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Look above the shop fronts of Timothy Whites, Baxters and Hiltons on the left and see the fine brickwork, the stone quoins and the sash windows.

Queen Mary’s Chair 1911 Mary I married Prince Philip of Spain in Winchester Cathedral on 25 July 1554 and this chair, upholstered in blue vel- vet, was used by the Queen during the ceremony.

This colossal building, once home of the controversial Greater London Council, was designed by Ralph Knott and begun in 1912.

In the centre of the picture is the Gaumont cinema, which opened as the Regent in 1927; to the right is Cole Brothers department store.

Visitors to the Castletown area had a choice of hotels; the Castletown Hotel, the Derby Haven, the Marine Hydro Hotel (where hydropathic treatments could be taken), and the Golf Links Hotel which offered

Such is the unbroken nature of the West Dorset coastline that artificial harbours had to be constructed at Lyme Regis and West Bay.

When this picture was taken much of the town was fairly new, having been built over the previous thirty years or so to meet the demand for housing from Stockport and Manchester-based business people wishing

Like Westbury, this is the second horse on this site just outside Pewsey. Volunteers from the local fire brigade cut it in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI.

The Dropping Well is a petrifying well, similar to those at Matlock Bath in Derbyshire, where the limestone content of the spring water solidifies objects that fall into it.

In the distance is the tower of St Mary's, founded shortly after the Norman Conquest but almost totally rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries thanks to endowments from local salt merchants.

The path to the falls goes up from Buttermere village; the falls - in fact a series of cascades - are hidden in a tree-lined gorge.

During the late seventeenth century Greenock's trade in herrings with France and the Baltic required a fleet of over 300 boats. The town motto was 'Let herring swim that trade maintain'.

It was built for the Catholic 15th Duke of Norfolk between 1884 and 1910.

Tragically the left hand side of the road was demolished in the 1960s and replaced by appaling flat-roofed buildings.

The gatehouse of Skipton Castle, with its twin turrets.

The benefits of a growing tourist trade are seen with the rebuilt Ship and Castle Hotel on a prime harbour frontage.

This part of Brixham is built on reclaimed land, which in Saxon times was actually the harbour. The imposing building on the left is the Town Hall, built on a site donated to the town by W H Nelson.

Here we see the wide expanse of sandy beach, ideal for family holidays. Above the huts there is a greensward between the beach and the road.

The large building on the same side is the Fox and Hounds. W Kemp's shop, on the right, is now a private house. Behind the photographer is the ancient church of St Nicholas.

In the early 1900s part of it was set aside for swimmers, and it was used for this purpose until proper swimming baths were built in Crewe and opened in 1937.

Dartmoor's clapper bridges, despite their prehistoric look, are actually medieval; they were constructed for the packhorse trains that were the transport system of the moor.

The Jubilee Bridge across the River Derwent at Matlock Bath is seen here fitted out for the Matlock Illuminations it was erected in honour of Queen Victoria's jubilee.

Chapels is a hamlet at the northern end of Kirkby. Note the telegraph poles alongside the A595 road (left).

Recognisably Ticehurst: a quiet picture from the early years of the 20th century. The old-established Ticehurst butchers' W J Field is on the left, Coopers Stores is on the right.