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The people of Hitchin are fortunate in living in a rural district. Even today, open fields are within walking distance of every part of the town.

Note the handsome facade of the Old King's Arms at the top of the street. The inn is now a carpet shop, though the inn signs above it remain.

These trams were capable of carrying 100 passengers; their unique design, with staircases either side of the driving positions, meant they could load and unload very quickly.

The Kings Arms is 15th-century; much of the building was once part of a thriving paper-mill.

This wonderful Heath Robinson-like piece of horological fantasy made a tour of seaside resorts in the l950s.

The people of Exmouth have always taken a great pride in the beauties of the gardens along the sea front; each lawn and flowerbed is carefully tended by the skilled workers of the local

Note the stylish lettering of T C Palmer on the left-hand corner (we also see it on the right of N40003 below).

Lady Margaret Hawkins, after whom the school is named, was the wife of Sir John Hawkins, one of the commanders fighting against the Spanish Armada in 1588.

In this late Victorian view from in front of numbers 12 to 14 Minster Yard, the quality of the mainly 13th-century Gothic cathedral comes over well.

D & E Flack's (left) was a general store and post office serving the area north of the Southend road. By the end of the 1950s, outlying shops were competing with the new Town Centre development.

This popular sea town sits on the western shore of the Roseland promontory under its castle.

St Ives, the pilchard capital of the west and Mecca for artists, encapsulates everything Cornish.

The name of the bridge reflects the local trade which once existed in the area and, as in 60080 (page 84), the level nature of the towpath was an attraction for walkers 100 years ago, as

There was once a railway crossing at the bottom of Commercial Street, the main business centre of the town.

So called because of the darkness of its waters, the Blue Pool is formed by the Taff Fechan.

William John Wills, born in Totnes in 1834, was a member of Robert Burke's ill-fated expedition to cross Australia from north to south.

The Pilgrim Fathers' Monument is built of Portland stone and rises 50 feet above the ground.

This is now the site of part of the M4 motorway, but the Chapel itself has been re-located.

The Red Lion Hotel, on the right of the picture, gives its name to the square in the centre of the village, now dominated by traffic in a one-way system.The two cyclists meandering down the middle

The title 'Old Guest House' may refer to the building which housed visiting clergy before 1856, when this was the rectory of the Chancellors of Salisbury, the patrons of All Saints' Church.

Fortuneswell 1894 The Isle's main town of Fortuneswell grew up, as the name implies, around a supply of fresh water, as did many of the Portland settlements.

The park on the south side of the old Dee bridge is known as Edgar's Field in memory of the Saxon king, Edgar.

The pines of Crag Wood are prominent in the centre of the photograph, while the slopes of Dodd sweep up the lake shore beyond.

Agriculture in the 1950s had not changed much since the 19th century, and horses were still commonly used on the land.