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Here we see the town centre, such as it was, with the municipal buildings in the centre of the picture.

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.

Note the absence of road markings and the caravan and bicycle parked along the street. Note also the Dulais Pharmacy, 'Gwyn Jones, Dispensing Chemist', on the right before the chapel.

It was under Dr Thomas Arnold, who was headmaster from 1828 to 1842, that the face of the English public school was to change.

This brick gateway, which dates back to the 1520s, is all that stands of a scheme by Cardinal Wolsey to build a college in Ipswich.

The statue was later relocated to the top of Nevill Street.

Lyndhurst is known as the capital of the New Forest, with the ancient hunting ground lying all around. The town's name comes from Old English and means lime or linden wood.

Milnsbridge is now a suburb to the west of Huddersfield, and this picture shows its history as yet another typical Pennine mill town, with the imposing mill buildings filling the skyline, and the railway

Entered from Gladstone Street, North Lodge Park is the remnant of the parkland that once surrounded William Backhouse's villa.

The entrance to the Derbyshire Miners' Holiday Camp and Convalescent Home is on the right, with their gardens coming close up to the pavement.

The amount of traffic in this photograph, even for a busy day in the 1950s, shows Newport's importance as a junction and central gathering point for the entire island - with public transport heading

The Custom House was built in the Palladian style in 1683 by Henry Bell, then mayor of this thriving port.

In the background is the River Bure, which flows into the sea at Great Yarmouth, and which here is the limit of navigation for larger Broads vessels.

The Lower Promenade was built in 1934-35 at a cost of £15,000 and opened in June 1935. It is a lovely place to sit in the sun and look at the sea and chat to your friends.

Behind it can be seen the roof of the Canal Company's workshop, now occupied by British Waterways, who maintain the canal today. The cottage now houses a tea room.

This picture evokes a different world and a very different Crawley from today's seething New Town of more than 60,000 people.

One of Askrigg's main industries was clockmaking, and it is said that more timepieces were made here than anywhere else in the North Riding.

Although guests were not obliged to take any of the water treatments offered, they were expected to refrain from drinking alcohol and had to take their meals together at prescribed hours.

Crawshay, like Francis Frith, was an early devotee of photography.

The canal by the side of the factory was built to serve all the local industries and factories.

This view is looking north-westwards from the junction with North Allington, at the bottom end of South Street.

The lodgings of the Military Knights, built by Queen Mary in the 16th century, are on the right. The union flag is flying on the mast above the Round Tower.

picture shows a tiny emaciated donkey pulling a cart selling strawberries.We associate this exotic and scarce fruit with jollity and celebration, but this trader and her son radiate only a sense of

After the Dissolution, the abbey was left a ruin and many of its stones were eventually carted off and used to widen the old Leeds Bridge.