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One ex-member recalls completing the two-mile swim from the Breakwater in 1927 in 58 minutes and two thirds of a second. Her sister held the record of 48 minutes.

The earliest record of a ferry here dates from 1337. In 1832 a consortium led by the Earl of Morley established the first steam ferry.

The older Saxon church of Holy Trinity then dominated the harbour scenery. The present church was begun at the end of the 11th century by the Norman cleric Roger Flambard.

Standing high in the Pennines on Yorkshire's border with Lancashire, Ripponden has been an important settlement on the River Ryburn, but made its name from the wool trade in the 19th century and before

This view captures the flavour of old Hailsham, nicknamed The String Town for its Victorian industries of sack, rope and twine manufacture.

Lynn has two market places, holding markets on different days of the week. The large stone building is the Corn Exchange, built in 1854: Ceres, the goddess of plenty, stands at the top.

This establishment was one of a number of interesting old hostelries still standing. Another was the thatched-roofed Black Horse.

Chideock remains an agricultural centre, in spite of its newer dependence on tourism. This scene shows how little change there was in the quieter rural way of life until well into the 20th century.

There is a typical wall-mounted gas lamp of the time.

Designed by James Gibbs, it is the meeting place of the governing body of the University, and the place where degrees are conferred. The impressive King's College Chapel is to the left.

One hopes that the Express parcel service fared better than the shop's window advertising, which suffers from a number of missing letters!

It is some sixty years after photograph No 37307, and while the fabric, and indeed usage, of the buildings remains pretty much the same, gas lamps have given way to electric street lights and power lines

Nearby is Blaise Castle House which even in the 1920s had the best golf course in the area; green fees were 3s, Sunday play was available, and members of the ladies golf union were permitted.

This once thickly-wooded dell on both sides of the River Spodden had been thinned out somewhat by the 1890s.

The Chapel of Our Lady standing on Rotherham Bridge dates from the 1480s, and is one of only three such chapels in England.

Porter Brook meanders its way from Forge Dam and skirts one edge of Whiteley Woods and Bingham Park before descending over the weirs into Endcliffe Wood.

In Manx folklore the village was named 'the Harbour of Mary' in honour of the Blessed Virgin by Celtic missionaries, who founded a chapel here.

Samuel Greg's Quarry Bank Mill stands on the banks of the Bollin where it flows through a wooded glen. Originally water-powered, the mill remains intact, and is now in the care of the National Trust.

This view from Little Langdale looks towards Langdale Pikes, with the thimble-shaped Pike 'o' Stickle (2,323 ft) prominent on the left, and Gimmer Crag, and Harrison Stickle (2,403 ft) on the right in

The hamlet at the foot of Buttermere in the western Lake District takes its name from the lake; it is still the farming settlement it has always been.

William Wordsworth must have looked out from these mullioned windows of the ancient Grammar School, where he was educated between 1779 and 1787.?

During the prim Victorian era, to discard even one item of clothing would have been unthinkable. Despite the shingle, patches of sand uncovered at low tide made the beach a popular attraction.

Before the Great War, Amble was one of Northumberland's smaller fishing ports; the biggest catches tended to be landed at North Shields, Blyth and Newbiggin.

The market town of Haltwhistle straddles the present-day A69 a few miles from the border with Cumbria.