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The walls were at least two feet thick and, in some buildings, even thicker - with handy hidden rooms that could be used to conceal both contraband and smugglers.

One could not be any nearer the sea than when you stayed at the Lanzarote Boarding House, the large building on the right of the photograph.

This post-war council development can be dated by the medallions which were set into the front brickwork at the time of building.

The village name used to be spelt as two separate words - North Chapel. When the roads became negotiable, a brick-built toll house was constructed here.

Its striking building is seen here in the centre of the picture. Unlike many similar local newspapers, it has survived to the present day at its Richmond Hill offices.

The coaster 'Depa' eases her way into the city dock with a cargo of timber.

The tower was rebuilt in flint faced with brick in about 1390, at the time when the city took it over from the Cathedral Priory.

The west front is at the end of a very long fourteen-bay nave.

Tradition alleges that Mr Peterson incurred the wrath of the Admiralty for putting a light at the top of his tower.

The main building dominates the picture, together with the Gloirette on the left. At this time, the castle was still in private hands.

Eype Mouth is situated at a point where a tiny stream reaches the sea. Thousands of coastal footpath walkers cross here by the stepping stones.

For many years this was the area where Nottingham folk would stroll or row.

This was the main road into St Austell from Truro and the west before the building of the ring road.

The row of houses on the left-hand side are known as Cliff Terrace; they look across the sands and coastline towards Saltburn.

This is the forecourt at the north front of Wilton House.The house was built for the first Earl of Pembroke when he was granted the old nunnery estate after its dissolution in 1544.

Shore Road (left) and Banks Road (centre) lead from Poole and Lilliput to Sandbanks (far right).

The large barrel on the left would seem at odds with the notion of a cocktail bar today, not to mention the array of fuse boxes and meters on the wall.

In 1854 the Hewitt and Short Blue fishing fleet moved from Barking to Gorleston.

A peaceful scene at Wick Ferry, close to Christchurch. Even then, tourists were flocking to such picturesque places by foot, cycle, carriage and boat.

In 1747 a valuable cargo of tea was seized by the revenue men and stored in the Custom House at Poole.

Who can imagine a seaside resort without its herd of gaily caprisoned 'mokes'? Neddy's perennial face appears everywhere, surely nowhere better represented than at Skegness'.

It is well worth the effort to climb up these rocks: you're on top of the world, if a little weary and overheated.

This overhead view of the Broomielaw area of the city shows the George V bridge in the foreground.

In 1863 the boxer Bob Fitzsimmons was born in a thatched cottage at the top of Wendron Street.