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The shop on the extreme right later made way for the Central Cinema, although it has long since reverted to shopping purposes.

The school was originally located in premises opposite the parish church, but had moved to its present site to the south of the town by 1750; rebuilding began in 1809.

Beyond the houses on the right- hand side of the road is the village recreation ground complete with its new Millennium village hall, a welcome amenity for the residents of Scaynes Hill.

The Station Hotel, later the Pigeon Pair and now the Kingswood Arms, now has a profusion of flowers along its frontage as well as tables and chairs outside.

The slopes below Banstead Wood make a fine vantage point above Outwood Lane meandering on its way towards Kingswood.

The clock (which dates from 1845) is set on the top of Ulverston Savings Bank; it was built in 1838, and was taken over by Ulverston Urban District Council in 1901 for a rent of 5s 0d.

The High Level Bridge spans part of the dock area; it links Barrow Island, which was a separate island, with the mainland.

The driver of this MG Magnette was perhaps distracted by the vista around him, and has himself become something of a tourist attraction.

Watermouth was not always so tranquil, however - the great tidal surge of 1910 which so severely damaged the seafront at Ilfracombe is recorded to have thrown ships like these hundreds of

Lord Windsor, Chairman of Barry Docks and Railway Company, gave this road its name. It was designed and built as better housing, with accommodation for live-in household staff.

Intended as a cheese market, it had a capacity for 2,000 tons of cheese. Originally it had direct access at the rear of the building to the main railway line.

The most poignant memorial in the church is the east window, erected in 1903 in memory of the nine men who 'never turned back' and lost their lives in the Caister Lifeboat disaster of 1901.

The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady has a lovely riverside setting, though this appealing bridge has been somewhat modernised with new timbers.

Hurley began life as a small settlement in a clearing in the Forest of Arden, and it probably did not grow substantially until Dexter Colliery opened in 1927.

It has had its share of illustrious visitors, including Elizabeth I in 1572, and Charles I in 1642, shortly before the Battle of Edgehill.

The parade of shops has changed little in 50 years, although the windows have been replaced and the telephone kiosk has gone.

Full of quaint old Georgian houses and historic buildings, Arundel has long been an obvious destination for tourists and visitors.

The cobbled Main Street, with The Sun Inn at the top of the street, remains very much the same today.

The photographer is looking out of window in Cockspur Street.

This building, erected for Henry VIII, is seen here at the close of Queen Victoria's reign. The gatehouse opens on to the end of Pall Mall, with a view up St James's Street to Piccadilly.

Originally constructed in the 1830s Cardiff Union Workhouse was the first significant public building of the Canton/Riverside area.

The thoroughfare now pedestrian, the laying of its Chinese granite cobbles marked the initiation of the city centre repaving programme.

Behind it is Clare House Pier, with the end of the Congregational church visible by the trees. At the extreme right of the picture we can just see Bayley Lane Pier.

Before the days of motorways and bypasses, Honiton was the gateway to Devon for travellers coming from the south and east of England, who passed along this long straight road.