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A young lad balances precariously inside a small boat, whilst men work on the mast of a vessel moored starboard side to the jetty.

The pleasure of children playing contentedly around their sand castle, on the far side of the river, creates a charming picture often repeated with the passing years.

One hopes that the Express parcel service fared better than the shop's window advertising, which suffers from a number of missing letters!

However, St Andrew's was built to replace a 13th-century church, only part of which still stands and now serves as a mausoleum for the Sandys family of Ombersley Court.

A peaceful view of Howth harbour, looking along the sea wall towards the tower and the east pier. Rowing boats are moored in the harbour.

The early 19th-century Bell Hotel dominates this lively street scene, with its vital interaction of stalls, traffic and people, now so often lost in the bromide world of pedestrianisation.

In walking country, the village, although undistinguished, is associated by local people with Newton Linford, Bradgate Park and Beacon Hill, or just as being on the back route from Leicester to Shepshed

High Curly Hill is a noted viewpoint on Bagshot Heath in the Lightwater Country Park, with a marked trail leading to the hilltop.

The little sea wall on the beach is topped by a fine selection of winches and windlasses, all essential for hauling boats up the beach and clear of storms.

Here we see the famous Neptune fountain (some say it is based upon the Trevi fountain in Rome), with Council Offices in the background and a glimpse of the Regency terraces to the left.

A range of 15th- and 16th-century timber- framed houses, some jettied, the Rose and Crown follows the curve of a lane linking Ipswich Road and East Street.

The building of this extraordinary bridge was discussed in Victoria's reign, but it was not opened until 1901.

Forever associated with its famous International Eisteddfod, Llangollen stands on the River Dee, seen here from the four-arched town bridge.

Cowling is a moorland parish in the Aire Valley about six miles south of Skipton. It once boasted several woollen mills – we can see their chimneys in this view.

The Victoria Inn on the left of the picture is now a private house. Oundle School occupies many buildings in and around the town.

Holland had worked in the rough and tumble of the London music hall business, and his philosophy was simple: to give holiday makers the sort of entertainments they wanted, no matter how crass.

Holiday-makers gather round one of the seaside entertainments. Unfortunately, we have no idea what they were watching, as the Frith cameraman didn't bother to record the details.

Now firmly back in the ironstone hills, we reach Newnham, two miles south of Daventry. The village is set on the hilly north side of the young River Nene. Little has changed.

One of the boats on the right has the mark PZ, so she may have come from Penzance, a very long journey!

Linking the east and west sides of the town over the River Esk, the bridge is now crammed with tourists in the summer months.

The new road bridge was built by the renowned engineering firm of Dorman Long of Middlesbrough, who also built the Sydney Harbour bridge.

This was the parish church in the Earl’s Half; with a floor area of 24,000 sq ft, St Michael’s was one of the most impressive and possibly the largest parish church in England.

The Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Society building stands at the junction of these two streets close by Blackfriars Bridge.

The Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Society building stands at the junction of these two streets close by Blackfriars Bridge.