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It had long platforms to accommodate the expected crowds, and plenty of staff on hand to help. They needed a large staff, as the number of visitors was massive.

Rasen Bikes are in the large shop on the left, which was E C Hall's shoe shop. The White Swan beyond is still there, and next is another shoe shop, E C Hall. A young lady is in charge.

Beyond we can see the façade of the Midland Bank, now HSBC. The neo-Georgian building beyond was to be rebuilt as the Granada Cinema (see K13065, pages 36-37).

The remainder of the building is 1856, designed by Street, including the rather wild spire with enlarged pinnacles, flying buttresses and very large lucarnes.

When it was built in 1248 it was an outstanding piece of civil engineering for its time, as it involved the diverting of the River Frome from its junction with the Avon at Bristol Bridge.

The triangular-shaped Victoria Buildings was erected by the corporation in 1876 occupying an area of land bounded by Deansgate, Victoria Street, and St Mary's Gate.

The gabled Renaissance-style Town Hall, built on the corner of Pinstone Street and Surrey Street, was designed by E W Mountford and completed in 1896; its official opening by Queen Victoria took place

The Adelphi Mill in Grimshawe Lane now houses a hotel whilst the remainder of the building has been divided up for use by a large number of businesses.

The Cat and Fiddle pub is one of the highest in England. From here on a clear day the view could be spectacular: the Cheshire Plain with the Mersey beyond.

Moving into the Thames Estuary, the river passes Erith, a much rebuilt and rather forlorn remnant with its medieval church of St John the Baptist; the town is now joined by development inland to Bexley

The Bridgewater Canal flows through the pretty town of Lymm in Cheshire. An empty pair of boats head towards Manchester, probably to collect coal.

F Beale & Sons were builders until they were bought out in the 1960s. Their yard was in Adelaide Road, beside the swimming baths that they built in 1885.

A couple of decades later, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth writing in 1136, King Arthur fought his adversary Modred on this shore.

This little cluster of 16th- and 17th-century gabled timbered cottages, along with the pub (not visible in the photograph), was acquired in its entirety by the National Trust in 1939.

This photograph was taken on a summer's day, when the river was low.

The seafront itself is a noisy bustle of amusements, and has been for generations, providing seaside fun for the many.

This magnificent view shows Beddgelert cupped in an encircling ring of mountains.

Strange though it may seem in this fin de siecle moral climate, St Mary Magdalene's was built because, in the early 19th century, the parish church could not handle the number of worshippers.

Described as a cross between a Renaissance palace and a medieval cathedral, the Town Hall opened at the head of Princess Street in 1863.

In 1893, a study by a German sociologist found that six out of every seven working-class families in the mill towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire managed to save enough money to spend on a holiday.

The river basks in afternoon sunshine, with swans and a hired rowing boat on the water.

It was named Kings House after James I, and Queen Ann of Denmark and Henry, Prince of Wales stayed there in the early 17th century.

Viewed from the Close and looking East, the room with the large window over the Gate was a chapel belonging to Malmesbury House, the front of which can be seen to the left of the picture.

High Street 1903 The graceful sweep of the narrow High Street provides the setting for some splendid Victorian shop fronts, with H.