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We are looking south-east from the Embankment. The river basks in afternoon sunshine, with swans and a hired rowing boat on the water.

The weir, a mile up the river from Totnes Bridge, was built in 1581 to provide water for the town mills, and marks the end of the freshwater Dart - below here the river is tidal.

The corner of Windermere Road and Brighton Road marks the point where this photograph was taken. The empty shop on the left is now occupied by Doble`s motor cycles.

From almost any direction this is one of the most spectacular ruined castles in Britain. The Normans built Corfe on the site of a Saxon fortress, and subsequent Kings added to it.

At the west end of Lumley Road there were a few shops in 1899, but the view is utterly transformed now from Roman Bank, a reference to the old Roman sea wall.

After crossing the ancient causeway known as the King's Highway (which runs from Belsars Hill at Willingham to Aldreth), we reach the green at Haddenham and the road to Ely.

In the 1890s there were several tramway schemes to link Southport to Lytham St Anne's, though the real fly in the ointment was bridging the River Ribble.

The Thames is crowded with all sorts of small craft; it is probably a bank holiday. Both shores are packed with people enjoying the sunshine.

The textile mills, forges and foundries, and the vast array of factories of all kinds that sprang up in the 1830s, attracted many people from the surrounding countryside, who exchanged the traditional

The river banks are still just as popular today, as is 'messing around in boats'. This boomed from the late 19th century onwards, as increased leisure time reached the lower middle classes.

The artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti lived here until his death in 1882, and he was interred in All Saints' churchyard.

Here we see an ice cream vendor with 'stop me' written on the side of his cart. This practice gave rise to that familiar 'stop me and buy one' saying, that was so popular at one time.

This pretty garden lies on the corner of Park Road and York Road. How sad that this quiet place is now occupied by Titan House, a massive office building several storeys high and currently empty.

Sussex beaches are mostly shingle above high water mark, so it is understandable that the two miles of golden sand between the mouth of the River Rother and the shingle banks of Dungeness should develop

Although the B1004 is called the High Street, it is South Street that provides the main shopping centre for the town.

Looking West We are looking across the lake to the houses in Durham Street, with the Presbyterian church roof in the centre of the picture, and the Holy Rood Roman Catholic church on

Standing above the east bank of the river Stour, Wye was a royal manor before the Norman Conquest, and was given by William I to Battle Abbey in Susses.

In the 1920s, the owner of a chain of grocery stores had two carved cats placed on the upper front of his shop - they were supposed to frighten the rats away from the river bank.

Also known as St Sampson's, Golant on the west bank of the Fowey was cut off from the main estuary, save for a bridge, by the embankment of the Lostwithiel to Fowey railway in 1869.

This view was taken from immediately by Burford Bridge, in the public park on the Oxfordshire bank.

After crossing the ancient causeway known as the King's Highway (which runs from Belsars Hill at Willingham to Aldreth) we reach the green at Haddenham and the road to Ely.

The south bank was a popular location for hiring rowing boats, and the Bedford Rowing Club, founded in 1886, have their boat and club house to the left of the photographer.

On the left is A J White, watch and clockmaker (the other half of the building was Barclays Bank, open on Wednesdays), George Howe, draper and grocer, Adam's, baker and confectioner, and the Crown.

Viewed from the raised footpath, the summit of Perrymount Road merges into the Broadway.