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It is a post-type windmill where the body is turned to the wind by means of a long tail- pole.The front and sides of the mill body and the roundhouse roof are clad in sheet iron.

To the north of the north porch there is a massive, very ancient yew tree, its weary boughs propped on posts. It is thought to be as old as the Norman church itself.

The area on the left burned down in 1883, and the buildings post-date that; they include the former Free Library built in 1895, the building with the tall oriel bay windows.

Opposite was the post office, whose thatched roof had to be replaced by corrugated metal like many others along that stretch.

Wales's oldest university is located here; it was established in 1822, and has brought a cosmopolitan complexion to this ancient and most distant of towns.

During the Second World War, the Red Lion was an ARP post. The empty roads were typical of the day - at this time, cars and garages had not yet become an important factor in the new estates.

The signboard for the Swan Hotel (demolished in 1966) now boasts a pictorial representation of the bird (even though the distinctive lantern has been removed) and a new Post Office building has

If, as has been reported, it is not the most beautiful village in Hertfordshire, Westmill is certainly among the most photographed.

No longer owned by the Rigg family, the hotel has been re-named in this post-World War II photograph. Otherwise, very little has outwardly changed in the interim years.

Tenby is probably the most recognisable seaside town in Wales.

This building exhibits all the usual features of a post office, including letter boxes, a clock and an information board giving details about collection times.

Next door are the twin half-timbered gables in the antique style of the Fairby Stores and Post Office and, beyond, a lofty weatherboarded barn. In 1895 the population was small - only 272.

In the picture the Post Office has signs advertising tobacco and cigarettes fixed to the shop front, with an Esso paraffin sign further along. The large door of the outbuilding has a cat hole.

This view looks across to the general store and post office; its clock, inscribed 'Weale's Coal Order Office', and Howard Weale's shop sign both survive.

It is not a busy day in this photograph, and the shop awnings, deep shadows and the light summer dresses all suggest a very hot day in post-war Wales.

Ropergate also had the County Court Office, right, and nearer town, the old post office.

To the right at 27 Market Place is the post office. In July 1965 this was transformed into the Westminster Bank, where Mr Gambrill was the manager - he had been with the bank for 31 years.

All the buildings have changed proprietors except the big white building with the three dormer windows, which is still the post office.

By 1960, the pedestrian crossing over Westgate had been moved to its present position, in the foreground of this view.

Later photographs from the 1950s show no change to the building apart from the addition of a hanging sign at the front, and the replacement of the gas lamp-post with an electric, concrete one.

The cinema was demolished as part of the post-war redevelopment, and its replacement building eventually became part of Winch & Blatch.

The building between the lamp post and the telegraph pole on the left was until recently a builders' hire shop, but is now Unwins off-licence.

In the background (centre) is the Market House, erected in 1836, which was converted to the post office in 1923 by building between and behind its open colonnade.

The post office is clearly identifiable from the telegraph wires on its roof; it relocated to this site in 1858. In 1950 Mr W J Griffiths was postmaster.