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Like its twin castle of Pendennis on the opposite side of the river mouth, St Mawes was built on the orders of Henry VIII to guard the entrance to Carrick Roads.

The whole frontage has now been railed off from the road.

The road leads all the way round the shore here, and today there is a car park behind the third building.

The sun highlights the front of the post office on this quiet, peaceful road. A bicycle leans against the wall. Strawberry growing was still a popular occupation around here.

Weeke Primary School is down this road - today it has about 280 pupils.

On the left is now either cleared or a car park, and the road is much wider. Here the river Trent is the boundary between Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.

The view has changed little, although the shop beside the road junction, in the centre of the picture in front of the Town Hall, has been replaced.

The road leading to Chipstead Valley is dominated by Edwardian terraced houses on the right.

The buildings on the High Street which we can see behind the horse (left), were demolished to widen the road for 20th- century traffic.

Imagine the road rage if there were such obstructions today.

The village was soon to become quite industrialised with the Vulcanised Fibre Works at nearby Broadford and also the engineering firm Nelco, in Station Road.

The scene is little changed today, although the young tree in the foreground has grown to maturity and milk churns no longer wait beside the road for collection by the dairy.

London Road acts as a dividing line between Camberley the town and the military area - the town, with its line of shops, is to the right of this picture and the grounds of the Royal Military Academy are

Here we see a quiet summer scene in the valley bottom, where the Wadebridge road crosses the River Camel at the foot of a long descent from Bodmin.

The humbler quarter of town is on the east side of the bridge over the Fowey, where the old road climbs out towards Liskeard.

Originally built as an Anglican church in Milton Road in 1834, and then purchased for the Catholic community in 1851, St John the Evangelist had its unusual and prominent tower, with a French-style saddleback

Streetly is a residential community built alongside the Roman road known as Ryknild Street, traces of which can still be seen in Sutton Park.

A semi-detached house of little architectural merit dominates the view here, but beyond is a glimpse of the Gumley Hills as the road swings right towards Saddington.

Not to be outdone, the chemist just across the road proclaims that his establishment is the largest in the world. Harrogate had become a fashionable town noted for its fine shops and rich teas.

A horse must have recently passed by, as it has left a deposit on the side of the road.

There have been many more changes to the buildings on the right, and now the tram lines have been removed; road markings, showing a one-way system, have taken their place.

The main road tourist route has great views of the Downs.

A small flock of Welsh mountain sheep are being driven along the road through Aberglaslyn pass. The breed is hardy, and well adapted to thrive on poor grazing. The narrow gorge is heavily wooded.

The houses stand on a hairpin bend of the road that leads to Hornsea. There seem to be more advertisements for cigarettes than anything else here.