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The 1920s and 30s had been something of a boom time for Laindon, though many observers were less than enamoured with the 'eruption of villas and bungalows' that sprang up around this time.

The crypt dates from Norman times, and it is considered to be one of the finest in the world. Note the decorative carving on the pillars, which is similar to that at Durham Cathedral.

Haverthwaite village consists of two parts, but they are close together. The village pump on the left, by Pump Cottage, is dated 1765 and bears the initials BB.

Ravages of the sea and the storms have been taking their toll over the centuries. This inn was severely damaged in 1953, and it has been flooded several times.

Photography was still enough of a novelty in Edwardian England for the Frith photographer to get bathers to pose for him - as we can see in this charming picture of young people paddling on the

The first modern shop façade in the High Street was Fine Fare (left), a small supermarket on the corner of Meadow Road, vying with the more old-fashioned International Stores opposite.

Work on the town centre had begun in 1956. The shops at Laindon, Vange and Pitsea—the old centres—tended to suffer as new business was drawn into the precinct.

The Oxfam poster both pre-empts the later popularity of charity-shopping, and also displays an effective line in ironic copywriting. Fading into the distance is the high ground of Thorndon Park.

The picture was taken in the year in which the home was opened by the Prince of Wales. The house was built as a war memorial for the city and county, and provided 130 rooms.

Restorations carried out in the 19th century uncovered a 14th-century painting of the Crucifixion in the Lady Chapel.

The iron footbridge spanning Valley Road can be clearly picked out to the left of and below the Grand Hotel.

Holiday chalets were an important part of the holiday scene when this view of a camp on the north bay was taken.

This great sea wall and jetty dates back to the time of King Edward I, though stormy seas has meant its constant rebuilding and repair. Much of the present structure dates from 1825.

Here we see the village green in Elm, with its recently erected memorial to the men of the village who fell in the Great War.

In the meantime, development, in the main of a residential nature, continued to spread north and east across Portsea Island.

A number of neighbourhoods—Fryerns, Barstable, Kingswood and Lee Chapel South—were in place by 1958. Then, the government issued plans for increased house-building all over the country.

A sleek sailing vessel is berthed alongside the quay. Workmen are shovelling china clay down chutes into the hold.

For travellers to Cornwall, crossing the broad, sweeping waters of the Tamar deepened the sensation that they were entering a foreign land.

Sloping gently down to the River Windrush, Burford's High Street is lined with a wonderful variety of old buildings.

South of Iffley the Thames makes for Sandford.

Off the west side of Sheep Street, a plaque informs us that the Zoo Park was opened in the grounds of the historic Croyland Abbey in 1943.

These cottages are at Goosehill, on the lane which leads up to the entrance of Peak Cavern, whose entrance gapes under the limestone crags visible to the left of this photograph.

Before the town council renamed it Queen Street, this road was called Crockherbtown, allegedly because the monks of Greyfriars used to grow pots of herbs here. The last Cardiff tram ran in 1950.

Several 18th-century stone facades are apparent in these pictures, and some of the other old houses are disguised by contemporary shop fronts.