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Our man from Frith manages to capture a picture of the small river steamer that operated between Worcester and Holt Fleet during the summer months.

The east walk of the cloisters were rebuilt first after the 1272 fire, and were completed by 1314.

This photograph focuses on the actual bridge, a pretty little footbridge a few yards south of the main bridge from the A6 trunk road into Haddon Hall. Dorothy Vernon's tomb can be seen in the church.

The east walk of the cloisters were rebuilt first after the 1272 fire, and were completed by 1314.

This was the period when few supermarkets existed and those that did were built in town centres, as most people relied on public transport.

The local council eventually took over the running of these buildings after it became a pharmacy, and resurrected it as a museum.

Westborough was one of the main thoroughfares linking the North Eastern Railway station and the town.

On the right is horse-drawn cart of the Royal Mail.

This, the town's only open-air swimming pool, was recently demolished and replaced by the Marina and a supermarket: something of a poor exchange.

This view was taken from the building at the very end of Morton Crescent.

The Girls' School (left) was originally called Oroolong, and was home to Captain Henry Wilson, discoverer of the Pelew Islands.

Originally the village was known as Thorpe St Andrew; the name was changed to Bishopthorpe because of the archbishop's palace being built here.

Well-behaved prisoners were allowed the privilege of maintaining the prison gardens.

A view from the railway station which shows the residential nature of the place.

White's 1860 directory listed no less than 38 fairs in the county, including Crewe, where its establishment was probably influenced by the town's extensive railway facilities, making it an ideal centre

This broad, open street is the newer part of Hawkhurst, seen in the days before modern motor traffic took over. The only vehicle visible is the fine coach parked up on the left by the tree.

This lighthouse, which is on the highest point of the island (180 ft above sea level), was built in 1829 as a gas-burning light and has been automated since 1927.

A number of the older houses in Broadway were originally inns, for the village lay on the London to Worcester coaching route.

Glen Helen is situated about two miles north of St John's, and was developed from 1850 onwards by a Mr Marsden who named the glen after his daughter.

Children are trying their luck at fishing in the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Junction Canal. Just beyond the bridge is the delightfully named Hills and Partridges Lock.

By the late 1920s, not a bathing machine graces the water's edge in this view of the crowded Margate Sands, looking towards the Harbour with the Pierhead Lighthouse.

On the corner with St Stephen's Lane stands the Ancient House, a remarkable building which is probably the best surviving example of medieval pargetting - decorative plasterwork - in Britain.

The George, built in 1598, was situated at the junction between the High Street, Market Street, and Fore Street, and was the main focal point of the village.

The lower water level is revealing more of the bridge piers. 'Thomas Butcher' to the right has been redeveloped and the steps are no longer to be seen.