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Behind the right hand side of the chute can be seen the central section of the Maxim Flying Machine ride which was under construction.

In the last years of the 19th century Marconi set up an early wireless transmitting station near to Totland Bay, exchanging radio signals with a steamer out at sea.

The virtual lack of sand kept families away from this section of coast, which is brilliant with white pebbles.

The Tuesday Market is a grand open space surrounded by a fine mixture of buildings dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.

The pyramid-capped tower of this Norman church stands prominently on a hill, and forms part of Davington Priory, founded in 1153 by Fulco de Newenham.

It was the early use of bathing machines that made Weymouth such a popular resort for sea bathing. The larger machines shown here ran down to the water on rails, and had a number of cubicles.

Situated between Crieff and St Fillans on the Highland fault line, Comrie is famous for the number of earth tremors experienced by its inhabitants.

Founded in 1182, it was not until a couple of hundred years later that the abbey really made its mark when a group of Premonstratensian Canons moved here from nearby Minsmere.

A bowler-hatted gentleman contemplates this tranquil river scene looking towards the gracious arches of the viaduct that carries the railway to Effingham junction.

On the left of the cobbled High Street, notably devoid of any traffic, is Edward's Drug Store, which later passed to Boots. The building, in brick and stone, dates from the late 17th century.

West Surrey has been army country since 1853, when Queen Victoria reviewed her troops on Chobham Common.

Also new today are the substantial caravans now dotted under the trees on the viewpoint. The dark Arne peninsula can be seen against the line of the chalk ridge of the Purbeck Hills.

During the great building boom that followed Cheltenham's development from the 19th century onwards, much of the earlier medieval settlement was overwhelmed.

To the west of the village is a labyrinth of man-made caverns from which the stone for Exeter Cathedral was taken. The Quarry Caves are now an exciting tourist attraction.

This is another of the Lake District's classic viewpoints, the backdrop formed by the peak of Causey Pike (2,035 feet).

Overlooking the river Bure stands a large, thatched house in the Arts and Crafts style, typical of many built between the wars. Well-tended gardens lead down to a private mooring and boat houses.

This charming vignette seen through the old abbey ruins also manages to give us an insight into the sadly neglected state of this historic building with its grass-grown walls before it was taken over

St Anne's has been described as 'a town built on golf', and this is epitomised in this splendid building.

King’s Norton is less than two miles from Bournville, and though urban sprawl between the wars linked it to Birmingham, the old village still retains much of its rural character.

The Basildon Development Corporation aimed at providing a wide range of different types of housing—both for visual reasons, and also to attract residents from different income-groups.

The cityside banks of the Thames were busy with stevedores and dockers during the Victorian era, for London’s river had been the source of its prosperity for centuries.

Camberwell Green is seen from the bottom of Denmark Hill. Approaching is an LCC ambulance; on the left a tram, about to go out of service, heads towards Walworth Road.

Leisure time with the city, though it is highly unlikely that the Frith cameraman would have hung around long enough to see if the fish were biting.

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