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We can appreciate the full four-mile length of the reservoir in this photograph.

Ryde is decorated here for its famous carnival held always at the beginning of September.

The Barbican lines Sutton Harbour, long a fishing quay and the original port of Plymouth.

This view of Streatley shows the village centre. The Bull was once a coaching inn for the Royal Mail coach to Oxford.

The River Almond flows into the Firth of Forth at Cramond. A prophetess at Cramond is said to have warned James I of impending tragedy if he continued with his journey to Perth. He was murdered.

A view of what became Queen's University. It is situated to the south of the city centre, and was first established in 1849.

When tiring of the cosmopolitan delights of the town, visitors could climb onto the South Downs and enjoy sublime views.

This is a nostalgic 1950s scene, with plenty of period cars and typical 20th- century architecture.

This is holiday perfection, with breakwaters, windbreaks, donkeys, buckets, spades and plenty of sand, plus the bonus of the sunshine. What more could one ask for?

Perks and Llewellyn's Mount Pleasant lavender fields, on the western outskirts of Hitchin in 1901.

Serried ranks of bathing tents and a crowded beach spell out summer fun at Broadstairs during the early twentieth century.

Given that this part of the coast had a small number of harbours, the coastal pleasure boats were moored alongside Bournemouth's Pier.

A steel bascule bridge, a portion of the bridge rose upwards, to make a clear path for shipping. Notice the wooden cages around the pillars of the bridge.

The Gothic tower of the university rises above the rooftops.

Diglis Lock is to the south of Worcester on the river Severn. This lifts boats almost 8 ft, from whence they have the whole of Worcester to see. The cathedral on the right dates from 1074.

The lock chamber is to the left of this historic view, and the house beyond the trees can be seen in photograph 43000.

St Peter's Hill climbs out of the village towards Caversham's striking parish church of St Peter, which occupies a pleasant setting above the Thames.

The statue in the foreground is of Thomas Sutton, founder of Charterhouse.

During the early 1920s, Broad Street was a busy part of Reading, bustling with cars, trams and shoppers.

The number of parked cars is perhaps an indication of the traffic problems to come in later years.

These cottages were at the lower end of St Andrew Street. They remained until the middle of the 20th century, when they made way for council housing.

These cottages were at the lower end of St Andrew Street. They remained until the middle of the 29th century when they made way for council housing.

The castle is famous for its associations with Charles I: he was held here from November 1647 to the autumn of 1648, prior to his transfer to the mainland and his trial and subsequent execution.

Portmadoc handled slate traffic from both south Caernarvon and north Merioneth; the schooners were able to call upon the services of a tug for towing either in or out of the harbour.