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When we look at this picture, it is hard to believe that Queen's Park gardens are built on levelled sand hills.

The Brent Knoll Inn, named after the 500ft hill that it faces, is still there. The shop on the Old Bristol Road to the right is now a wholesale ice cream and frozen food supplier's.

On the side of the hills of the Long Mynd houses crowded at all levels, giving rise to the area's nickname of 'Little Switzerland'.

Today Pride Hill is a pedestrianised area.

The war memorial is situated on the junction of Station Road with Hills Road.

The cyclist is passing Mrs Davy's grocery and draper's shop at the corner of Parsonage Hill. Beyond the railway-like gate is the blacksmith's house.

The prominent sign at the top of the hill is that of the Jubilee Inn.

Architectural greats such as G E Street, Ernest Newton and later Oliver Hill worked on the school buildings, a classic collection of their kind.

St Leonard's church is a 12th-century building standing on a small hill to overlook the village.

In the centre is a terrace called Cornforth Hill.

The view is south- westwards from Bindon Hill (right) down to the fishing boats on the beach between the boathouse and cafe, to Dungy Head (centre right).

Church Walk leads to St Mary's Church, passing the church school on the way and then going on to Hoad Hill beyond.

Looking west down the hill with some 'modern' streetlighting.

A view down the hill towards the fine tower of the Parish Church of St Ia. The first building on the left was a Navigation School at the time.

The Cleveland Hills in the background represent the northern edge of the North Yorkshire Moors area.

Market Drayton stands on a hill-top site overlooking the River Tern, which flows in the foreground of this photograph, and the settlement probably originated in prehistoric times.

At its back it is fringed by hills. In common with Penzance and Newlyn, Mousehole narrowly escaped sacking by the Spaniards in the 1500s.

Sherborne Lane is shown here when the Crown and Anchor, the large building at the foot of the hill, was still open.

This prospect, photographed from Capstone Hill, shows the sheer density of housing created by the Victorians to cater for the influx of visitors every summer.

Stepcote Hill links Exeter city with the Exe valley, and is unchanged today.

Above Torquay harbour stands Vane Hill, seen here from the Rock Walk.

Situated in the Lox Yeo valley, this village enjoyed one of the finest views of the Mendip Hills.

Sherborne Lane is shown here when the Crown and Anchor, the large building at the foot of the hill, was still open.

years the Bull Ring became one of those places where pedestrians took their lives in their hands, having to dodge scores of ICI workers as they freewheeled four, five, even six abreast down Winnington Hill