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Two years before this photograph was taken, Reading Corporation was persuaded that Prospect Park should be bought 'for the benefit of weary workers who, when at rest, need some open space where communion

The Parish Church c1960 Dating mainly from the 13th and 14th centuries, the church at Amberley retains several striking Norman features.

Looking through the Gate in to the Close, a notice on the doors is a reminder that they are shut every night at 11pm.

At the far end, from the left are Lawson's the electricians, who brought television to Bury; Peatling and Cawdron's, wine merchants; the Castle pub; and Moyse's Hall.

This is what children of all ages like best: fishing about in the rock pools at low tide.

This view is looking north-westwards from the junction with North Allington, at the bottom end of South Street.

This is the main boating lake at Peasholm. Millions of visitors have enjoyed the pleasures of this lake and wandered through the grounds.

There is no evidence of a lighthouse here, so the inn is presumably named for the lighthouse at nearby Happisburgh, with its distinctive red and white stripes, built in 1791.

By the mid 1800s Church Stretton had become a holiday resort for people keen on country walking, and many hotels were established to serve this market.

Broad Street was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as 'one of the most memorable streets in England'.

'. . . come you home of Monday When Ludlow market hums . . .' Once this area was the entrance to Ludlow's market, with traders paying tolls at the nearby Tolsey (or toll booth).

A large number of the buildings in this photograph are now Grade II listed, but the dishevelled look of the market stalls did little to foster civic pride in antiquity.

Victorian modesty is evident, with ankle-length dresses being worn at the height of summer.

A delightful study of people taking the sea air and enjoying the view over South Bay. It provides a detailed study of both clothing and baby carriages of the period.

The Promenade c1955 The coastline on either side of Sandown was heavily fortified in earlier times, for fear of a French invasion was never far from English minds over several centu- ries.

In pagan times the number seven was of special superstitious importance, and examples of Seven Springs are found at other places in the Cotswolds.

In days gone by, the lake at Cranham was the local swimming pool for children in such neighbouring villages as Sheepscombe, Birdlip and Brimpsfield.

At the time of Dissolution of the Monasteries, Henry VIII gave the people of Winchcombe the opportunity to buy the building.

This property was built for Princess Alexandra; it is a similar design to the Swiss Cottage at Osborne House.

A great many gravestones and stone crosses occupy the churchyard at North Stoneham. The church has a three-gabled east end and a west tower rather reminiscent of a Devon church.

The prominent structure on the top of Staddon Heights (just right of centre) is not, as local myth says, a wind- break for the golf course on the top of the Heights; it was actually constructed as a

The Domesday Book records that the manor of Fordingbridge possessed a church and two mills, and was rented at 14s 2d.

When this photograph was taken, the pantiled old forge at Thornton Dale on the A170 east of Pickering had already diversified into pottery, postcards and gifts, as well as the more traditional metalwork

In 1906 it was possible to hire a horse and carriage at Warwick for a trip to Kenilworth and back for 10s 6d, though with two horses the price went up to £1, including the driver's fee.