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Timber is being loaded onto barges, or lighters, to be towed up to Gloucester, where vast wood yards were sited along the canal.

Looking East from Wood Street An inn has stood on this site for 400 years.

This little road, climbing steeply from Ambleside through stark countryside to join the main Windermere to Ullswater road at the top of the Kirkstone Pass, has long been known as 'The Struggle'.

If you compare this photograph with the reality of the scene today, it would seem at first glance as if time has stood still here.

The village church is hidden behind the trees on the right. During the war the aerodrome was under the command of Bomber Command, and 101 Squadron was stationed there for several years.

The earliest castle on the site was built during the reign of William the Conqueror, but the present structure dates from 1156, when work began on the stone shell keep.

The George and Dragon is first mentioned as a tavern in the court book of St Albans Abbey in 1279. The half-timbered building dates from the 17th century.

With the widening of Bridge Street from the 1880s, the old Warrington Academy was again revealed and preserved.

The village church is hidden behind the trees on the right. During the war the aerodrome was under the command of Bomber Command, and 101 Squadron was stationed there for several years.

Off Moat Road is the former St Margaret's Anglican Convent. It was founded by the Rev John Mason Neale, who was among other things a prolific hymn writer, the author of 'O come, O come, Immanuel'.

Originally a wooden Saxon fortress built on two islands in a natural moat formed by the river Len, it was transformed into a solid stone castle at the beginning of the 12th century by the Norman baron

This view across to St Mary's Church clearly shows a variety of architectural styles, including the unusual curved rear of the Town Hall on the left, the ornate gabled roof the Wiltshire Friendly Society

Early visitors found Paignton 'select, dignified and discreet'; it was the ideal place for the professional gentleman.In 1881 a clubhouse of a non-political nature was formed.

The entrance door remains in situ, but the stone mullion and transom windows have gone in favour of unattractive modern replacements; strangely, the bell-cote now resides in the garden of School House

Southbourne maintains an air of tranquillity compared to the bustle of nearby Bournemouth.

This is holiday perfection, with breakwaters, windbreaks, donkeys, buckets, spades and plenty of sand, plus the bonus of the sunshine. What more could one ask for?

This view shows Pednolver Walk, (Lambeth Walk), its railings now firmly in place, and groups of holidaymakers enjoying the Cornish sunshine.

Walton is now part of the suburbs of Felixstowe, but a hundred years ago it was very much a village in its own right, with the occasional pony and trap the only concession to heavy traffic!

Here is a view of the River Chess winding along the floor of its flat but narrow valley, through its Chiltern landscape towards Rickmansworth near Loudwater Farm, an area much changed since this view was

An ornamental lake and a bandstand may seem to be anachronistic in a rural community, but the park has been at the heart of many successful events and family outings for most of the 20th century.

The opposite side of the road from A19709 (above) shows the new frontage of Altham's, now very much a travel firm; the tea sales are a distant memory, although the shop still occupies

This view of Waterhead shows the Waterhead Hotel, built to serve the increasing numbers of tourists who were arriving by train at the lakeside station at Bowness, and catching a steamer up

St Peter's Hill climbs out of the village towards Caversham's striking parish church of St Peter, which occupies a pleasant setting above the Thames.

The 'Queen of Hampshire Villages', Twyford, now a very large settlement, belonged to the See of Winchester from Saxon times.