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Three years later a Manchester yarn merchant, Thomas Porter, offered an endowment fund of £50,000 to facilitate feeding and educating the children.

The houses on the right were soon turned into cafes to serve the ever-growing numbers of holidaymakers. They would advertise breakfasts bigger than each other, vying with each other for customers.

The tower of the Municipal Buildings on Dale Street dominates the sky-line to the left. At the time of our photograph, it cost 1s 6d for a car to go through the tunnel.

Bodinnick is a tiny village built on a steep hill on one side of Pont Creek, an estuary of the Fowey River. From here the ferryboats would take the passengers across the fast-flowing river to Fowey.

Bristol became a major centre for the importation of timber for use throughout the west of England. In 1870 it handled 105,000 tons, and by 1900 it was dealing with over 170,000 tons a year.

Bristol became a major centre for the importation of timber for use throughout the west of England. In 1870 it handled 105,000 tons, and by 1900 it was dealing with over 170,000 tons a year.

The long-time motto all along the front of the large road-side buildings was 'Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight', which is a quotation from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.

In the 13th century it was seized by Simon de Montfort, and it was also sacked during the revolution of Owain Glyndwr in the 15th century.

The building on the left, with the large window facing the street, is the Corn Exchange, then acting as a cinema — we see it as it was before the alterations that were made following a 1925 fire.

After 1911 the castle was restored, including the re-excavation of the filled-in moats. A Tour of Central and East Sussex

This is another view of Lower Eype from further to the south-west, closer to the cliff above Lyme Bay, looking inland to Mount Lane and St Peter`s Church (centre).

The photographer has turned his camera a little to the south and included an additional couple of interesting cars - a Rover 90 and behind it a rare and expensive Bristol saloon.

The older part of town is surrounded on all sides by water - the River Aire and two canals. Rope making was a flourishing industry both for the marine and agricultural markets.

Milnes rivalled the Denisons of Leeds as the county's biggest cloth exporter, and in 1778 he married the heiress of another prosperous Leeds textile merchant, Hans Buck.

This 15th-century building was either an early Moot (Town) Hall or a Guildhall.

This 'Happy Days' wagonette or country-style horse bus, harking back to transport in earlier days, is taking a party on a jaunt on a sunny day.

St George's is considered to be one of Sir Gilbert Scott's finest designs, and was built in 1854- 58 as a replacement for the orig- inal parish church which had been destroyed by fire.

We are looking across the Market Place from the corner of Bridge Street, past the Town Hall.

Just beyond the west tip of Nag's Head Island is the Malthouse (creeper-clad) and Fairlawn Wharf to the right, now housing and formerly warehouses and barns.

We move to the third of our three rivers, and go high into the hills to find Colne Water. The area used to be known as Marsden.

There are excellent parking facilities for vehicles in this part of the High Street.

When Owain Glyndwr attacked the town in 1401, leaving little in his wake, it was one of many turbulent events in its history.

High Street c1960 On the left is the Town Hall with its unu- sual lead-sheathed clock turret.

This picture is of the same road as photograph W64009, but dates from ten years later and is taken from the other direction.