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St John Street is the main entrance to the city from the south. On the left is the Close Wall and St Ann's Gate; on the right is the timber- framed King's Arms, dating from the mid 17th century.

More trees obscure this view across the stream to Low Green, and Buckfast & Son's shop (behind the second tree from the right) has closed, but the buildings have changed little.

Another view of the imposing white Congregational church which serves both Ansdell and Fairhaven. A vintage tram makes its way down Clifton Drive to Lytham St Anne's.

More trees obscure this view across the stream to Low Green, and Buckfast & Son's shop (behind the second tree from the right) has closed, but the buildings have changed little.

St Anne's Church was originally a chapel under Colton; it was consecrated in 1825 and extended in 1838.

Built in 1331, St Anne's Gate links the Close with St John's Street and Exeter Street.The chapel above the gate, built into the Close wall, was used for concerts.

A later view of St Ann's Gate, with motor cars in evidence in the street scene—now, the gate can be used by pedestrians only.

St Anne's was always a 'genteel' place, a mood conveyed here by its Victorian pier that was opened in 1885.

Holiday makers walk the high street, and a coach and four is about to pull up outside the Cors-y-Cedol Hotel, one of the resort's many hotels.

E Clarke (right) was amongst the good family grocers in St Anne's, and the shop also sold to the hotels. G Benner & Company in the Square was another—it had a good motor delivery service.

There are swings on Lytham Beach and a few children paddling – no longer to be seen in the 21st century, as the sand is now overgrown with invasive Spartina grass.

On the right by the pillar box is a circulating library; across the street is the Lantern Bakery, next door to H Brooks, grocer and Italian warehouseman.

St Michael's House, the Victorian home of Mrs Brandham at No 7 Pound Street, became St Michael's Hotel.

In medieval times each holy well was believed to be protected by a saint, and many were named accordingly, e.g. St Anne's Well.

In the 1890s there were several tramway schemes to link Southport to Lytham St Anne's, though the real fly in the ointment was bridging the River Ribble.

Here we see a clean and spacious street with no traffic. The buildings were all good quality brick with stone cappings and gate posts.

Spilling down from the Yorkshire Dales, the Ribble streams under the lovely old bridge at Settle and through the valley that has taken its name.

This Victorian gem, the circular fountain with tiers over which water cascaded and surmounted by a cherub, was rivalled by the bandstand's elegant, slender pillars in delicate wrought ironwork.

St John Street is the main entrance to the city from the south.

The south side of St Margaret`s Church is seen looking across the churchyard from Church Lane.

We look eastwards from the bushes and wall of The Grove (left). This large Victorian villa was destroyed by fire in 1952, which enabled widening of the street.

Mr Toad might drive in just such a car! This was the older of Whitby's two shopping streets. Puckrin's chemist's shop (the white building on the right) stood for a further forty years.

Tottington's unusual claim to fame is that it is one of the most northerly places to have suffered a hit from a German V1 flying bomb, or Doodlebug, during the Second World War.

The Heath, extending from Kenwood House in the north to an area around Parliament Hill in the south, occupies some 800 acres; it has been popular with artists and authors (and the Gordon Rioters) since