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The county town of Bodmin has a distinguished history, with origins dating back to the time of the Normans. Town lads are lounging on the pavement near the Royal Hotel.

The beautiful valley of Eskdale runs down from some of the highest ground in the Lake District to reach the sea at Ravenglass.

So busy was London bridge at peak times that the authorities were compelled to station police constables along the central rib of the roadway to encourage a smooth flow of traffic.

Set against the background of the Lakeland peaks, the Castlerigg circle, near Keswick, forms a beautiful setting for what is considered to be one of the oldest stone circles in England.

The shade of an old lime tree at the foot of the village green provides an excellent spot for this family's picnic.

The round building is all that survives of the former castle chapel. It is actually the nave of the chapel; the chancel (which would have been on the right) was long since demolished.

Open-air swimming pools are probably the direct descendants of the sea-bathing craze that swept the country during the 19th century. Many towns had open-air pools, though few now survive.

In its heyday this was a huge village with shops of every description and five prosperous inns; there was even a beer house run by Matthew Austin.

The Isle of Man Steam Packet Co's 'Mona's Queen' eases out of Fleetwood on a summer sailing. During the Great War the paddler was employed on trooping duties across the Channel.

In time, the effect of heavy furniture in upstairs rooms caused the floor joists to sag, but this was counterbalanced by extending the joists over the wall beneath and adding the weight

The original inn stood on the opposite side of the road, on the south- western corner of what is now the busy Oxford road into Swindon.

The library, part funded by a gift to the people of Cheshunt by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, was opened to the public in 1907. Designed by J Myrtle Smith, the library included a School of Art.

Navenby now seems to be an almost self-contained village on the A607 between Lincoln and Grantham. The main street consists mostly of stone cottages converted over the years into shops.

The 'Queen Mary' often drew the crowds as she proudly made her way up the Solent - note the numbers of people and parked cars in C173004.

The vicar of St George's envisaged a need for a hospital, and so in 1866 he set up a hospital in a house on the corner of Cross Street and Albert Street - it became known as St George's Hospital.

The junction off Grange Road and Whetstone Lane (to the right) is known as Charing Cross. Grange Road was one of the main shopping streets in Birkenhead, and was very popular.

This photograph shows the part of the Jubilee Exhibition of 1887 that was situated between Talbot Road and the railway.

Navenby now seems to be an almost self-contained village on the A607 between Lincoln and Grantham. The main street consists mostly of stone cottages converted over the years into shops.

This is a tale of two paths. A growing army of walkers now take the wide path which snakes up the Sugar Loaf to the left.

Looking down from the White Horse can be seen the flat-topped Dragon's Hill where, legend has it, St George slew the Dragon; the white markings on the side are where the blood of the Dragon ran down in

Ipswich, at the head of the Orwell Estuary, has been a major port for centuries. Here, a sailing barge negotiates the lock gates.

In this view, the horse and dog troughs are still attached to the Dryland Memorial, and a row of sitters is taking advantage of the shade. The war memorial is on the extreme right.

A green lung in the centre of the town, the park was given to Whitby by Alderman Pannett.

There is just space to bring a few open fishing boats between the rocks to a slipway at this little cove down by the granite cliffs of Gwennap Head.