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It is still possible to walk along the banks of the local waterways, just as these Edwardian children did nearly a century ago. A canal to Tiverton once started from near French Weir.

This is the third of four bridges in this area. The furthermost crosses a ruined leat, a channel carrying water to a nearby mill.

This view shows how the street had a mixture of commerce and private residences. In the distance stands the ancient Pack Horse Inn.

To the left is Elgin Crescent, and on the right is Colville Terrace. A milkman pushes his cart at some speed past the post office on the corner.

South Street, however, showed more architectural consistency than Fore Street, or even High Street.

Capturing a street scene on film was not easy a hundred years ago as it is now.

It was designed after the style of the Palazzo Publico in Sienna, Italy. Electricity has taken over its original functions, but the Tower still stands proudly high above the docks.

A closer view (taken at the same time) of the timber-framed buildings in the High Street which have now disappeared. The bridge over the Avon is in the distance.

One of the Appletons, Sir Henry, engaged the Dutch engineers who worked on the Thames seawalls 300 years ago.

On the fast A24 dual-carriageway road, signs once warned of 'deceptive bends'.

The Red Lion public house, the Water Works and Coulsdon Library on the east side of Brighton Road contrast in style and date with the Victorian terraced houses and shops opposite.

Gracie Fields once lived in Connaught Avenue in a house called 'Tinkerbell'.This view is little changed today, although the Avenue is no longer almost devoid of traffic.

The building on the right was erected in 1922 to house the Redditch Benefit Building Society (founded in 1859).

Rousdon House was built for Sir H W Peek in the 19th century in an extraordinary mixture of architectural styles.

Houses in Park Avenue were in great demand by professional people who work took them to Cardiff - like the Parade, the nearness of Barry Station and the view over the Old Harbour were great incentives

Rows of bathing huts line the beach, with bathing costumes (which could be hired) drying in the wind on lines behind them beside the newly-built promenade.

The 'Silver Queen' and the 'Silver Spray' (right) were among the first propeller-driven passenger boats to appear on the Island, and gradually replaced the numerous rowing boats that plied for hire in

This view looks along the top path of the promenade towards the cloakrooms.

The small paddler nearest the camera is the 'Myleta', one of two steel-hulled single-deck sister ships built for the SER in 1891 by Samuda Bros, Poplar.

On sunny days, Snaefell summit (2034 ft) offers the visitor superb views of England, Ireland and Scotland. In 1906 the Summit Hotel was rebuilt in the castellated style complete with turrets.

The umbrellas on the coach-and-four drawn up outside the ornate frontage of the Queen's Hotel appear to have been raised to protect the holders from the sun, rather than the rain.

It was paid for by the Craster family and built between 1906 and 1910 as a memorial to a member of the family, who appears to have died in Tibet.

This is the entrance to Brynich Lock on the edge of Brecon.

However, the white smock windmill, built in 1869 by the Ashford millwright J Hill, still rises over the village roofs, and is of course now preserved.