston Hall was built for the businessman and entrepreneur Edward Ladd Betts by the architect John Thomas in the Jacobean style in 1850.

Thanks to restoration work by the Campden Trust, this honey-hued stone town has some of the finest buildings in the county.

Nearby Southdown Farm was received by the Treasury in lieu of death duties, and passed to the Trust in 1949. Two decades later, the great chalk headland was added to the holding.

It was later used as their headquarters by the Parliamentary forces during the siege of the town in the Civil War.

By the time this photograph was taken, the Wizard had started its transformation from a cheerful tearoom for walkers and cyclists into a select restaurant.

Each of the pillars in the main hall are from a single oak tree donated by the county families of Yorkshire.

In earlier days Briggate was where the merchants and clothiers assembled to buy and sell cloth, the start of business being heralded by the sounding of the market bell.

The building may be the Priory Mill, which was owned by the Phillips family; they also owned the Porter Stores public house in Cross Street where Lloyds Bank now stands.

In 1915 it was purchased by the then Wesley Guild, and is now used for holidays and a conference centre.

By coincidence, a young engineer by the name of Isambard Kingdom Brunel had been staying in Clifton for his health, spending much of his time sketching in the Gorge.

By the 1880s, following the development of nearby Crewe as a railway town, Wistaston had become a sizeable suburb, so the chancel was increased in length and the transept was added.

Hunstanton's lighthouse was built in 1830, and crowns the chalk clifftop close by the ruins of St Edmund's chapel, where pilgrims offered their prayers and sought the healing powers of the town's efficacious

interesting that in the right foreground is a Belisha Beacon, a common sight before the introduction of zebra crossings.The familiar store of Boots is to the left, and W H Smith is on the corner by the

Seaton is a mostly Victorian town hard by the mouth of the River Axe. Though never one of Devon's more fashionable resorts, it has a charm of its own and an attractive setting.

The Victorian church was gutted in the 1941 blitz when its timber roof was destroyed by the incendiary bombs.

A woman waits patiently against the fence by the pond; she has just come from the swimming pool area.

Arllington Court was owned by the Chichester family from the 13th century until 1947, when it was given to the National Trust.

Knobs at the stern and on the side by the mast suggest that she was also used for fishing and hauled a trawl.