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There is not much of a chance for a donkey ride on a day like this one. This photograph was taken from somewhere near the entrance to the Central Pier. The tram lines are somewhere under the water.

Over on the left is the Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & North Western joint railway station, which was conveniently built next to the steamer berths.

The spire of St John's can be seen in the distance.

As a lady opens her gate to enter the grounds of the attractive house, she turns to watch the little tot on his tricycle about to ride over the green, perhaps to make sure he is being supervised.

A close-up view of the Bugle Inn, a one time coaching inn for travellers before crossing the River Hamble.

Branthwaite Brow is one of the three streets which meet Kent Street as it leads up the steep hill opposite Miller Bridge.The others are Finkle Street and Stramongate.

This view is looking north-westwards from the junction with North Allington, at the bottom end of South Street.

This is one of the largest keeps in the country, richly decorated inside with a well-preserved medieval kitchen.

There is no evidence of a lighthouse here, so the inn is presumably named for the lighthouse at nearby Happisburgh, with its distinctive red and white stripes, built in 1791.

On the right is the Royal Leamington Bath and Pump Rooms, with swimming pool and Turkish baths.

The arcade was the Victorian equivalent of a shopping mall, offering undercover shopping and retail outlets on two levels. In 1899 the arcade even had a bioscope parlour.

He swept into Wales at the head of a strong force, mopped up Tenby en route (capturing another renegade, Powell, in the process), and besieged Pembroke Castle.

The arrival of the railway in 1877 put Mablethorpe on the seaside holiday map, and the town is mainly Victorian or later.

Work began in July of that year to prepare the estate for its opening as a park. The official opening took place on Whit Monday, 22 May 1893.

ST IVES, Bridge Street1955 S23004 Today, the bridge at St Ives is restricted to pedestrians, but up to fifty years ago, it was possible to drive a cart or a car over the bridge.

Designed by Capt John Kitson, Royal Engineers, Fort Perch Rock was built between 1826 and 1829 at a cost of £27,000 to defend the seaward approach to Liverpool and the Mersey.

The western one is architecturally less interesting, but there are statues of Wellington and Nelson on the green: Wellington's moved here from the market-place in 1937, Nelson's in 1856.

The road curves attractively to the bowed end of the 18th-century Town Hall. The gilded swan now faces to the left.

Looking across from the war memorial in Windsor End, this view shows the range of fine historic buildings, with Georgian and early 19th- century refrontings to earlier Tudor buildings that so characterise

Broad Street is the town's most fashionable shopping street, though the busy traffic of today prevents dogs lying down in the road!

The boating business is still there; it is now called Hearts Cruises, and has a wider range of boats than in 1919.

The cloister lies to the north of the church, with the master's hall to its west. A small cloister, less than 60 ft square, it dates from about 1450; it is a tranquil, contemplative space.

A sailing barge, once a common sight on the Broads and Norfolk rivers, is moored opposite the pleasure boats below the yacht station. One of these is a yacht, the other a river trip launch.

The western one is architecturally less interesting, but there are statues of Wellington and Nelson on the green: Wellington's moved here from the market-place in 1937, Nelson's in 1856.