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Next to Singleton's the butchers is the Midland Bank's fine facade. The plainer frontage of Roberts' shoe shop is followed by the protruding shop windows of Hancock and Wood, shielded by sun awnings.

The chequered brick and weather boarded cottage (right) is Barclays Bank; it opened in 1910 in what was then the front room of a cottage. The bank was to stay here until 1999.

Here we see the well-treed street looking more mature; the photographer is looking south back towards the town centre. It was truly a sylvan approach to Bedford Park.

During the 15th century, Headcorn was a cloth-making centre which prospered with the arrival of Flemish weavers, and its single, long street has several fine buildings dating back to that time.

Partly bare stone and partly whitewashed, and with numerous stone-mullioned windows, its cross passage is behind the two-storey porch.

They telegraphed back 'SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THE DEATH STOP. PLEASE SEND BACK SAMPLES STOP'.

The village of Muker, set toward the western end of the dale, dates back to 1274. After a chapel of ease was built here in 1580, the delightfully named Corpse Way gradually fell into disuse.

Warrington's Town Hall was originally Bank Hall, built between 1749-50 by the world-famous architect James Gibbs as a home for a local businessman, Thomas Patten.

This old woman is 'scratting' (scratching) the sands for the dark-coloured Devon cockles.

Beverley's beers were certainly best at the Horse and Jockey (left) back in 1959. Now the village's oldest pub is almost the only remaining building in this picture.

To create the large tunnel entrance and the lead-up area, many back-to-back houses had to be pulled down; the town's library also had to be demolished.

This old woman is 'scratting' (scratching) the sands for the dark-coloured Devon cockles.

Hest Bank was the seaward side of the village, right at the southern side of the mouth of the River Kent. At one time, the area was referred to as Slyne with Hest.

Even a simple sandpit was a novelty in an age before sandpits were common in back gardens.

The spire, seen here from the back of the church, has been a landmark for mariners for centuries.

We are at the top of Main Street, looking back down through the village from the bus station.

The far, tall building marks Bridge Street, the spot where the first bridge upstream was located.

Even a simple sandpit was a novelty in an age before sandpits were common in back gardens.

Grindleford follows the banks of the River Derwent, as this distant view from the Hathersage road shows.

These cumbersome devices were backed into the sea by horses, and the incumbent then disembarked down steps at the rear, protected from cold winds and inquisitive stares by a collapsible umbrella

The church at Painswick has a right-angled, almost fortress-like chapel, which dates back hundreds of years.

The site was redeveloped as Barclays Bank and several shops, while the former Wilts and Dorset Bank to its left is now Lloyds TSB.

Looking back to Aird Snout, the hexagonal structure of the Giant's Causeway can be clearly seen.

This group of children and their parents or nannies is enjoying the sun and fresh air on the bank of the River Deben.