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In the simpler days of the 1950s, village post offices across Dorset were places where the whole community might meet and were a vital lifeline to the outside world.

Standing out proudly in this photograph of Horsham's most interesting street is Causeway House, a picturesque half-timbered building dating back to the late Tudor period.

A walk through the countryside around Uplyme often takes you as much into Dorset as Devon, for the county border weaves around the ridges, woods and tiny brooks of the locality.

Standing at the cross-roads in the centre of the town is the clock tower, which was erected by public subscription in 1876.

The Welsh slate industry developed in the heart of the mountains, and this resulted in settlements in some very bleak and exposed places.

It suffered dur- ing the Dissolution and again at the hands of Cromwell's men. After two centuries of neglect, Sir Gilbert Scott restored it in the 1870s.

This picture shows the remains of the flint tower, which, as can be seen, needed substantial reinforcement with solid blocks of stone.

One man and his dog stand looking out to sea (bottom centre) on the sandy beach at Cayton Bay, south of Scarborough.

A group of customers wait to saddle-up for an excursion from the White House Riding School at Huntington, a small village just to the north of York.

Telford was a pioneer in the use of iron for structures; though his Buildwas bridge over the Severn no longer exists, other examples of his work still do.

Pump Cottage (in the middle of our photo) was—as the name suggests—the source of the village's water-supply. It dates from about 1860. The well pre-dated the cottage by a decade.

Raby Mere lies two miles east of the village of Raby, and has always been a popular Wirral destination, especially with Sunday School outings.

The statue we can just see on the left is of the Marquis of Bute ; it has since been relocated to make way for traffic improvements.

Just south of Carlton is the hamlet of Wigthorpe, no more than a few stone houses and cottages on a tranquil lane now by- passed by the Doncaster Road.

The small semi-circular extension on the cottage at the end of Croft Lane is a bread oven.

Sitting on the southern side of Bunbury, the Crewe Arms has now been renamed the Yew Tree at Bunbury.

The corner of Edward Street on the right has altered considerably; the end building was demolished in 1999. The second shop along is Fred Macey's, advertising cycles and prams.

The White Hart Hotel was the venue for the last Stannary Parliament to be held on Dartmoor on 11 December 1786.

At 700ft above sea-level, Tilton-on-the-Hill is one of the highest villages in High Leicestershire.

Here we have a closer view, looking north, of the shopping parade soon after its construction. The forecourt of a National petrol station can be seen beyond the main building.

This uncompromising modern building opened on 10 October 1952, and was soon filled with the post-war baby boom and the children of Woolston's new housing developments.

The Terrace, another Georgian promenade, offers a spectacular panorama of the town.

Occupied since prehistoric times, ownership was returned to the city in 1995 after nearly 70 years of occupation by the RAF.

Despite its increase in size, Burley is still a good centre for exploring the southwestern corner of the New Forest, with lonely woodlands and heaths within easy walking distance.