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When this building was opened in 1849, it faced the almost-new Deaf and Dumb Institute; the two buildings extended this edge of Belfast, bringing a formal touch to it.

Industry at Nash Mills has now disappeared to become a new housing development.

Notice that the porch at the entrance to the Black Lion Hotel has disappeared.

Abbotsbury has one of the loveliest settings on the Dorset coast at the western end of the long pebbled Chesil Beach. Inland are the rolling downlands of west Dorset.

Here a local fisherman enjoys a quiet pipe on the steps and two local boys lounge at the entrance to the fish cellar where pilchards were processed, or 'cured'.

Note that on the left-hand side at the top of the house the window is missing. Perhaps reconstruction is going on, or maybe repairs are about to start.

Late Victorian holiday-makers, taking the sea air, are strolling and sitting in the former recreation ground at Fort Green, looking towards Fort Paragon.The bandstand is on the right.

Another view of the school buildings, seen from the opposite side. At this time, this site had only been occupied by the school for no more than a year.

Lying five miles from Tenby, Amroth has a pebble shore but sand is revealed at low tide. A former mining village, it wages a continuous battle with stormy seas.

Many years before Wargrave grew in popularity as a riverside village, Edith, wife of Edward the Confessor, held the manor, and at that time it was known as 'Weregrave'.

Along with Frodsham, Halton was of strategic importance. These castles commanded the southern shore of the Mersey estuary and controlled vital river crossing points at Runcorn and Hale.

Children are trying their luck at fishing in the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Junction Canal. Just beyond the bridge is the delightfully named Hills and Partridges Lock.

Another turn-of-the-century view of Newland Street, looking towards the Collingwood Road junction, bustling with pedestrians.A few onlookers, including two dogs, watch the photographer at work.

This is the small village green at North End - note the pump. The entrance to the Meldreth Training School, run by the Spastics Society, is on the left.

The George, built in 1598, was situated at the junction between the High Street, Market Street, and Fore Street, and was the main focal point of the village.

The Britannia Pier is at the northern end of Marine Parade, the main seafront thoroughfare.

Hunstanton's chief feature is its distinctive white and red banded cliffs, which rise from nothing at this point to a towering 30 metres just 300 metres further north.

Westway leads us up to the elevated village dominated at the crest by a castle and Crake Hall.

At the cross-roads is the entrance to the town.

Shop signs beyond the Three Cups Hotel include those of a Co-op store, the Tudor Cafe, and the Nook.

The Triangle is at the centre of Cinderford.

The Village Hall at Hunsdon was originally the school until the building of the new school in 1924 at a cost of £4000.

By the gate leading into the churchyard are the overhanging eaves of the old priest's house, later to become the centre of the local Girl Guides troop.

It was captured by the English early in 1283, who immediately set about improving its defensive capability; Edward Longshanks committed a great deal of money to the project.