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A car passes up the High Street, while a horse-drawn conveyance comes down the hill.Wright's Garage, on the right, emphasises that shortly after the First World War the internal combustion engine had

The growth of Lowestoft in Victorian times was largely down to construction by the civil engineer Samuel Morton Peto, who lived in the splendid Somerleyton Hall nearby.

This view looks down the hill into the village. The Old Crown Inn and the adjoining cottages are faced by the Georgian houses on the other side of the green.

Building work carried on apace in the town in an attempt to keep up with the influx of visitors. Hotels and lodging houses sprang up in the narrow streets radiating out from the church square.

The lady looks ready to pull down the sun awnings!

Two paddle steamers are berthed on the opposite quay, and in the centre of the picture a lady is being rowed down to the river. We can just see the swing bridge in the background.

Set where the old county of Westmorland reaches down to the sea, this bracing small seaside resort and ship-building port enjoys splendid views of the fells at its back.

Two paddle steamers are berthed on the opposite quay, and in the centre of the picture a lady is being rowed down to the river. We can just see the swing bridge in the background.

The lantern tower of St Botolph's dominates the town and the surrounding countryside. The river flows down into the Wash.

Further down we come to the crossroads with Michaelgate and Christ’s Hospital Terrace.

Kendal Castle was built by the Normans to the east of the town, probably by Ivo de Tailbois, the first Lord of Kendal in the late 12th century, and it still commands good views to the north and south-east

Even the elegant steam cruiser the 'Gondola', seen here moored at the pier, is still taking passengers up and down the lake.

Further down are Woolworth's and Dewhurst Butchers. West Street is the commercial heart of Fareham, described by Thackeray, who spent his school holidays here, as 'a dear little old Hampshire town'.

The turnpike closed in 1872, and the building came down in the 1930s.

The delightful Temple Gardens once extended right the way down to the river.

In front of the house, gardens and pleasure grounds ran down to the river; a channel was cut from the river for private moorings.

This photograph was taken midway down the High Street.

The house is in Loanhead granite, and this photograph shows the eaves courses, designed to prevent rainwater washing down the wall and leeching out the mortar.

Judging by the way the sand is churned up, the little horse has had a few gallops up and down. The boy with his hands in his pockets seems fascinated by the animal.

The mill was powered by four patent shuttered sails, and winding was controlled by hand with an endless chain gear hanging from the rear of the cap down to the staging. Only the brick base survives.

Owned for centuries by the Aspinall family, Pendleton was an old village when the Domesday Book was compiled.

We are looking north down the High Street towards its division into East and West streets.

The Windmill pub, on the left, was a new replacement for an earlier building which had burnt down.

Trips down the river were as common then as they are today. It is regrettable that steam has given way to the internal combustion engine. Note the covered carriages waiting on shore.