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Adeyfield, on 20 July 1952, the Adeyfield Neighbourhood Association organised a Jubilee Fair on 20 July 2002, on Reith Field.

While many houses burned down in the fire of 1659, the 15th century church of St. Edmund survived because the churchyard served as a fire break.

These gardens were laid out in 1814; to this day they are a small haven of peace away from the bustle of this busy market town.

This old view gives a fine impression of how long the cathedral is.The magnificent row of arched openings nearer the camera is the ruined priory infirmary.

One of the famous open-air services which proved so popular with holidaymakers is in full-swing at old Kirk Braddan, the mother church of Douglas.

The Market is still very much a part of modern life, and fulfils its prime function on six days of every week.

Today the bareness of the landscape is mitigated a little by the conifers of Macclesfield Forest which appear over the far horizon.

The number of parked cars is perhaps an indication of the traffic problems to come in later years.

These cottages were at the lower end of St Andrew Street. They remained until the middle of the 20th century, when they made way for council housing.

These cottages were at the lower end of St Andrew Street. They remained until the middle of the 29th century when they made way for council housing.

Now the tower of St Michael`s Church is more obvious, following the destruc- tion of numbers 1 and 2 Esplanade (the Berkeley and Esplanade Hotels) in September 1942.

Here we see Newquay at the beginning of the building boom which was to turn Narrowcliff into the largest concentration of hotel rooms in the county.

The parish church with its medieval tower was one of hundreds of churches to suffer from the Victorian predilection for restoring ancient buildings extremely badly.

In 1268 the earldom passed to the Beauchamp family, who set about the task of rebuilding. On the right is Caesar's Tower, which rises to a height of 147 ft. It was built by Thomas Beauchamp.

The Great War of 1914-1918 cost the lives of 26 local men.

Lawrence of Arabia rests in the little cemetery at Moreton, for his cottage of Clouds Hill is within the parish. He died in 1935 in a motorcycle accident on the road leading north from Bovington Camp.

There is an interesting mix of trades in one building on the far side of the road: a hairdresser and piano shop. What would that inspire - 'Chop-sticks', perhaps? Or maybe 'Hair on a G String'...

Pegwell Bay houses the replica Viking dragon-headed longship which was rowed and sailed from Denmark to Broadstairs to celebrate the 1500th anniversary of the landing of Hengist and Horsa; it arrived

St Stephen's stands on the Green, around which people first settled when they moved from Bordesley after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

We can appreciate the full four-mile length of the reservoir in this photograph.

Ryde is decorated here for its famous carnival held always at the beginning of September.

The Barbican lines Sutton Harbour, long a fishing quay and the original port of Plymouth.

This view of Streatley shows the village centre. The Bull was once a coaching inn for the Royal Mail coach to Oxford.

The River Almond flows into the Firth of Forth at Cramond. A prophetess at Cramond is said to have warned James I of impending tragedy if he continued with his journey to Perth. He was murdered.