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A car passes up the High Street, while a horse-drawn conveyance comes down the hill.Wright's Garage, on the right, emphasises that shortly after the First World War the internal combustion engine had

The growth of Lowestoft in Victorian times was largely down to construction by the civil engineer Samuel Morton Peto, who lived in the splendid Somerleyton Hall nearby.

This view looks down the hill into the village. The Old Crown Inn and the adjoining cottages are faced by the Georgian houses on the other side of the green.

Building work carried on apace in the town in an attempt to keep up with the influx of visitors. Hotels and lodging houses sprang up in the narrow streets radiating out from the church square.

The lady looks ready to pull down the sun awnings!

Two paddle steamers are berthed on the opposite quay, and in the centre of the picture a lady is being rowed down to the river. We can just see the swing bridge in the background.

Set where the old county of Westmorland reaches down to the sea, this bracing small seaside resort and ship-building port enjoys splendid views of the fells at its back.

Two paddle steamers are berthed on the opposite quay, and in the centre of the picture a lady is being rowed down to the river. We can just see the swing bridge in the background.

The lantern tower of St Botolph's dominates the town and the surrounding countryside. The river flows down into the Wash.

Further down we come to the crossroads with Michaelgate and Christ’s Hospital Terrace.

Kendal Castle was built by the Normans to the east of the town, probably by Ivo de Tailbois, the first Lord of Kendal in the late 12th century, and it still commands good views to the north and south-east

Even the elegant steam cruiser the 'Gondola', seen here moored at the pier, is still taking passengers up and down the lake.

Further down are Woolworth's and Dewhurst Butchers. West Street is the commercial heart of Fareham, described by Thackeray, who spent his school holidays here, as 'a dear little old Hampshire town'.

The turnpike closed in 1872, and the building came down in the 1930s.

From the High Street, Ferry Lane leads down to the river and the former ferry point. We are looking back up the lane with the river behind us.

In 1796 the old tower was pulled down and a new one built, and in 1808 the main body of the church was demolished and rebuilt at a cost of £842.

The town grew up at the gates of the abbey on a low island amid the surrounding marshes, receiving its charter in 1142.

The church is unusual because the slope of the ground down to Puddingmore meant that the tower had to be built on firmer ground to the south-east of the building.

Beside the church is the Three Tuns Hotel owned by David Beatton, which burnt down in January 1925. Lord Nelson and Charles Dickens are reputed to have stayed there.

Further down the street is the gable of the Methodist chapel. In the distance is the sign of the Wheatsheaf. The building on the left is dated 1883, and the two shops have now become offices.

Collingham village has a fascinating mixture of houses - down past the parish church of St Oswald are the Old Rectory, the Manor House, the Dower House and some well preserved artisans' cottages.

Down Briar Hill on the road from Glaisdale we come to the delights of Danby. The wide, open green provides space for visitors.

As we look at this mundane street as it drops down towards Pinner Underground Station, under the railway bridge and on towards Harrow-on-the-Hill, there is little to herald the wonderful surprise of turning

This continues a bizarre, centuries-old tradition, in which participants race down a precipitous slope in pursuit of a Double Gloucester cheese.