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This short-lived railway, which opened in 1922, ran between Porthmadog and Dinas Junction, near Caernarvon, a journey which took two hours.

The two Bittell Reservoirs, the Worcester and Birmingham Canal and some pleasant countryside are all just a short stroll away for the lane's residents.

Only a short river, the Llinau rises about three miles upstream from the site shown here, before meeting the Tyfi. Barely a rocky stream, it appears to have produced enough power for the mill.

Today, a short section behind the Theatre Royal is all that is left. Here the broad thoroughfare is thronged with carts, cabs and omnibuses.

This short, 2-mile canal was opened in 1773, and is an extension of the River Ure. In this view of the stone-walled canal basin we see the cathedral rising over the roofs, and the old arched bridge.

The main canal ran from Whitby, now Ellesmere Port on the Mersey, to Autherley near Wolverhampton, through 46 sets of locks.

In 1800, shortly after the roof of Chelmsford's future cathedral had collapsed, the tower of All Saints', Writtle, followed suit.

The north and south aisles are also Perpendicular, cut short by a Victorian west front, dated around 1845.

Note the canvas canopies and blinds used by the shops, and on the right the tall telephone pole and short street lamp.

Lower Bridge Street in the days when those short of a few shillings could pay a visit to Edwin Henry Dutton, pawnbroker and jeweller, and those who did have a few shillings could go along to

Today, the east promenade overlooks the new Ramsgate Port.

This is one of several short parades of shops along the main road through Penn. Built in the early to mid 20th century, it remains largely unchanged today.

Its column was cast at Stourbridge Ironworks (just a short walk away, by the canal) in 1857.

For a short time in the middle of the 19th century, copper was mined in Dry Cove above Tilberthwaite.

Village lanes and woodlands can be discovered and explored within a short distance from many moorings on the river Waveney, which separates Norfolk from Suffolk.

The shops which lined the steep road down to the pier were demolished shortly after for being 'unhygienic and ugly'.They sold all manner of seaside items from postcards, buckets and spades, paddling

The River Sid starts its short journey to the sea amidst the high land at Broad Down and Farway; here the Bronze Age inhabitants of East Devon buried their dead.

A short distance away behind the church, to the right, we can see the ornate window and gable end of the Methodist church (now the village hall).

The canal was a vital link for Bingley's manufacturers with the port of Liverpool.

In the background a ferry heads into port.

This village must qualify for having had one of the most short-lived halts in railway history.

Shortly afterwards the bandstand was removed to this spot from its position on the promenade. It was refurbished and re- opened in July 1990.

Until near the middle of the 20th century, there was plenty of choice for a short sea trip in a rowing boat, a sailing boat, a motor boat or even a speed boat.

All Saints' Church is an interesting one, with Anglo-Saxon 'long and short work' quoins to the nave and an Anglo-Saxon tower with an elaborate Norman west doorway and arcading.