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In the years that followed, the village became a popular place to visit, with a number of places of refreshment springing up.

Here we have a fine example of a black Kentish smock windmill in its heyday, and an early photograph of a windmill in full working order. The mill has now completely gone.

Just a few miles south of the industrial Midlands, Redditch became famous for the manufacture of needles, fishhooks and bicycles.

The little white tower of the late lamented Majestic Cinema of 1922 rises in the middle distance.

The reference to the Town Hall is to the one erected in 1795 to the designs of Alderman Bradshaw to replace the earlier one he demolished.

Some of the water off the surrounding high ground runs through Glen Rushen and Glen Mooar before entering the sea by way of Glen Maye.

Partially visible, on the left of the photograph, in a meadow fed by the river, is the little church. Near the village are the remains of a sizeable Iron Age hill-fort.

The old village, which consisted of about eighteen houses, lay to the south-west of Belsay Castle - or rather it did until the early 19th century, when Sir Charles Monck had it demolished and moved to

Looking across the fields towards the ruins of the castle it is apparent how little remains of the original building. There are excellent walks in the area.

Holidaymakers in this newer age of recreation sought alternatives to accommodation in hotels and boarding houses.

St Stephen's Green on the south of the city was one of the three ancient commons enclosed in 1663. It covers 22 acres and was laid out as a park in 1880 with a lake and other water features.

The east end of St Peter's church is seen from Church Road. St Peter's dates from 1833.

In the Sixties 100,000 visitors a year were holidaying at Rockley Sands Caravan Park; it covered some 600 acres of harbourside heathland and pine wood.

The castle is superbly situated a few miles to the north of the city, on Cave Hill overlooking Belfast Lough. It was built in 1870 by the Third Marquess of Donegal and was given to the city in 1934.

The Edwardian and Victorian buildings in this part of the City are efficient without being distinctive.

Built by Lord Cobham of Stowe in 1748 to help regain the assizes for Buckingham, and extended in 1839, the castellated Gothic building has been superbly restored as a fascinating museum

This view of the Kennet and Avon Canal, taken from the Town Bridge, shows the site of Hungerford Wharf.

The graceful 14th-century spire of St Mary the Virgin Church, rising to nearly two hundred feet, dominates this photograph of the High Street. The tower is 13th-century.

The village lies in the far west of the county, close to the Wiltshire border.

Most of the family get together, and they can enjoy themselves in complete privacy in this their favourite retreat. This picture shows the east front of the house.

The thatched Brown's farm, on Willisham Road, was one of several in the area owned by Jack Gibbons.

As an inland port, situated at the centre of the UK, it is an ideal import/export point for Europe and the rest of the world.

Pewsey is a small town in the middle of the Vale that bears its name, noted for its white horse cut into the downland at Milk Hill.

Weymouth, unlike many south coast resorts, faces east; it is therefore possible to sit on hot sunny days without the glare of the afternoon sun in the face.This accounted for the popularity of the