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

Warton is a beautiful and thriving village, with a history going back to prehistoric times.

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

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

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.

We are looking back up Crown Hill, with the sign of the Crown on the left.

William Shearburn of Dorking carried out the building work at a cost of £2,253 - a tidy sum back then, and all raised by public subscription.

The village church is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul, and parts of it date back to the 13th century. It actually stands inside the grounds of Clandon Park.

Today the owners are fighting to upgrade the current track to get its Grand Prix status back again.

The railway station at the back of this picture is the reason for Dorridge's existence. Until the London to Birmingham railway was built in 1852, there was no Dorridge.

Westgate, dating back to the 14th century, provides access to the south-west corner of the old walled town.

Situated one and a half miles north of Blythe Bridge railway station in Staffordshire, Caverswall's history certainly goes back to at least 1275 when Walter de Caverswell was granted a licence to crenellate

The Church of England School dates back to Victorian times, and occupied a site at the top of St Neots Road until 1987, when it was transferred to its present location in Ivel Road.

In 1824, Lt Goldsmith and his crew managed to dislodge it, but the resulting outcry obliged him to hire tackle to lift it back.

Local fishermen could always earn their beer money after the fort had fired off a few practice shots by salvaging the cannon balls and selling them back to the army.

Sunbury-on-Thames was only incorporated into Surrey in the administrative changes which took place in 1965, but the village dates back to Anglo-Saxon times.

In spite of its name, the New Pond was dug back in the 14th century, and was once a popular bathing place.

Built of sandstone and dating back to Saxon times, although with a Norman nave and chancel, it still has a number of small pews for children installed in 1790 at the beginning of the Sunday School

With allowances for wars and disasters, the pier is home to the oldest end-of-the-pier summer show in England—its roots go back to 1921.

It remained a Parliamentarian garrison for five years, and then the Luttrells were permitted to buy it back. Today it is owned by the National Trust.

Vegetables would be grown mostly by the villagers themselves in their own back gardens; most would bake their own bread and cakes. Their lives went slowly on, in an undisturbed rustic idyll.

Originally the village extended no further than Back Lane, Coldstream Lane, the High Street and the houses in the vicinity of the green, which we see in this photograph.

Unusually for this era, there is a walker with a back pack. He has stopped at Hedges' shop to replenish his stores.

This view is almost identical to R84007 (page 28), but the photographer has stepped back to include Huins on Market Place corner and its neighbours, E A Hodges and Boots the Chemist.