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There are fewer park benches now, and trees have grown up to obscure the view of the Henry I memorial cross on the right.

This view makes a rather sharp contrast with the previous photograph; only the old man on his bike, walking stick on the front handlebars, gives this scene any rural charm.This is modern Corringham

The Hydro looks out over marshy ground occupied by cattle of Grange Marsh Farm. In 1891 the residents could enjoy whist, concerts, dancing and games, and they played billiards.

In this busy scene beached boats occupy most of the shingle. However, mothers and children manage to find space and the boats form useful back-rests. The promenade is well used by walkers.

With the faded lime wash and rough appearance of the cottages and walls, this scene has an almost Mediterranean air about it.

Pleasure craft in the background are the future of small fishing ports such as this.

This spectacular picture of Dinas Head is taken somewhere between Dinas and Fishguard. Note the buildings perched perilously close to the cliff edge.

This chocolate box view has been carefully preserved by the beneficial presence of the local landowners, the Ongley and Shuttleworth families, for almost 200 years.

It is nice to see the Palace open as a real cinema before the onset of the multi-screen visual supermarkets.

The most famous of all white horses, the Uffington horse lies on the Berkshire Downs near Wantage.

The Roman road from the bridge over the Wye at Chepstow ran through what is now the racecourse, which stands on land formerly belonging to the Clay family of Piercefield House.

The post-enclosure brick cottages on the left have now been replaced with modern housing. In the distance is the Manor House, once home of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, the famous landscape gardener.

A child's paradise in the 1960s, this shop still stands just over the crossroads on the Huntingdon Road out of St Neots.

It has since undergone various changes of ownership and modifications to the line and equipment, but its appeal to visitors young and old has never waned.

Still travelling northward in 'the county of rivers', we see the River Wye lazily winding its way into the old spa town.

A former rectory, the great hall of this beautiful building dates from around 1300, although parts were added later in the 16th and 17th centuries.

It dates from the 13th century and has an octagonal ground floor with the upper floors supported on four posts, each of which is a single tree-trunk.

Whitbourne is only a small settlement and hardly could be said to be on the tourist trail. And yet, we have this picture of its tea rooms. I have been unable to ascertain just where they were.

The lovely red sandstone Caldy parish church was opened on 1 November 1907 and dedicated to the Resurrection and All Saints.

Holy Trinity church is built of limestone, clunch and flints. We enter the church through a Galilee porch that may have been inspired by the great Galilee porch at Ely cathedral.

No visit to Long Wittenham today would be complete without visiting the Pendon Museum, which includes a model of a typical 1930s South Oxfordshire village and surrounding countryside.

Here the little stream cascades in a double waterfall over the two bands of hard sandstone rock, and has cut itself a narrow gorge within the wider glen.

The Village c1965 On the main A272, Chailey actually consists of three villages, Chailey, North Chailey and South Common.

Cartmel has been described as a cathedral city in miniature, and this corner of the cobbled Market Place has not changed much since this photograph was taken.