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Oh dear, oh dear! Very little of this pleasant scene is still in being. The bus driver told me after he had seen the photograph that 'it's all under Wilkinson's'. And he was correct.

One of the gang-masters of the mining teams was a certain Mr Fison.

This street was the original London to Holyhead turnpike, and along it stood twelve hostelries providing for the passing trade of up to 80 coaches a day.

Co-operative stores sprang up everywhere in places like Bedwas to bring affordable shopping to the valley areas, where they were often the main or only source of groceries and goods.

An excellent small history of the village has recently been published by the Local History Group, which looks in the main at Billesdon's evolution since the 18th-century enclosures.

An evocative view of the town, showing remarkably little traffic or parked cars.

The huge tower of Skelton parish church dominates the skyline in the Skelton

The dominating mass of Arthur's seat, 822 ft high, stands in a 648-acre park.

The church consisted of a nave, chancel and aisles, with a square embattled tower having pinnacles at the angles.

The Saracens Head Hotel is on the right-hand side of the picture as we look towards the Cross.

Note the many shop awnings and the trams further down the street, a reminder of town centre public transport.

The photographer is being closely observed by the man looking over the railings on the left of the picture.

Erlestoke is on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain, and offers views that can still be recognised from this

This small loch is sandwiched between Loch Katrine and Loch Vennachar, seven miles west of Callendar.

Oh dear, oh dear! Very little of this pleasant scene is still in being. The bus driver told me after he had seen the photograph that 'it's all under Wilkinson's'. And he was correct.

Modern golfers benefit from the latest technology: an aerodynamic ball, and well-balanced clubs made from a precise blend of metals.

In 1879 the only development along Vann Road was two chapels: an Ebenezer Chapel built in 1852 just beyond the slate-hung Hazel Cottage, on the right, and a Methodist one, whose roof slope and gable

(Marion Hill) This view, taken from about the same point as ZZZ05124, below, shows the surviving facade of the LNWR's fire station (now a music shop).When it opened in 1911, it was 'very well-equipped

This is a lovely rural photograph taken in the old village of Wallasey.

The signboard for the Swan Hotel (demolished in 1966) now boasts a pictorial representation of the bird (even though the distinctive lantern has been removed) and a new Post Office building has

The town walls date from the 13th century, and Tenby's tight, sheltered harbour and truly golden beach wears a crown of coloured Georgian buildings.

Sir John Betjeman wrote that the church 'sails like a galleon of stone over the wide, flat expanse of Holderness'.

Five of Henry's wives lived here at some point; Anne Boleyn spent her honeymoon at Hampton Court during its construction.

Highcliffe's immediate neighbour to the right has always been known in the town as Green Hill, a distinct hillock with a rocky outcrop on its northern face.