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Moving onto the island itself, this was the mill race to Ray Mill, demolished circa 1910.

The village had once been a centre for lead-mining, but by 1900 it was once again reliant upon agriculture, though there was still some quarrying carried out in the locality.

The broad street of the village, with its grass verges, is lined with brick and weatherboarded houses.

Cornwall's cathedral city is at the centre of a mining district and sits comfortably in a broad valley, at the junction of the rivers Kenwyn and Allen.

This view was taken looking across White Cross Bay to the northern end of the lake.

With smartly-dressed attendants very much in evidence we may be viewing an early morning scene as the boats are lined up and ready but there are few paying customers.

The two men in the rowing boat on the left-hand side prepare their craft for leaving the quay.

Although cumbersome to handle, a paddle tug still manages to turn her charge professionally in the centre fairway of the River Arun, whilst a stiff breeze catches smoke from the funnel and

From south west of the station go first to St Mary's Butts, whose wide street was used until about 1600 for archery practice at the 'butts'.

Station Road, though quite short in length, still manages to achieve a broad mix of shops and dwelling houses.

Visitors approaching from Devon descend this steep hill to the sea at Lyme. Looking up Broad Street one can see a great variety of inns and hotels.

This is Post Office Lane, and the village post office was located in the cottage on the left for many years up until 1966.

This mighty copper mine scarred the slopes north of Gunnislake on the Devon side of the River Tamar. Here miners blasted the lodes in deep melancholy vaults.

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.

Rolle Street takes its name from the Rolle family of Bicton House, who owned the land on which much of modern day Exmouth stands.

Beyond Southgate, on Broad Quays, the 1966 Churchill Bridge over the River Avon replaced the Old Bridge we see in this view.

It is a busy day for the small Ranworth Broad, with sailing boats and dinghies out as well as a large motor cruiser.

The many prams and push-chairs were a typical sight in Harlow, leading to its nickname 'Pram Town'.

By the 1960s there has been much rebuilding, but Broad Street is still recognisable.

Eric Parker described this pub as an old posting inn with the remains of what was once a spacious parlour, solid with oak beams big enough for a belfry, warmed by a broad open fireplace

Bala`s elegant main street is lined with trees and is unusually broad. This traditional market town was famous for its stocking fairs.

Apart from milling, they were used to drain the fens and broads; their numbers dropped when fuel-powered engines were introduced.

This view looking from the New to the Old Bridge is now much altered. A footbridge now spans the river between the two and there has been extensive development on both banks of the river.

As well as excursions up the Fal, ferries operated to Flushing and St Mawes Castle. Larger excursion steamers were employed on runs to the Lizard and Penzance.