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Here we have a wonderfully evocative sign of the times: a beach scene in high summer and not a glimpse of bare ?esh. Cleethorpes liked its helter-skelters, as it had another on the beach.

Steam boats at the boarding point by the Pier give some idea of the popularity of these vessels during the summer months.

The Harris bacon factory (in the background) was established as one of the main industries in this town. Calne can also boast of having a market for over a thousand years: some record.

The Victoria Cottage Hospital was opened in Pettits Lane in 1888 on a plot of land donated by Mr W Mashiter.

It was one of the few places on the Crouch with direct access to the water, hence the attraction for bathers.

Away from the bright lights and entertainments of its main resorts, Lancashire's coast has many other fine stretches of expansive beach.

Growing from a small fishing village to an unpretentious resort during the middle of the 19th century, Lower Heysham has retained its 'olde world' atmosphere.

This picturesque area of narrow streets sits alongside the ancient fishing quay of Sutton's Pool.

The grace of Fleet Street in the previous picture is counterpointed by the timeless nature of this rural view, taken the same year on the outskirts of Torquay, possibly at Cockington.

Barricane Beach is behind the camera, and we see the broad expanse of Woolacombe sands stretching away south towards Croyde.

The fishing fleet, having waited patiently for a breeze, can at last set sail in pursuit of the herring.

This picturesque flint village was once the most significant of the Glaven estuary ports, and its old Custom House bears testimony to its prestigious past.

A later view of St Ann's Gate, with motor cars in evidence in the street scene—now, the gate can be used by pedestrians only.

A steep hill leads away from the estuary to the top of Kingsbridge town.

Between 1801 and 1901 the industrialisation process brought tens of thousands of people into Staffordshire.

Controversial at the time, it was representative of the modern movement in architecture, and is described as having a 'stripped classical' style.

After the construction of the bridges over the Straits and the opening of the railway, Bangor grew from a 19th-century town of only 93 houses into a thriving holiday resort.

To the left of the street is a gate, erected in 1766, which leads to Holy Trinity Church.The houses here, on what is called Our Lady's Row, are amongst the oldest in England - they are early 14th-century.To

In St Helen's Square, what had been a Guildhall Chapel and then a public house was demolished to make way for the building of a residence for the Lord Mayor.The result was this charming abode.

A Benedictine priory belonging to Westminster Abbey was established here to the north of Sudbury c1130. This is the 15th-century chapel with nave and chancel in one.

In this wide street, cars can park on both sides of the road and still allow for traffic. Cannon Street is one of the oldest parts of the town, and dates from the 1850s.

Broadland is strewn with relics of previous ages. Here an old wind pump, its sails still set against the breeze, takes on the character of a living tree with its roughly-hewn timber supports.

This view of the Wokingham Road entrance is nowadays remarkably unchanged, apart from the loss of the lamps atop the gate piers and of the lodge cupola in the distance.

A wonderful view of Waltham Abbey in the inter-war years. This view looks up Highbridge Street from the river bridge to the Abbey church and its impressive 16th-century west tower.