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Locals soon found a nick-name for our end-of-the-pier Victorian edifice.

Bridge Cottage Tea Parlour (centre) doubled as a newsagent's under the ownership of Edgar Allen, and also advertised a wide range of entertainments, from 'Viva Zapata' at the Lyric Cinema, Bridport, to

Crown House provides a view of London Road and Morden Court and the slightly earlier mock Tudor York Close to the left.

In the days when the village had two MPs (before the Reform Act of 1832), election day was something to behold.

The volume of mail soared after the railway came in 1865, and so as not to confuse it with Crawley, the Post Office soon had the name changed to the spelling used today.

At the end of the war there were 520 girls on the registers, many of whom will remember the headmistress, Miss J C Simpson, who presided until 1962.

Although fifty years have passed the centre of Coulsdon is easily recognisable, although the forthcoming replacement of the Red Lion will dramatically alter appearances.

Beyond the bus stop the cluster of petrol pumps has been replaced by a BP garage slightly lower down the hill, and the garage on the right has been re-built as GVC (Vans Direct).

The manor of Bamford was owned by the de Bamford family from the 13th century until 1816, when it was sold to Joseph Fenton of Crimble.

Widnes was then just a sleepy little hamlet of a few houses on the banks of the Mersey.

Widnes was then just a sleepy little hamlet of a few houses on the banks of the Mersey.

This wonderful pediment from the temple of Sul Minerva contains the famous Gorgon's Head. It has Celtic and Roman features, and is part of a sculptured shield.

Overlooking the Square is what appears to be the tower of a church. Actually, it is a bell tower, described by Arthur Mee as 'the glory of Evesham'.

This is the heart of Hardy Country - Hardy called this village Lew Everard. We are looking eastwards from Rectory Lane.

The Royal Cromer Golf Club was formed in 1887 with HRH Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) as its first Patron.

The Custom House is a memorial to the importance and value of sea trade to King's Lynn.

On the east side of the village, overlooking the Welland Valley, the church for the most part dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, including the tower and its broach spire.

Immediately on the left is the unmistakable Victorian frontage of John Pater's School, known to generations of Cricklade people as 'the bottom school'.

This view of the minster's north side from the High Street also shows the railings which once surrounded it.

This coaching inn, which dated from Tudor times, was rebuilt in 1676 following the Great Fire of London in 1666.

Admired by a lady sitting in the area later to be occupied by the National Museum stands the City Hall, a year after the bestowal of Cardiff's city status.

'Modern' building developments oppose each other on the corners of Church Street and Quay Street but little else has changed architecturally.

As with so many East Devon villages, a tiny stream - the Beer Brook - runs down the main street, first on one side of the road and then on the other.

The parish church of St Margaret's high position above the Exe makes it a most prominent landmark, and its sandstone tower is a mark for shipping.