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It is still possible to walk along the banks of the local waterways, just as these Edwardian children did nearly a century ago. A canal to Tiverton once started from near French Weir.

Hare Street existed long before the creation of the garden suburb of Gidea Park but has now all but lost its separate identity.

This scenic stretch of the Thames, by Christ Church Meadow, has long been a rowing reach; at one time the bank would have been lined with eye-catching college barges, which were used as clubhouses and

It stands at the top of the steep climb of Bank Road, in the centre of the picture. The Hydro buildings are now the offices of Derbyshire County Council.

The bridge in the foreground has been rebuilt, and many more trees have grown and matured along the banks of the stream.

The older part is more interesting and certainly more picturesque, with its streets of quaint old buildings clinging to the banks of the Hamble.

On the left are the premises of the now defunct National Provincial Bank of England, and just opposite is a window cleaner's cart containing ladders.

The cafe is now in the back part of the building, while the front is a general store.

Only the tower of the old church remains - it dates back to c1500. That too was built from Waddington Fell stone.

On the east bank of the Cuckmere River opposite Alfriston, Lullington is very much a shrunken medieval village, with its isolated church a good quarter of a mile north of Lullington Court, the farm complex

The Royal Crescent looks out over a field which drops away to Victoria Park beyond, also fields when the Crescent was built.

Back in the days when taking a picture involved a large and unwieldy camera and tripod, a photographer tended to attract a good deal of attention, but at least there appear to be plenty of people

Between the house and the lake we can just see part of the Cremorne Gardens, on the west bank of the mere, which were presented to the townspeople by Lord Brownlow as recently as 1953

The bar, the oldest part of the Bear, is thought to date back at least 400 years, when the building was originally a farmhouse.

The Hall is in a beautiful position, overlooking the Cartmel Sands and backed by the Furness Fells.

This hospital was built as a replacement for the cottage hospital in Bank Street. Mrs Ludlow Bruges of Seend was the benefactor who gave the hospital to the town.

Barclays Bank is along the left-hand side of the street in front of the distinctive Town Hall tower.

Walton Lock, however, enabled vessels to leave the canal and reach Warrington's riverside industries at Bank Quay and unload at Bishop's Wharf.

Sun worshippers in Marshall Gardens turn their backs on landmarks which will soon disappear.

The County Primary School is set back behind the Globe.

They were set back from the road, and the existing pavement and shops gave way to a pull-in for about a dozen cars; several of the mature trees were also felled.

The old hump-backed bridge carried the main road from Cardiff to Swansea over the River Thaw, which at this point is merely a stream meandering to the sea at Cardiff Bay.

The scene of Falstaff's miseries in Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', Datchet stands on the Thames bank, opposite Home Park.

The banks of the Yare are thick with chestnuts and willows, and pleasure boats and dinghies glide through smooth waters between fine old houses. Thorpe is now almost a suburb of Norwich.