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There are two of these large man-made ponds at the front of the college. This, the left-hand one, is always full of ducks and other wild fowl.

The effects of two World Wars on Hemel Hempstead cannot be overlooked. During the First World War Hemel Hempstead was the base for the Royal Artillery.

At the outset, the tenants of Vickerstown found that the only ways to gain access to Walney Island were to ford the channel at low tide - that way across is still possible - or to use the Furness Railway

The people of Weybridge held a meeting in June 1895 to decide on a suitable memorial for Mr Yool, and the first suggestion was to build a technical institute to be named after him.

Among those already occupied or well on their way to full occupation are the prestigious West One and Royal Plaza developments in the fashionable 'Devonshire Quarter' around West Street and upper

A new light has been fixed to the corner of the Youth Hostel at this date.

At this time the 20-bed Ship & Royal Hotel on Clifton Street (the telephone number was 186) was one of two Lytham hotels recommended by the AA. The other one was the Clifton Arms.

Refreshment could be sought at the Black Lion, on the right of this view.

Bournemouth's Square stands at the very heart of the town astride the River Bourne.

The early local historian Sir John Oglander remarked that he saw some 300 ships riding at anchor there in 1620.

A wherry loads up at the mill. In these days, square-rigged trading wherries such as this one plied the Broadland waterways carrying all manner of goods, from grain and flour to coal and timber.

Georgian buildings line Market Hill, with St Peter's Church at the top. The artist Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury in a former 16th century inn, and he lived and worked here for many years.

Formerly, a ferry crossed the Medway at this point.

St Saviour's chapel at the east end was built between 1930 and 1932 as a First World War memorial.

The church is actually at St Gluvias, just across the head of the Penryn River creek.

Also known locally as the Armoury, this castellated building stands at the entrance to Cirencester Park and was built in 1856.

Four of the units were taken by Keymarket supermarket (right), which proved popular with locals. Phase Two had just been completed at the time of this photograph.

In a brisk breeze, bringing white-crested waves to the beach, the holiday crowds enjoy the sands at Broadstairs. Note the boy in a sailor suit on the left and the donkey on the right.

The restoration was directed at putting the house into a representation of what it might have looked like in 1564.

A most interesting architectural feature of the church of St James the Elder at Llanvetherine is the tower.

Visitors approaching from Devon descend this steep hill to the sea at Lyme.

As we look at this busy Bournemouth scene from the 1950s, it is hard to imagine that all this was a wild and barren heathland, deserted except for fishermen and smugglers, only 150 years before.

A Manchester Corporation tramcar stands at the Altrincham terminus in Railway Street, its route back to Manchester being by way of Stamford New Road, Sandiway Road, Manchester Road, Washway Road, Cross

The Parade, seen here with North Street in the distance, is at the very heart of Taunton. On the left are the Victoria Rooms, built as a market in 1821 and sadly demolished in 1963.