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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.)

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.

Boroughbridge dates back to Norman times, when a bridge was constructed over the River Ure.

Pierrot were in vogue right up to the Second World War, and their origins go back to the London success of the mime play 'L'Enfant Prodigue' staged in 1891.

The Hall was originally built in the early 17th century, and is in a beautiful position, overlooking the Cartmel Sands and backed by the Furness Fells.

This road runs between Coggeshall Road and Bradford Street; it replaced the old road, which ran 30 or 40 metres back from the left-hand side of this picture, when Sydney Courtauld built Bocking Place

Written records of St Mary's Church date back to 1210. The High Street is remarkably quiet, but it is captured at a time of largely horse-drawn transport.

This view of Welton, looking back up the main street, has changed dramatically in recent years.

On the opposite side of the road from the parade of shops is the Ilford works, built to develop everyone`s holiday film, and with a wartime history of processing the films brought back

Most of the trees remain, but they have been severely cut back.

Centre left stands the Bear Hotel, a lovely old coaching inn dating back to 1432. The shop next door to it sold fishing tackle - fishing is one of the area's most popular pastimes.

The building was used to billet troops during the Second World War, and then as a labour exchange, before the fire brigade moved back in 1957.

A small canal runs through the back of the town on its way to the River Stour. Little in this picture has changed today.

The first part of it - 'Michel' - is not clear, but the second part means 'water', and is a reference to the little River Dever which rises in nearby Stratton Park before meeting the Test at Wherwell.

On the right are some of the new detached houses which backed onto the railway at the start of Upper Mulgrave Road.

'Sea Piece' is the name of the bronze from which water sprays; it depicts a legendary sea-horse with a triton and baby triton astride its back.

This road runs between Coggeshall Road and Bradford Street; it replaced the old road, which ran 30 or 40 metres back from the left-hand side of this picture, when Sydney Courtauld built Bocking Place