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Mums and children gather round to watch the antics of Punch and Judy, or buy an ice cream from Robinson and Eastwood's stall.

Some were critical of the dryness of the company.

Just 2.25 miles south-west of Roche Abbey stands All Saints'. Its fine Perpendicular spire is unusual, in that the corner walling of the belfry is sloped off.

The Weaver Navigation prospered throughout the 19th century owing to a very active policy of continuous upgrading and modernization programmes that included deepening the river, widening the channel, reducing

It was to the wrought iron railings outside the front entrance of the municipal buildings that relatives of patients in the isolation hospital came for news of their loved ones.

Penrith Castle was built by William Strickland, later Bishop of Carlisle, who was given permission to build Penrith Castle in 1397, following the sacking of the town by raiding Scots in 1354.

On the right of the picture is the 15th-century God's House Tower, formerly the south-east gate of the old town and one of the earliest artillery fortifications in Europe.

Wherwell is famous for its ruined priory, established by the Saxon Queen Elfreda, mother of Ethelred the Unready, possibly as an act of repentance following several dark deeds.

A charter of 1560 appeared to give the vote to the 'commonality' of the town. In 1669 Lord Clifford secured the vote of the council, but John Ferrers won because the common people had voted for him.

Haigh Hall was designed by the twenty-fourth Earl of Crawford for himself and built at a cost of £100,000 between c1832 and 1840.

It is one of the biggest in the country with over 200 volumes, the oldest dating back to 1343.

Beeston was one of a series of fortresses built by Rannulf de Blundeville, Earl of Chester and Lincoln.

Runcorn is now the terminus of the Bridgewater Canal, but there was a time when it continued down a massive flight of locks to connect with the Mersey and the Ship Canal.

Another view of the Bowness Ferry shows a full coach-and-four just about to set out from the Bowness side of the lake, with the coachman at the front steadying the nervous horses.

There is not much traffic - a car and a motorcycle with pillion passenger - in this view of the road running down from Dunmail Raise into Grasmere.

The north end of King Street has changed dramatically since 1904: the right hand side is mostly occupied by the backside of Tesco's, and on the left only The Rose pub, with the tall chimney, and the Methodist

The bridge was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1885 and opened in 1894.

This view shows the range of shipping that could once be seen on the MSC. The steamer to the right is the 'Alverton' from West Hartlepool.

We are at the foot of the Downs, with fine views nearby. Holy Trinity Church was built in 1866 in the Decorated style, on the site of a medieval church.

Mostyn Street is one of Llandudno's main shopping streets; we see it here pictured in bright sunlight.

The town's arcaded Market House of 1870 stands in the Square. The local dark building stone has given Dolgellau much of its character.

This photograph shows the town clinging to the sea with some lines of very small cottages. The mound is man-made, and was very likely first topped by a Norman fort.

In this picture the new promenade and sea wall provide plenty of space to walk, while the beach below gives a hint of what it looked like in its natural state.

By the time of its demolition in 1971, the congregation had amalgamated with that of Baddow Road Congregational Church and built the new Christ Church on the site of a former brickyard in New London