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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

Sheltering Blakeney from the sea is a 4 mile spit of land called Blakeney Point, a nature reserve since 1912, and home to nesting colonies of terns, oystercatchers and redshanks.

Here we see Hever prior to Lord Astor's creation of a Tudor-style village adjacent to the castle. A horse-drawn wagon comes down the lane, and to the left is the spire of St Peter's Church.

North of Main Street, the dignified 1950s council housing was built on The Leys field.

In this panoramic view of the Golden Valley, the mill chimneys are visible in the background; the workers' cottages are on the lower slopes of the hill, and the canal winds its way along the valley

This picture of the square at the south end of Dublin Street, is interesting in that it shows the original market cross, which was repositioned here when the Rossmore Memorial was erected in the Diamond

This view looks down on Reynard's Cave and the River Dove. The wooded slopes in the background are on the Staffordshire bank of the Dove, and rise to Air Cottage on the top of the hill opposite.

Goosehill Bridge crosses Peakshole Water, which emerges from the depths of Peak Cavern - its enclosing limestone cliffs can be seen in the background.

Sandgate lies a mile west of Folkestone.

The mock timbered gables of Red House at Darley Dale are now home to a horse and coaching museum, which runs coach-and-fours through the grounds of nearby Chatsworth House for visitors during

We go along the Frimley Green Road, and arrive at Frimley Green, with Wharf Road to the left of the picture. The shop and the house next door have been replaced by a modern parade of shops.

The shop of J Singleton, where you could shop and also acquire a haircut, is no longer a general-purpose shop.

This extensive and grim asylum is a reminder of how earlier generations treated the mentally-ill by locking them away, often far from their homes and families.