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Close by St John's Gate is this narrow alley of tall tile-hung shops and houses, which lean precariously over so that residents might almost stretch out and shake hands from their windows.

It looks as if they have almost cleared their tray. A young boy pauses on his way to buy a jug of beer.

Hastings has suffered very much in recent years, now that the boom holiday period of the 1920s to the late 1950s has ended. Many of the seafront houses are in serious decay.

The 12th-century tower and spire of St Mary's Church viewed from the Market Place, a symbol of the mediaeval prosperity brought to this little town from wool-trading.

Holt, between Fakenham and Cromer, boasts a wealth of fine Georgian houses, which huddle haphazardly around its broad market place. It was rebuilt all of a piece after a devastating fire in 1708.

A Victorian guidebook, published in 1895, described Morecambe thus: 'Morecambe is much frequented by trippers from the busy towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire, for whose recreation are provided abundant

In the distance is the tower of Holy Trinity Church.

A pleasure steamer, the 'Queen of the Broads', crowded with tourists and well equipped with life belts, ploughs her way round the wide bend of the river Bure and down towards the sea.

Before the dawn of the railway era, Woodford Halse was a sleepy community untouched by time.

Our brief foray into parkland is over and we reach Earls Barton, some six miles east of Northampton.

A holidaying family relax with their dog outside the Old King's Arms pub and boarding house in the cobbled centre of the ancient village of Hawkshead.

atmospheric view along the High Street looks across towards Lincoln's great medieval minster church which dominates the city and the countryside for miles around – the beautiful central tower is the tallest of

Here we see an old post windmill in its last stages of decay. It appears that the mill has been used as a source of firewood.

At the junction of High Street and Higham Green, opposite the chancel of St Thomas's Church, is the old Court Hall, a 14th-century building restored and altered in the 19th century as a museum.

Here we see the hustle and bustle of Dudley Street at the beginning of the 20th century. High street chain stores are already in evidence: Freeman, Hardy & Willis, and H Samuel.

It is probable, given the number of stone circles found on Dartmoor, that a family or a group of families erected them for ritual worship, either to venerate the dead or for an astronomical purpose.

The heart of the Square Mile. City life looks as frenetic as it does today. Job mobility was unheard of in the Victorian office.

A bewildering number of morning and evening newspapers was available to the Victorian reading public, including The Daily Chronicle, The Times,The Evening News and The Morning Advertiser.

The landlords of the Bridgend Inn, the rear of which is on the left, were George and Betty Dobson, and the busy boat hire business operating from the hut further down the towpath was owned by a Mr Price

Opened in 1934 on the site of the former Middleton Hall corn mill, these gardens became another focal point for the town and a much-loved asset.

Merthyr Tydfil still has the ruins of a medieval castle. Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Glamorgan built it on land claimed by Humphrey de Bohun, Lord of Breconshire.

The bridge was opened by Princess Alexandra on 21 July 1961. More than 5,000 tons of steel was used in its construction.

One of the most attractive features of Astle Park was the lake, now almost silted up.

Restoration of the pier began in 1996. The elegance of the pier was reflected in the broad streets of the town, which were built to resemble fine boulevards.