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In 1922, Field Marshall Earl French of Ypres, in the presence of 10,000-15,000 people, unveiled these handsome wrought-iron gates to the Whitehall Recreation Ground as a memorial to Rugby's 404 fallen

The brigantine lying in this Dorset harbour has a heavy transom counter, an indication that she might well be fifty years old or more.

The arched entrance to The White Hart (centre) reminds us that this inn, along with others in the town such as The Berkeley Arms, rang to the clatter of hooves in the days of horse- drawn coaches.

Wenlock Priory was dissolved in the 16th century, and much of the stone was probably taken to build farms and houses in the locality. Much fine carving detail does survive.

We are looking north- eastwards from one of the public footpaths across Tarks Hill over Mill Lane and Brister End (centre) to the twin peaks of Honeycombe Wood (top left) and Lillington Hill

In the late 19th century this area of Norfolk Street offered such delights as Mrs Elizabeth Cockerill, china, glass and earthenware dealer, Plowright & Pratt (extreme right), ironmongers by

It was well known that the priory had a miraculous section of the True Cross, and a popular exclamation in 14th- and 15th-century texts was 'Oh, Holy Rood of Bromholm!'

Bridge End may have escaped major development, but the house on the right is a 20th-century addition, built onto the end of the terrace (compare this photograph with 72355, above).

A few feet to the right, a couple of early motor vehicles hint at the transport revolution to come. Meanwhile, far left, a mother pushes a pram with a penny-farthing wheel arrangement.

Witchampton's flour mill closed before the Second World War, but the remains of the huge mill wheel, including its tree trunk shaft, can still be seen outside Flour Mill House.

St Mary's parish church, on the left of Ford Road, is largely obscured by trees now, but the church clock still rings out the time to the people of Upton.

The local policeman (centre) goes on his daily beat around this peaceful village – a sight not to be seen now. The nearby River Avon attracts anglers.

Underneath this main road flows a stream that rises from a spring under the church of the Holy Rood, built in the 12th century.

These thatched cottages are by the old Reading Room on the North and South Tidworth borders. In front of the Reading Room is a red telephone box.

A number of Victorian redbrick houses survive, intermingled with more modern housing. Notice how quiet the road is. Is the lady making her way to the post office?

A variety of architecture is to be enjoyed here, from red brick houses to timber-framed cottages.

The large village of Heckington has two great buildings, the mill and the church of St Andrew, which is most unusual in that it was totally built in the same architectural style, Decorated, in a very few

The name of the pub on the left is still the same - Nelson Butt – but it is now a Free House and no longer belongs to Bateman's.

The second Roman villa referred to earlier lies beneath the furthermost of the large fields in the foreground, known as Great Stanborough.

This photograph was taken on the same occasion as T122001. Trams used to run along Mandale Road between Norton and North Ormesby, but that was more than seventy years ago.

Here we see modern post-war housing development in what was known as West Hartlepool until the two Hartlepools merged to form the County Borough of Hartlepool in 1967.

Having negotiated Latchford's locks, the viaduct and the swing bridge, the 'Salford City', about to pass under the High Level Bridge, moves on to close the bridge carrying the busy A49 London Road, which

The 1922 war memorial (left) stands on a small green, where there were also trees and a pond until c1950. The shop front beyond belongs to Callis & Sons, a butcher's.

Ely's fish and chip shop (left) on the corner of Chantry Road has a Dutch gable. Beyond is the sign for Clarke's Tea Room, and then the Co-op, built in 1932.