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In a corner of the green the recently restored war memorial has life-sized statues of First World War servicemen.

This photograph was taken in the opposite direction to H26124 (page 69), and shows the Cenotaph-style war memorial in the centre of Parliament Square.

The bridge has a total length of 1,352ft, while the distance between the piers is 702ft.

Here we see the roofs of Clifton from the pleasantly wooded Downs.

The parish church stands majestic at the top of Church Hill, as it has done since 1846.

A small collection of boys (extreme right) dressed exact- ly as one would expect of the era are doing what little boys have always done alongside rivers: enjoying themselves and getting filthy!

To the right of the picture, the present-day clock tower, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield in 1926, is yet to be added.

An interesting picture revealing the extent of the differences in working practices that have occurred over 75 years.

The original castle was built on this site by Baldwin FitzGerald following his appointment by William the Conqueror as Sheriff of Devonshire.

By that time, building work on William Leigh's plan for a grand mansion at nearby Woodchester Park had been under way for six years.

Here we have another view of this heavily traffic-ridden main road with its shopping parade. On the right, Raymond's hair salon proudly advertises its offer of 'perms from fifteen shillings'.

A splendid open car heads north, driving in the middle of the road. The house on the left had belonged to Dr Atkinson, who died in 1917.

Upper Rushall Street and Peal Street running north and south from the bottom of the church steps indicate ancient routes to Lichfield and Wednesbury.

In this picture we can see the small stream that runs down from Waddington Fell and the Moorcock Inn as it runs right through the centre of the village to join the Ribble.

The wooden posts erected to mark out the gardens of the row stopped visitors peer- ing through the windows, and helped give the inhabitants a little bit of privacy.

Next door, with the two gabled doorways, stands the post office, built in 1887 on the site of the Old Court House.

This became the main park for Minehead in 1924 following private donations towards a scheme for the conversion of 6 acres of meadows.

On the eve of the Great War the decision was taken to use Southport's refuse as infill for the Lagoon.

This photograph shows the famous High Street, generally regarded as one of the most beautiful streets in Europe.

The pump at Ashford, on the left, is the site of one of the village's six well-dressings, held annually in early June.

Much of England's social history can be explored by examining the manorial structure of villages such as Melcombe Bingham.

When the first Earl of Dorchester purchased Milton Abbey in 1752, he had the entire village dismantled and rebuilt further away from his new home.

This college is the second-oldest institution of higher education in Wales: it was founded in 1848 to train teachers for Church schools.

The photographer has moved slightly further back down the road to take in the whole of the Market Stores, no doubt for a picture postcard of the time.