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These rugged and picturesque landscapes appealed to holidaymakers, and still do: most of the area is now protected as a Country Park.

and the boating pool from the pier.The clock-tower is just to the right of the centre of the picture, and we can see the entrance tower to the Dreamland amusement park.This is the oldest theme park

In 1890 the John Ruskin Museum relocated from a house at Walkley to Meersbrook House in Meersbrook Park.

In 1890 the John Ruskin Museum relocated from a house at Walkley to Meersbrook House in Meersbrook Park.

There was no problem with parking at this time, in what is now a very busy area, within walking distance of the main shopping centre. Attractive lamp posts line the pavement.

Just beyond the Inn is an area known as the 'fishermen's flats' (these days a car park), where the fishermen laid out their nets on trestles to dry.

The sunken car park (left) and the railings (right) provide a visible clue to the course of the old canal tunnel.

The impressive organ was rescued and re-housed in a museum in Lincoln; the site of the church became a car park.

The petrol station opposite, once owned by Frank C Harcombe, according to Kelly's Directory of Wiltshire 1939, is now a parking area.

With 2,500 acres of heathland, ancient woodland and wetland, Sutton Park constitutes the finest countryside in the county.

Beyond the promontories of Park Nab and High Peel Near is Peel Island, renamed 'Wild Cat Island' in his famous tales.

The same scene as photograph No 42878, 15 years later, shows a virtually unchanged scene, but with a motor car parked outside the hotel, which no longer seems to cater for Cyclist Touring Club members

A final view of the Park with plenty of activity around the paddling pool, but with no one in it.

His buildings survived the coming of the New Town, however, and his name is preserved in Howard Park and Howard Crescent.

The memorial to the fallen has found a new home in Central Park, as it was considered a cause of traffic congestion in this position.

Prior to the advent of mass car ownership cycling to the park was an even more popular option than today. With so many bicycles present this busy scene is more reminiscent of Oxford or Cambridge.

The car park has disappeared with the building of flats and shops. But the shop on the right has survived, albeit with the loss of its decorative railings.

Much of the land here was once the grounds of the manor house - the park and the gardens.

This is the reverse view along Par Green, looking west. It is mostly a residential street, illuminated by gas lamps at this date; but there is a group of shops on the right.

This photograph was taken around lunchtime, and parked cars are beginning to congest the scene.

The cotton mill and the later factories were in full production from the 18th century, but now they form part of a heritage park for tourists.

This Tenterbanks part of the college was begun in 1937, but the shell of the building was requisitioned by the military and was used as a store by the Americans during the war.

Sutton has one great asset which makes it a cut above other Birmingham suburbs - Sutton Park, which was given to the town by Henry VIII at the behest of local benefactor Bishop John Vesey.

With 2,500 acres of heathland, ancient woodland and wetland, Sutton Park constitutes the finest countryside in the county.