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Manchester's Royal Jubilee Exhibition at Old Trafford opened on Tuesday, 2 May 1887.

This street scene is dominated by the façade of Lewis's store, with its broad plate glass windows and imitation rusticated pillars. It must have appeared very modern when it opened in September 1932.

The South Cliff Tramway offered an alternative means of escape from the beach to the Esplanade; the other way up was by the 224 steps cutting through the Spa Gardens.

The tower of St Peter's church can just be seen above the roofs on the right-hand side of the picture.

The high banks along many stretches of this great river confirm its habit of flooding.

Low Row's intriguing name comes from the fact that this attractive village is strung out for the full distance of a mile along the valley road, which runs close to the river on the northern side of the

Typical of so many Glamorgan churches, St Andrew's traces its roots back to the Norman occupation – its nave and chancel are believed to date from the 13th century.

This romanticised version of life at the Castle in medieval times can be seen in the Town Hall. It was painted by James Waylen, born in Devizes in 1810, the son of a clothier, Robert Waylen.

Here we have a close-up of the Eagle Building, so called on account of the 8ft-wide eagle in terra-cotta placed at the top.

Mardy village in 1955 had far less housing than it does today. The semi-detached houses on the left of this picture were the only buildings at that date.

Walsingham is built around the ruins of a monastic house, celebrated for its shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham. It is an important place of pilgrimage, second only to Becket's tomb at Canterbury.

The Cathedral spire dominated the surrounding countryside in previous centuries just as it does today.This view is from Harnham Hill, looking north eastwards across the Avon and an area of farmland

At the time of the Domesday Book, Halton was the main administrator of the area, and Lancaster was 'under' Halton, which lies three miles north-east of Lancaster.

Here we see the buildings on the harbour wall of the Cobb, as we look eastwards through the entrance (left) to Cain's Folly and Stonebarrow Hill, from where National Trust land now extends to Golden Cap

The Civic Centre in Connah's Quay, one of several buildings laid out as a formal civic area, was began in 1960, with the stone being laid by the steel magnate John F Summers; the Summers

In 1955 Douglas handled around 70 per cent of the island's imports and exports, while Castletown accounted for less than 4 per cent of imports and no exports.

The church of St Peter and St Paul has many cast iron graveslabs in the floor.

The south side of St Margaret`s Church is seen looking across the churchyard from Church Lane.

This was the main exit from the walled city of York. Bootham Bar was built on the site of the Roman gate, and probably much of the stone was re-used.

The modern Milford Haven grew in the 1790s and the port was to cater for the needs of the whaling ships, as they brought their cargoes here to be processed in blubber oil.

Excursion trips flourished on the east coast of Scotland until 2 August 1914, when the Admiralty effectively closed the Firth of Forth to non-essential shipping.

The relics of St Cuthbert are alleged to have rested in twelve places, in what is now Lancashire, during the 9th century.

The Church of St Oswald proved too small for the congregation that was expanding rapidly as more Irish migrated to the town, so plans were made for a new church nearby.

In around 1910 the Public Rooms on the south of the bridge had been used as a roller skating rink and a few years later as a cinema.