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Note the handcarts parked at the side of the street on the right, and the advertising hoardings on the side of the shop on the left of the picture, advertising among other things 'Wheatleys Hop Bitters

Two troopers are led out of the stables ready for a turn at guard duty in the sentry boxes facing the main street. The equivalent block on the south side was built for the foot guards.

The huge oil refinery at Fawley cost £120 million when it was built; it occupied the site of Cadland Park, the former home of the Drummond family. This refinery was the largest in the United Kingdom.

Television was still in its infancy when 'Prince of Thieves' was entertaining local people here at The Ritz. The cinema finally closed its doors, only to be re-opened in its new role as a supermarket.

This is the A48 bridge over the River Neath at Briton Ferry.

The Golden Sands were of course only exposed at low tide beyond the shingle, but as a name for the beach it was a winner, combined with plentiful parking on the greensward behind the beach huts.

At this time Moffat was one of Scotland's chief inland resorts, boasting several hotels, a hydropathic establishment and private boarding houses.

This London Transport station at Edgware was designed by the notable architect Charles Holden; it opened in 1925.

The Thames falls by three feet and six inches at Shiplake Lock. Alfred Tennyson was married in Shiplake church in 1850.

The fine tower at the west end of St Andrew's, built by Thomas Yogge in 1481 and now housing a peal of ten bells, used to look out over Guildhall Square, which is now a car park.

People have lived in the vicinity of Fordingbridge for millennia. Not far away at Castle Hill is a hillfort dating back to the Iron Age.

The Village 1901 This tiny, attractive hamlet close to the great manor house of Ightham Mote has one small shop, the Plough Inn selling beers brewed at Westerham near the county border, and

The Edwardian children in this picture pose for a group photograph at the road junction. To the left are Felbridge and Hazelden, and to the right is East Grinstead.

Just by way of a little more variety, Bill has been director of Birmingham's Christmas light switch-on, and directed a large performance by school children at the Millennium Dome as well

Paignton's harbour is an extension of a simple early shelter for shipping. Though not as protected as the harbour at Brixham, it maintained a fishing fleet for several centuries.

Topsham, at the head of the Exe estuary, became a seaport of considerable importance in the Middle Ages.

The destroyer HMS 'Gleaner' is anchored out in the London river where it becomes the Thames estuary.

The twin arches, with the quatrefoil over, are all that remain of the 13th-century Lady Chapel.

There are several pleasant gardens around Weymouth for those who tire of their day on the beach.

In the church nearby is a memorial to Captain Edward Rotherham, who commanded a ship of the line, the 'Royal Sovereign', at the Battle of Trafalgar.

During his lifetime Scott lived at several addresses in the city, the most famous being 39 Castle Street, where he wrote many of the Waverley novels.

The shop of J Singleton, where you could shop and also acquire a haircut, is no longer a general-purpose shop.

Huish Episcopi stands at the confluence of the rivers Yeo and Parret. St Mary's Church has a fine example of a Somerset tower.

On the left are the Abbey fields, at the end of which stands the late 13th-century church of St Nicholas.