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The royal coach heads out across the courtyard of the Palace bound for The Mall. A throng of carriages waits to join the procession across London.

In the background a trolleybus is about to pass a tram as it heads towards the Town Hall. Like the electric tramcar, the trolleybus drew its power from overhead and did not require rails.

A branch line was promised as early as 1841, but until July 1844 the only way manufacturers could get their products to a rail-head was by horse and cart to Elland station.

The rocky coast around Heysham Head pro- vided excitement and danger for its Victorian and Edwardian visitors. No holiday in Morecambe or Lancaster was complete without a day at Heysham.

The rich terracotta brick Pier Head building (right) was constructed in 1886 as offices for the Bute Dock Company.

A lion's head spout and one of the cattle troughs still remain.

The trams have given way to buses and the horse-drawn vehicles to motorcars, and hatless heads are now commonplace.

The eight round-headed windows above them were the clerestory windows of the original Norman church before the roof was raised.

Its address is 78 High Street, and it is Forestdale Hotels' head office. They have purchased nineteen 3-star hotels in England and France over the last 38 years.

At the head of the pier we can see the cliff lift, still operating today, transporting passengers from the town down to the sea front.

In this view we are looking north-west up London Road towards the Queens Head in the distance, beyond the junction with East Street.

A painted inscription on the wall claims that The Saracen's Head was built in the 11th century. However, the present building dates mainly from the 15th century.

To the left is the Congregational chapel, opened in 1864, with round-headed windows added in 1906. The chapel closed in 1980. The gable end is part of a 15th-century Wealden house.

Down the street the King's Head has closed, but retains its Lacon's sign on the wall. Set back is the Vine Church, a Baptist Chapel rebuilt in 1868.

Three fine buildings remain, however: St Nicholas' church, the Old Saracen's Head and the Old Grammar School.

Iron Age dwellers built a fortification on Berry Head, and Celtic inhabitants would have collected salt and fish where the harbour now stands.

Nutley's was later rebuilt as the King's Head. In 1998 the licence would cease when the building became a shop selling drawing and office materials.

There were different types of craft employed; the basic packet on the Warrington-Manchester run carried passengers at 1s a head.

The Mumbles-Swansea train in the centre of the photograph is heading for or leaving the Elms Terminus.

At the centre is the magnificent Cloth Hall building at the head of Cross Street. The Bull Ring is now partly pedestrianised, offering a relaxed starting point for a walk to the cathedral.

Opened in 1883 on the site of the old Crockherbtown Theatre, with money raised by a consortium headed by James Howell, the Park Hotel 'designed for high-class family business', was to epitomise the

The Temperance Hotel had given way to Boot's. Also gone was the old Conduit: it was moved in 1939 to Tower Gardens.

On the far left (displaying the RAC sign) is the Kings Head Hotel, which was in existence by 1669; the main entrance to this former coaching inn was in the Carfax.

The pews have carved poppy-heads with the donor's initials.