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Crowds and some cars gather by the eastern end of Rotten Row in Hyde Park.

For the energetic there were rowing-boats and small yachts; by this time, those wishing to take to the waters without exerting themselves could have a trip on a motorboat; it can be seen in this picture

Regimented pollard trees do little to provide a backdrop screen which will mask out the endless row of unattractive house backs, against which the memorial tends to be lost.

The most interesting feature of the town is the Rows, enormous numbers of parallel alleys leading off to the west of King Street.

The head office of the Wilts and Dorset Bank, built in 1869, is now Lloyds Bank, and is just one of a row of large, impressive buildings along the northern side of the Market Square.

The rowing boat in the foreground is in fact the ferry to the Dropping Well. On the hill above the town stand the ruins of Knaresborough Castle, which was destroyed by Parliament in 1648.

This is the original hand-rowed ferry service across the narrowest part of the Windermere at Bowness Nab.

The rowing boat in this view is approaching the boat slide, the abutment of which is just visible on the far left. The huge weeping willow beyond is on a small island.

An old boatman with a bright neckerchief sits on his oars, having rowed a passenger to this quiet backwater amongst the reedbeds.

Originally one of four market crosses, the Poultry Cross, at the junction of Butcher Row and Minster Street, is the only one to survive.

The head office of the Wilts and Dorset Bank, built in 1869, is now Lloyds Bank, and is just one of a row of substantial, impressive buildings along the northern side of the Market Square.

Moored alongside the far bank in this photograph is a floating tea room; the rowing boat in the foreground is, in fact, the ferry to the Dropping Well, a popular tourist attraction.

The top gate of the lock is closed, and the unusual three sluices can be seen as a rowing skiff leaves the chamber.

The rowing skiffs are as much activity as you are likely to see today. The houses here are very prone to flooding when rainwater from the Welsh mountains comes cascading down the river.

This scenic stretch of the Thames, by Christ Church Meadow, has long been a rowing reach; at one time the bank would have been lined with eye-catching college barges, which were used as clubhouses and

If we stand where this picture was taken, we can see that the row of thatched cottages remains.

The cliff on the right now has a row of houses at the top.

Here the road is lined with shops, including the rather picturesque row of shops, typical of its period, on the right here - it dates from 1936 and is called Castle Buildings.

This photograph shows an interesting row of cars and motorcycles of the period - few will have survived the intervening years. The Middlesbrough Co-operative store is on the right.

The row of houses on this side of the Common vary from the 14th to the 19th century. The ruined Castle stands at the end of the path behind the trees.

Caught in the mist, a row of masts on some fairly large sailing ships offers an indication of how important this port was to the turn of the century shipping and trade.

Later on, the Waveney became limited to small pleasure boats, such as this rowing boat seen on a tranquil stretch of the river.

A few children are paddling in the sea, but there no swimmers, although rows of bathing machines are set up along the shore.

Boar Lane bissects Briggate and runs along the southern edge of the commercial heart of the city between Kirkgate and Park Row.