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Such open spaces as you see on the right provided room to dry and certainly to repair nets.

The car in the picture has the registration number OR 6002, and was originally bought from Enticknap's of Normandy Street by a Mr Wright.

Viewed here from the Fossgate entrance, the hall is the largest timber-framed building in York; the undercroft is the oldest part.The chapel, which was rebuilt in 1411, still retains part of the

Up to the reign of Henry VI Stourbridge was called Bedcote, not taking its present name until 1454.

Florence Nightingale, whose revolutionary school of nursing was established here, approved the design.

The church is a real oddity, for it is built a mile outside the village; it was probaby a great help to mariners seeking the safety of Plymouth Sound.

There are fewer park benches now, and trees have grown up to obscure the view of the Henry I memorial cross on the right.

This view makes a rather sharp contrast with the previous photograph; only the old man on his bike, walking stick on the front handlebars, gives this scene any rural charm.This is modern Corringham

The Hydro looks out over marshy ground occupied by cattle of Grange Marsh Farm. In 1891 the residents could enjoy whist, concerts, dancing and games, and they played billiards.

In this busy scene beached boats occupy most of the shingle. However, mothers and children manage to find space and the boats form useful back-rests. The promenade is well used by walkers.

With the faded lime wash and rough appearance of the cottages and walls, this scene has an almost Mediterranean air about it.

Pleasure craft in the background are the future of small fishing ports such as this.

This spectacular picture of Dinas Head is taken somewhere between Dinas and Fishguard. Note the buildings perched perilously close to the cliff edge.

This chocolate box view has been carefully preserved by the beneficial presence of the local landowners, the Ongley and Shuttleworth families, for almost 200 years.

It is nice to see the Palace open as a real cinema before the onset of the multi-screen visual supermarkets.

The most famous of all white horses, the Uffington horse lies on the Berkshire Downs near Wantage.

The Roman road from the bridge over the Wye at Chepstow ran through what is now the racecourse, which stands on land formerly belonging to the Clay family of Piercefield House.

The post-enclosure brick cottages on the left have now been replaced with modern housing. In the distance is the Manor House, once home of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, the famous landscape gardener.

A child's paradise in the 1960s, this shop still stands just over the crossroads on the Huntingdon Road out of St Neots.

It has since undergone various changes of ownership and modifications to the line and equipment, but its appeal to visitors young and old has never waned.

Still travelling northward in 'the county of rivers', we see the River Wye lazily winding its way into the old spa town.

A former rectory, the great hall of this beautiful building dates from around 1300, although parts were added later in the 16th and 17th centuries.

It dates from the 13th century and has an octagonal ground floor with the upper floors supported on four posts, each of which is a single tree-trunk.

Whitbourne is only a small settlement and hardly could be said to be on the tourist trail. And yet, we have this picture of its tea rooms. I have been unable to ascertain just where they were.