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Village boys stand at the edge of the pond in Horseshoe Lane, which was used for washing carts - note the floating board.

Apart from the old post office, much of the left-hand side survives, but on the right only The William Hardwicke pub remains amid rebuilding, including the 1930s Bobby's department store, after which the

St Thomas Becket church is at the east end of Cliffe High Street, which runs west to cross the Ouse into School Hill and Lewes proper.

North Street's commercial grandeur is interspersed by older buildings, including the porticoed former Clarence Hotel of 1785 and the Chapel Royal.

Westborough is one of the main thoroughfares linking the North Eastern Railway station and the town.

Westborough is one of the main thoroughfares linking the North Eastern Railway station and the town.

The imposing figure of Lord Palmerston surveys Romsey's Market Place.

This is yet another of the fascinatingly beautiful bridges that span the river Wye.

Built as a memorial to the casualties in the First World War, this building on Butts Road has been added to quite extensively.

Even in Victorian times it had a wild reputation, but it reached the zenith of its colourful activities in the 20th century.

Until the later 19th century, houses were built right up to the right jambs of the gateway.

Only St John the Baptist's church and a couple of houses nearby escaped from the bombs intended for the port and the railway station.

James V was resentful of the Douglases, so he laid siege to Tantallon in 1528. Red Douglas held out for three weeks before surrendering.

Once a village, Chandler's Ford has now been swallowed up by the suburbs of nearby Southampton and Eastleigh.

This is a useful spot in the street: the Post Office is on the left, the Trustee Savings Bank is adjacent to the bus, and the shiny new frontage of the Co-op is second on the right.

Notice the advertisement outside the Municipal Offices extolling the benefits of collecting waste paper. Enclosed in the same complex were the Library and the local Museum.

The impressive Webb's Hotel is a well-known landmark on the south side of The Parade in Liskeard. Sad to say, it is no longer a hotel, and the garage on the right is now a food store.

We are looking at the village from the end of the pier.

Branthwaite Brow is one of the three streets which meet Kent Street as it leads up the steep hill opposite Miller Bridge.The others are Finkle Street and Stramongate.

Two years before this photograph was taken, Reading Corporation was persuaded that Prospect Park should be bought 'for the benefit of weary workers who, when at rest, need some open space where communion

From the early days of caravan parks, it soon became apparent that visitors wanted the sites to become 'one stop shops' incorporating shopping and entertainment.

Looking through the Gate in to the Close, a notice on the doors is a reminder that they are shut every night at 11pm.

Even in Victorian times it had a wild reputation, but it reached the zenith of its colourful activities in the 20th century.

The Victorian bulk of the Grand Hotel looms over Louisa Bay; this photograph shows how the clifftop had become increasingly built-up.