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Note too the bicycle parked on the other side of the road, with the pedal set back on the kerb so it can act as a stand.

Peter's Church to Trent Bridge and to the railway station, then on Station Street. Horse buses ran to West Bridgeford.

Now known as the Shropshire Union Canal, this was originally the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal; it was the last of Thomas Telford's canals, being completed six months after he died.

All moneys from admission charges go to a huge list of charities, and garden produce is given to local hospitals.

Mary's was given to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln in 1100, an event which probably took place shortly after its building. The oldest part dates from the 13th century.

Although Dawson's souvenirs are being sold from one of its turrets, the 'no admittance' sign on the Pier sadly marks its imminent demise, along with its imposing twin turrets.

The Surfboat memorial commemorates the nine lifeboatmen who drowned when the surfboat 'Friend of all Nations' was lost on 2 December 1897.

At the time of this scene, the building would have been tenements. The children on the steps seem fascinated by the photographer.

This view is of the famous National Rifle Association target- shooting range at Bisley, where the annual world championship shooting competitions are held.

Tenbury received its first charter for a market and fair in 1249, but remained a fairly humble country town until 1839 when a medicinal spring was discovered, leading to the creation of a pump room and

At the south-eastern corner of Worcestershire stands Cropthorne, a pretty village just off the Evesham to Pershore road.

The large and impressive cruciform church tower of St Mary's can be seen behind the Porch House.

This picture was taken before the building of the bus station.

The ugly iron railings do little to enhance or exploit this fine dolmen; it is sad that it may well be the price society has to pay for preserving one of the oldest man-made monuments in Britain - it dates

Since this photograph was taken, the lower end of the street shown here has been totally altered to make way for a new road system, so that the buildings in the foreground have now all gone.

officer stands at the entrance to the Working Men's Institute, established twenty years earlier, whilst bystanders in various groups show a rather contrived interest in the still comparative novelties of

At one time, the waters stretched another half-mile inland, but the land has been filled in and built on. The wholesale fish market at Brixham was the largest in the west of England at this time.

Alas, the jetty was virtually destroyed by a storm on 11 January 1978, after having closed two years earlier on safety grounds. Part of the isolated pierhead still survives as a rusting tangle.

The Chippingfield estate was one of the first to be built by the Development Corporation.

In the shadow of St Mary's Church, Hotel Mariners on the right was established in 1625. The building to the centre is now without its bay window.

Epsom Downs, which had been in the ownership of the Grand Stand Association, passed to the Levy Board in July 1969.

After the 1930s the next blow to the Woollen District came in the 1960s with the import of cheap Italian heavy-woollen skirtings and coatings.

After the 1930s the next blow to the Woollen District came in the 1960s with the import of cheap Italian heavy-woollen skirtings and coatings.

St Michael's is on the skyline, and round the bend in the valley to the left is the site of St John's Priory Hospital, which cared for travellers and lepers from 1220 to 1580.