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for the newly married couple to be saluted with piercing shrieks from the engines passing through Pitsea station; this was how the train drivers added their congratulations to the others received by the

The sands are around 3-4 miles in breadth, and are covered by the sea at high tide. Guides have been maintained since very early times.

The premises were next occupied by the Capital and Counties Bank Ltd until 1924.

The neighbouring estate to the Chaloners' Gisborough estate, the Hutton and Pinchinthorpe estate, was bought in the 1860s by the Quaker industrialist, Joseph Whitwell Pease of Darlington.

rests the body of St Cuthbert in whose honour William of St Carileph built this cathedral church, and at his side lies buried the head of St Oswald King of Northumbria and martyr, slain in battle by the

The Churches Like the Congregationalists before them, the Methodists set up their new church by the river (see 49196).

By the 1950s, thoughts were turning toward redeveloping the town centre.

At the far end, it is crossed by the railway and the river. Flooding was a major problem, and many of the buildings were regularly under water.

Holywell developed by the Great Ouse as a traditional `ring` village: the main street runs around the perimeter of the community with only one access road.

By the early 1970s, Worthing, like most English seaside resorts, was having to compete with package holidays abroad.

Beyond the pub are the Ferry Works, originally built in 1879 by the engineering firm of Willand & Robinson.

Founded in June 1886, it was acquired a few years later by the North British Steam Packet Co, a subsidiary of the North British Railway.

By the closing years of the century Glasgow had grown in power, prestige and wealth out of all recognition.

The remains of its great hall became the Baptist chapel, now preserved by the Landmark Trust and rented to holidaymakers.

Worthing's religious development had, during the 19th century, been profoundly influenced by the evangelical nature of worship at St Mary's Broadwater, and with the exception of Heene, all the churches

Encouraged by the changing political scene at both national and local levels, especially after the extension of the vote in 1918 and the rise of the Labour Party, Carlisle council found itself

From its embryonic beginnings in Silsden, Yorkshire in 1906 his business empire grew; by the 1930s he had over 500 shops nationwide with 12,000 staff.

By the time our photograph was taken, the river was covered over for over 1,000ft, and Salford Bridge was technically 420ft-wide.

The statue of John Cobden can been seen in the middle of the square: this bronze statue, by Marshall Wood, was paid for by public subscription and was presented to the town on 23 April 1867 by the President

For the children, there were swings by the Park Road side gate, but they were chained and locked on Sundays — the Lord's Day.

The new building was occupied in the period leading up to the Great War by the Forbes family; Eileen Baillie recalls old Mrs E M Forbes 'lying on an elegant couch ... having her beautiful hair dressed

The M & SWJR was taken over by the Great Western Railway under the Railways Act of 1923.

St Luke's was officially opened by the Duchess of Norfolk on 26 September 1990, and was later visited by Princess Diana, but the funds to start the project were raised some years ago.

William Brown Street are King John granting the first Charter to the burgesses of Liverpool in 1207, the visit of Queen Victoria in 1851, and the laying of the foundation stone of the Walker Art Gallery by the