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Many of the shops seen in this picture have gone or changed hands.

The Thames, or Isis, plays an important role in Oxford university life.

War Memorial Gardens were laid out to the north of Memorial Avenue between it and the Canch, as this stretch of the River Ryton is known.

We are looking along Grange Road from the corner of Oxton Road.

Past Cliveden is one of the most beautiful stretches of the Thames with its tree-clad river cliffs.

To the north beyond Ingoldmells, and rather more genteel, is Chapel St Leonards, where my mother used to holiday in the 1930s.

On the triangular village green, far left, is the war memorial and another recording the tragedy in August 1944 when an American bomber aeroplane fell on Holy Trinity village school.

Tree-lined, and with lush green river banks, the River Ribble runs through pretty villages and on to Clitheroe, joining with the River Calder and the River Hodder.

Here we are looking along the stretch of the river where the famous Henley Regatta takes place. Viewing platforms can still be seen on each bank.

The gardens behind Bank House, situated in the lower High Street, were given to the town of Stroud in 1930 by Mr Ernest Winterbotham, and were intended as a quiet corner where shop workers could enjoy

This house stands on the corner of Coney Street and New Street. The lower part of the house is now a shop that sells mobile telephones, but the upper storey remains virtually unchanged.

This view was taken looking west, in the opposite direction to 72314. The chimneystacks of Lord Burley`s Hospital are an eye-catching feature along the south bank of the Welland.

At this time Warburton was a small village on the south bank of the Mersey, five miles west of Altrincham and twelve miles from Manchester.

Lincoln's celebrated Stone Bow is the later 15th-century medieval gate into the walled town, above which is the basically Tudor city Guildhall.

The Mini first took to the road in 1959, so it was a novelty when this picture was taken (centre left).

The building on the right was designed by Lewis Cottingham in 1846 as the Penny Bank, which functioned until 1892.

Spalding's townscape is 'made' by the River Welland, which bisects the town. There are roads along each bank and houses face the river, giving it a slightly Dutch feel.

We are on the navigable and tidal River Arun.The church of St John the Evangelist has a shingled broach spire; flint and stone are used for walling and buildings.A ferry with landing steps connected

In 1888 there were no less than 88 houseboats and 55 launches moored along the river banks.

This view of the village on the hill from Hebden Road is dominated by the two big mills, the Ivy Bank Mills on the left and Bridgehouse Mill in the foreground.

At the far end a bank in Wren/Queen Anne style completes the row. Across the road beyond is a good Art Nouveau/Gothic church of 1912.

Photographed from the Yorkshire bank of the Ribble, the view looks across Sawley to Noddle Hill.

The plate by the window to the left of the door (now a window) shows that this was also the telegraph office and money order office, and also the Post Office Savings Bank.

Felton stands on the north bank of the Coquet, and it was here that the Great North Road once crossed the river by way of the old bridge featured in the picture.