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On the sands, donkeys wait for riders, as they have done since the earliest days of the resort.

The buildings on the left of the keep have been demolished. The Regent petrol station has been swept away to make more room for the Top o'Town car park.

Other than Burton, brewing in Staffordshire received a shot in the arm with the opening in 1992 of the Lichfield Brewery, which produces such delights as Resurrection Ale and Xpired.

The distant buildings were part of the Cattle Market, which had occupied the site since 1880 - its place now taken, ironically, by Chelmsford's deeply unattractive covered market.

This was part of the Victoria University, which was constituted in 1880, the other colleges being at Manchester and Liverpool.

This shows the County Offices of 1928, built in Neo-Georgian style in brick with stone dressings. These now face 'Fred's Folly', the concrete 1960s tower block.

St John the Baptist stands high above the Bristol Channel on windswept Countisbury Common. The only remnant of the original medieval church is a carved bench end with a crowned swan and arms.

This is the most well- known part of Rockley Sands, as it is seen from the Weymouth to Waterloo trains running along the embankment built across the harbour.

The view is of Sandbanks Ferry from Shell Bay looking towards Poole's sandy peninsula. The chain ferry began in 1926, saving 15 miles on the journey to Swanage.

The typical wide street is almost devoid of traffic, and the little boys posing for the camera can happily play in the street. The chimney is a reminder that the linen industry flourished here.

Both the Town Hall, the stone building on the right, and the Bolton Hotel on the left, are still here today.

Here the local policeman chats to workmen, and the main street looks almost bereft of traffic. In the Victorian era there was a bustling market near the Bullring, and four annual fairs.

A place familiar to all train travellers through Devon, Dawlish nestles across the sides of a broad combe, with the railway line protecting the town from the sea.

Hope Cove remains one of the few safe anchorages between the Yealm estuary and Salcombe, several miles to the east.

Its tower of 1758, in red brick with yellow brick quions and battlements, the Geogianised aisles, and the 18th century galleries inside, all disguise a medieval church.

By 1901, warships from the age of sail had long ceased to have any operational value. However, a surprising number from the 1840s and 50s still survived.

The houses on the right were newly-built, and would have been in great demand with such a view of the gardens. They also seemed to have an excellent bus service.

The first recorded quay here was in 1386, and the area is almost unchanged since the visit of the 'Mayflower' in 1620.

It is built on the original line of buildings which ended with the first Maypole Inn with its pond and green, which constituted the Chigwell Row which Dickens knew.

The Carlton was built as two villas in 1850, on a field overlooking Runnymead Meadows.

It is owned by the lord of the manor.

Much of the Long Mynd is now managed by the National Trust.

Today new housing estates cover the area, with just the name 'Brine Road' to remind us of what was once here.

Chesil Beach forms an unbroken line of shingle from Portland to Abbotsbury; its stones are larger to the east than to the west. It has long been a hazard to shipping in bad weather.