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Major T Reynolds was headmaster of Amesbury School, Hindhead, which was attended by David, the son of Field Marshal Montgomery.

We travel back to the London Road, and at the entrance to the Staff College, we find the War Memorial, erected in 1922 at a cost of £433.

I wonder what the photographer promised the children if they struck a jaunty pose to add interest to his picture? Perhaps he said they would become a permanent record of Romford's past?

Some parts of Victoria Park were left as woodland, and bracken, silver birch and oak thrive. It would be difficult to guess from the photograph that this was in the centre of a town.

By the rules of the foundation, for eight centuries travellers have been given bread and ale on demand—the Wayfarers Dole.

In the beautiful valley which lies between Guisborough and Saltburn, we find the hamlet of Upleatham and this delightful tiny church.

The lonely grandeur of the Snowdonia mountains is emphasised in stark monochrome in this lake set high above the village on the flank of the Conwy Valley.

This road is typical of the building projects that were conducted after the Second World War.

This was possibly not just for nostalgia's sake, but also because of the number of houses here with jettied bay windows, which afford commanding views of the sea from their upper rooms.

In the 16th century, the area round the churchyard was the commercial centre of Alcester; it included Butter Street, which borders two sides of the churchyard.

This shows a vanished scene, with the unique boulder-faced cottages surrounding the old Star Brewery - the subject of perhaps the bitterest of Eastbourne's conservation battles.

Claimed to be the highest market town in England, Alston commands sweeping views of the North Pennines and the South Tyne Valley.

Today the little village if Hockley has been absorbed by nearby Poynton.

Clustered alongside the harbour, the older part of Poole is well worth exploring. In the 19th century, the town had many independent breweries.

It was Abraham Darby's partners, Quaker merchants from Bristol, who put up most of the £3500 needed to establish Coalbrookdale Ironworks.

Prosperity came to Warrington along with industry in the 1800s, and this is reflected in the quality of all the town's commercial buildings.

A special memorial in the church of St Mary the Virgin is dedicated to Ruth Boswell, daughter of the King of the Gypsies.

A fine open view of the harbour, with cabin cruisers, yachts and small fishing boats at anchor. Various types of working cranes add interest to the skyline, evidence of important port activities.

Here we have two views of the spacious harbour, opened in 1832 as the port for Canterbury, seven miles further inland.

On the south side of Coltishall the river Bure flows gently through water meadows where cattle and horses graze.

The Rollers enabled punts to be moved from a lower part of the river to a higher part. Beside this stretch there was a nude bathing place for men called Parson's Pleasure.

This expansive view down the valley of Great Langdale shows Harrison Stickle (2,403ft) and Gimmer Crag prominent on the skyline.

The clock tower on the far side of the bridge belonged to an important tin smelting works which operated throughout most of the 18th and 19th centuries before closing in 1891.

Bodmin is the home of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, which served with gallantry during the Great War. A sergeant major directs the parade.