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The Exel Bowling Lanes replaced it and live entertainment moved to the end of the pier.

After a serious fire in 1975, the 18th-century building with the black cross facing us at the end of Bridge Street, formerly the Crown Inn, was demolished; this caused a major outcry.

This renowned thoroughfare, a continuation of Oxford Street, links the West End with the City. It takes its name from the Oldbourne Bridge which once spanned the Fleet River.

We end this chapter in St Peter Street, which originally led to the old wooden bridge replaced by the present one further west.

North Walk was destroyed when the Lynton and Barnstaple railway came through in 1898. Subsequently, a road was built linking The Strand with the end of High Street.

This photograph shows the Cannon Street end of King William Street, which heads south-east from the Mansion House towards London Bridge.

This view looks south-westwards from Broad Ledge to Long Ledge (foreground) below Gun Cliff to the Guildhall (top right), the Fossil Depot beside Buddle Bridge and the Assembly Rooms (centre), with the

At the junction of Gold Street and Bridge Street, with The Drapery to the right, this view looks west from the end of Mercers Row.

In this view the northern wing, which turns the corner into Bridge Street, is still virtually brand new.

Ware is packed full of interesting buildings and streets, but nothing it has to offer surpasses Amwell End.

By 1900 the tenements appear; their gable-ends were obviously a popular advertising site.

This photograph shows the Cannon Street end of King William Street, which heads south-east from the Mansion House towards London Bridge.

Just behind the camera at the north end of the town lies Yarm Bridge, reminding us that for centuries the River Tees was navigable; Yarm operated as an important port, until it was superseded later by

Its rugged stone bridges and its proximity to the Pennines make it a most picturesque line. Carnforth is towards the northern end; the top section was abandoned after the M6 motorway was built.

The Square lies at the north end of the Long Bridge. The building to the right is the red façade of The Athenaeum, built in 1888, which houses the museum and a collection of fossils.

Serving both a rural area round about, and hundreds of overseas ports by way of trade, Plymouth reached its mercantile heyday in Victorian times.

Five years after the end of the Second World War, there was still much evidence of the severe bombing around the cathedral.

Serving both a rural area round about, and hundreds of overseas ports by way of trade, Plymouth reached its mercantile heyday in Victorian times.

Serving both a rural area round about, and hundreds of overseas ports by way of trade, Plymouth reached its mercantile heyday in Victorian times.

The branch railway from Weymouth to Portland (left) was built westwards from Weymouth railway yard (centre right) in 1862 and opened in 1865.

This is the Roman canal from the Brayford Pool in Lincoln to the river Trent at Torksey, and it is the oldest canal in England.

This is the Roman canal from the Brayford Pool in Lincoln to the river Trent at Torksey, and it is the oldest canal in England.

This view shows the junction of Boar Lane and Briggate, looking towards the Corn Exchange. In the 17th century Leeds held its cloth fairs at the bottom end of Briggate every Tuesday and Saturday.

This view shows the junction of Boar Lane and Briggate, looking towards the Corn Exchange. In the 17th century Leeds held its cloth fairs at the bottom end of Briggate every Tuesday and Saturday.