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Market House was built in 1859; it was converted to a Public Library in 1972, but the façade was kept with its three archways, iron gates and clock.

It later became a centre for the iron industry with a furnace, a forge and a cannon foundry. The church of St Margaret has Norman walling and windows.

This view of the interior after its reconstruction in 1880 shows the delicate wrought iron work.

In the market place is an iron ring said to date back to the days of bull-baiting.

In the market place is an iron ring said to date back to the days of bull-baiting.

Just by the lamp standard (centre right), and with its own premises decorated with two lanterns, are the Staines Iron Works.

Another of the small iron-working hamlets in the valley of the Tilling Bourne, Friday Street probably derives its name from the Scandinavian goddess Frigga; it still enjoys its peaceful setting above a

At Pontymister an iron works was founded in 1801 and tin plate works later in the 19th century.

However, the portico and the telegraph pole remain.The white fencing on the right has disappeared and iron railings have been added. Typically, the Lloyds Bank branch has gone.

In the iron industry era there were smelting furnaces and forges here; Sussex marble was also dug in the area.

The shelter of the Barograph Memorial has a pyramidal roof and a wrought iron weather vane.

It is a little ironic that the town D H Lawrence offended so much by Sons and Lovers now commemorates him, and even has a D H Lawrence Trail.

The present stone bridge replaced earlier ones (the first built in timber by the energetic Bishop Alexander in the 12th century); it dates from 1775, with footways and cast iron railings added in 1848

The only big difference is that the cast iron and glass canopy along the mock-Tudor hotel has all been taken away, and there is now only one shop - and it is not Gallone the Italian ice cream seller, as

Set at the mouth of the River Conway, or Conwy, this mediaeval walled town with its famous castle, one of Edward I's 'iron ring' around Wales, is still remarkably self-contained.

The railings have long gone, but two of the ornate cast- iron lamp-posts survive in what is now a pedestrianised street.

The corrugated iron building was purchased in 1959 to house the Sunday School, but it was later moved by the Scouts and Cubs to use as their HQ.

There are many attractions here, including a physic garden, a rope museum and an Iron Age centre.

The post office and library is now a shop, the Iron Bed Company, and the telephone kiosk has gone.

A nice 1920 Ford Model T stands outside the tobacconist (left), and the lady in the foreground prepares to rest her bicycle against a cast iron gas lamp standard.

The only big difference is that the cast iron and glass canopy along the mock-Tudor hotel has all been taken away, and there is now only one shop - and it is not Gallone the Italian ice cream seller, as

This view looks towards the 1871 cast iron Trent Bridge from the Victoria Embankment, a view much changed today, with the awful West Bridgford Hotel of 1962 (now Rushcliffe Civic Centre) replacing

The steel industry used the docks to import iron and other materials used in the steel-making process.

This had to be fished out using a hooked heavy iron 'strudgel', which was lowered on a strong cable and scraped around the bottom until it caught on the handle of the bucket so that it could be brought