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We are looking down on the Pot Market, where pots and pans were once bought and sold, and along Queen Street, the main shopping street of this small town on the White Peak plateau.

Also scheduled for redevelopment was the remaining old part of the town between Church Street and the river, which had suffered bomb damage in the war.

The landscape here is a fine example of the continuing denudation of the Cotswold Scarp; it is of great interest to geologists, as the outlying peaks and downs were once connected to the

The Lady Chapel became ruinous in the 16th century and was pulled down.

The scene, little changed over the last hundred years, has been a location for 'Whistle Down the Wind' and a BBC drama.

It was built in 1936, and is a popular stopping place for day-trippers to the Downs and the coastal resorts. It was usual to have a drink on the outward and homeward journeys.

It was down Baxtergate that Freeman, Hardy & Willis had their branch, and where those who had signed the pledge could find a room at the Albany Temperance Hotel.

The village below the Crag was once owned by Fountains Abbey, and was the site of a manor court. The Crag itself is probably Wharfedale's most famous landmark.

The larger machines shown here ran down to the water on rails, and had a number of cubicles. Affluent visitors would hire single-cubicle machines for themselves.

In summer months there is an atmosphere of palpable excitement here, as an endless stream of people winds its way down the hill into the heart of the town, turning at the old granite church of St Ia into

This labour-intensive work was done by poor London families coming down for their annual paid holiday.

It is difficult to equate this tumble-down cobbled street with today's unattractive Westgate.

Looking in the opposite direction from the Coffee Tavern, this view of Hadleigh's High Street shows the George public house and, further down on the same side, the White Lion Hotel.

Well-tended gardens lead down to a private mooring and boat houses. This property has the added attraction of a waterside summer house.

The crew, it is said, settled down at Beer, married the local womenfolk and repopulated the community.

This picture is taken at the top of old Harnham Road, looking back down towards the bridge.The cottages on the right are still there today, but much else has changed—and not many people would sit

It is difficult to equate this tumble-down cobbled street with today's unattractive Westgate.

This view down the High Street towards St. Ives shows little change.

The garage (left) beyond Queens Road, now owned by Vindis, has expanded, and traffic calming measures have attempted to slow down the local traffic.

At the lower end of the market square, leading down to the Swale Falls, is Millgate - little changed today.

The old Pier, shortly before it was taken down, has a forlorn air about it.

The shop awnings are down and the men are wearing their boaters. Smartly-dressed holidaymakers are wandering up the slope from the Promenade, perhaps to take a genteel cup of tea at the Royal Hotel.

The two cyclists meandering down the middle of the road would not be able to do so for long today!

This view down St Giles Street has the Guildhall tower in the distance and the 1938 Co-op on the right, a building in Art Deco style.