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HRH Princess Marie Louise opened the park in April 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V - the plaque stating this information is on the side of the cafeteria.

On the right, by the main road, which had not long been built at the time of this photograph, was once a cluster of prefabs, temporary housing after the Second World War.

This is the shopping parade, with shops to meet the everyday needs of the local inhabitants. As in Eastleigh, the ground floors of houses have been converted.

weatherboarded tower, boat shaped cap and octagonal brick base, and powered by four patent shuttered sails and winded by a fantail, it was built beside a millpond; a waterwheel was added at the side of

Here we see another busy beach view in 'The Empress of Watering Places' with many umbrellas protecting ladies from the summer sun.

Racing on the Downs was started in 1802 by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, and the course remains largely unchanged.

Now known as Truro School, the college was founded on the hill overlooking the city 10 years before this photograph was taken, 'affording a thorough English education at a moderate cost' for up to 120

A lad sits on his handcart on the right of this photograph, which was taken in a yard off Highgate.

At the centre of the junction is the fine war memorial cenotaph designed by Gilbert Ledward in October 1921 and unveiled by Lord Treowen, Lord Lieutenant of the county.

This view shows the great width of the street running north to the Green and the church.

After this picture was taken a new wing was built on the far side, brick, but painted to match the rest of the house, and ornamented with the Stanley crest in the gable, a common feature

One hundred years before this, there were no large shops in the town, and the age of the department store was still a few years away.

It was built around 1160 on the edge of the town by Cistercian monks, who found the natives not very friendly when they tried to establish an abbey here in 1147.The Commercial Hotel can be seen on

The two men with the horse are not far from the brook which runs through Downham - it is the haunt of white ducks and mallard.

Boscombe developed to the east of Bournemouth in mid-Victorian times, attracting the wealthy and fashionable including Sir Percy Florence Shelley, the son of the poet.

Here we see the harbour on Hollingworth Lake. Not only were rowing boats, racing skiffs and dinghies a common sight, but there was even a time when the lake had its own paddle steamer.

The narrow ancient streets of Harlech, a town that sprang up to serve the stronghold, have changed little over the years, as is shown by this picture of the High Street.

It was built as the Vicarage in 1851 and became the home of Sir John Arrow Kempe (1846- 1928), who chaired the Board of Customs from 1894 and was then Comptroller and Auditor- General.

James I was entertained here lavishly in 1617 as the guest of Francis, Earl of Cumberland and his son Henry Clifford.

Browne's Hospital is one of the most important medieval almshouses in England, dating from 1475 when it was founded by the wool merchant William Browne.

Two soldiers relax on a bench next to the bandstand in the sunlight at Canbury Gardens, downstream of Kingston railway bridge.

Ecclesfield lies 5 miles north of Sheffield. The village used to be in Derbyshire. Its industry was based on small engineering and the flour mill.

Behind the disused mill was the Wharfedale Brewery, which supplied many of the town's fifteen taverns. The brewery closed during the First World War, and was then used as billets for troops.

Back to the east of St Peter's Hill, the photographer looks north along Castlegate, with the Beehive Inn on the left; the leaves hide a beehive set in the tree, which is still there.