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There is also a branch of Lloyds Bank, a sign advertising WH Smith circulating library and the impressive clock tower.

The Broadway also has a branch of the National Provincial Bank (third from the right) next to the post office, leading on to a greengrocer`s, an optician`s and a ladies` hairdresser amongst others.

The Lloyds Bank on the left is still in place today but the Boots beyond it has been relocated to the new shopping development on the riverside.

Here we see a quiet moment on the banks of the Wharfe.

Goods were carried on river barges between the busy seaport of Bridgwater and wharves here, and one of the entrepreneurs, George Stuckley, also ran a successful bank, which remained independent until

Just down in the dale from Askrigg, on the banks of the River Ure, stands the ancient village of Bainbridge, once the capital of Upper Wensleydale, which was known in the 12th century as the Forest and

The Red Lion Hotel in the charming village of Armathwaite occupies a beautiful position at the foot of a tree-clad bank above the River Eden.

Along the street on the left stand St Stephen's Institute and the village school; beyond, on Ralph's Wife's Lane, is the church of St Stephen in the Banks.

Bank Holidays would see upwards of 3,000 passengers per train; 40,000 to 50,000 people would travel to Mumbles on the busiest days of the year.

At this time it was the home of Lord Avebury, the distinguished author, scientist and inventor of the bank holiday. It became a hotel in 1922, and was later converted to 32 flats.

The part 16th-century Angel Hotel and the Midhurst branch of Barclays Bank are still there, as is the Clock House opposite, which today houses offices.

On the left is the District Bank. Next door is Hodgson, fruiterer and florist. By the Farmers Arms is G H Mackereth, seedsmen, also selling manure.

Shap Abbey, near the banks of the River Lowther, was founded by the 'white canons' of the Premonstratensian order at the end of the 12th century, but it was dissolved, like so many others, in 1540

Next door is Woolworths, and next but one is Westminster Bank at No 4. These three businesses are still in Petersfield at the same addresses.

To the right the Lower Promenade, closer to beach level, is separated by a sloping bank of more informal shrubs.

This view looks from the north bank of the Avon, near the toll bridge. The mill buildings are still in use (compare this view with the last one).

Beyond the low stone wall along the left side of the road the land drops to the bank of the River Avon.

The half-timbered facade of Martin's Bank can be seen in the distance.

Warston Pictures proudly presents 'My Six Convicts' at its Cameo Cinema on the corner of Springfield Street, opposite Bank House (right.)

MOAT BANK c1960. Longdon's church, seen here behind the trees, has a tower and spire dating from the 14th century.

The pointed roof on the other bank belongs to St Laurence's Church, Rowhedge, built in 1838 as a pastiche of York Minster's chapterhouse.

The Bank c1955 The village of Whitburn lies between South Shields and Sunderland. On the north side of the village green is this raised terrace.

The seafront terraces and hills behind remain much the same today, and boating has grown ever more popular in the Dyfi estuary, which is fringed by wooded banks.

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.