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This panoramic view of Porthminster beach and St Ives was taken from near the local coastguard station. On the left of the picture pilchard boats can be seen drawn up at the top of the beach.

An ornamental lake and a bandstand may seem to be anachronistic in a rural community, but the park has been at the heart of many successful events and family outings for most of the 20th century.

On the day Queen Victoria died, the postmistress at Lee`s old post office was taking down a telegram announcing the Queen`s death when she was struck by lightning in the left eye and blinded

It has always been at the centre of town life, hosting hunt balls and providing accommodation for the Sheriff and his men when the Assizes were in session.

There are also plans to demolish the council flats at Rashcliffe and Southgate and, although the latter in particular are notorious eyesores, there is concern that this will lead to a further reduction

The famous statue of Daniel O'Connell (1775 - 1847), the 'Liberator', which stands at the foot of O'Connell (in those days, Sackville) Street.

The old market place is more of a grassy village green at this time. The High Street is relatively unchanged.

This view was taken from the building at the very end of Morton Crescent.

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.