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High above here an amusement park was established with an aerial ride, Japanese gardens and a switchback railway.

A cumbersome sit-up-and-beg bicycle with panniers on the back has been left leaning against one of the stone pillars around the small front garden of the house whose windows have been thrown open to the

An interesting balcony has steps down to the garden, where leisure furniture and croquet hoops indicate a relaxed way of life. A motor launch is tied up at the private mooring.

The precursor of Rhyl's amusement arcades, it advertised '... theatre, ballroom, restaurant, waxworks, winter garden, underground canal with gondolas, arcade of shops, zoo, sideshows, all provided on a

At the right in both views is Temple Island, the start of the course, with its gar- den temple by James Wyatt, erected in 1771 as a fishing lodge for Sambrook Freeman of Fawley Court.

Just to the left of Tendring Garden is the war memorial, erected at the edge of Parsonage Field and unveiled in November 1920.

Originally there were four lions guarding the base of the monument, but a lightning strike in 1839 sent them crashing into the gardens of the houses below, and they were never replaced.

The tree-covered island, now known as Newport Rest Garden, was the site of Flemming's serge factory for two hundred years.

The tree-covered island, now known as Newport Rest Garden, was the site of Flemming's serge factory for two hundred years.

The gardens and the houses on the left have been replaced by a routine 1960s block, Kingsbury House.

Gardens have been reused for new cottages, and extra storeys have been added for deserving relatives. The old railway journey around the bay must have been a breathtaking experience.

The setting was used in Disraeli's novel 'Sybil' - Disraeli stayed here in 1844, when he opened the garden allotments near Cottingley Bridge.

To the right the ivy-clad house is now a shop, Tendring Garden, and of course now without the railings.

Lloyds bank has gone, and its premises are now called Bargate House, and the tall lime tree in the garden of Vine Court (left of centre) is no more.

The cross dates from the 15th century (it was restored in 2003), while Mr Waller, head gardener at Ackworth Park, built the shelter in the late 1930s.

The shop was demolished along with the gardens as part of the road widening scheme.

It could accommodate ten matrons, who each had their own garden but had to share the water pump and the toilet.

In the picture we see large houses with garden walls of flint. Children wait on the pavement and road edge to be included in the Frith photograph.

When it became a hazard to traffic, it was moved to Castle Gardens. In 1913, the shop on the right sold R White's lemonade, which was manufactured in Walkern.

A parish notice board has been erected in the pillared garden of the next door cottage.

The towpaths of the River Gade, which ran behind Marlowes, were converted into quiet riverside walks and pleasure gardens designed by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, with fountains and bronze statues; this photograph

The thatched cottage next to it has gone also, although bits have been retained as a garden wall.

The photograph shows the mill when the site was used as a tea garden. The mill is now restored to working order, with an original-style roundhouse enclosing the trestle, and is open to visitors.

Its winding streets and lanes are lined with slate-roofed stone cottages, some colour-washed, their gardens stuffed tight with exotic plants and palms.