Search Results

A line of horse-drawn conveyances waits beside the West Pier during the 'fashionable' autumn season, while visitors promenade along the seafront - note the pram containing two infants on the left.

Here we see a busy scene in Forest Row's attractive centre on the London to Eastbourne Road (A22). Forest Row grew after the arrival of the railway in 1866, and became a parish in 1894.

Four young children, seated on the bank of the Stour, are mirrored in the tranquil waters, while to their left, another adult resident stoops to fill a bucket.

In 1855 St Stephen's replaced the Chapel on the Green, built in 1805 to replace the ancient chapel at Bordesley.

One of the notices on display outside the corner grocery store in Crown Square reads: 'Don't go home without our pixie pasties - 1s 8d a box'.

Reighton is a small resort on Filey Bay, and Reighton Sands are justly famous for their bathing.

The viaduct on the left carries the railway as it descends from Sapperton Tunnel. Part of Chalford Baptist Tabernacle is on the right.

The Rose and Crown Hotel, now on the main A6, stood on the old Leicester-Harborough-Northampton stage of the journey from the north to London, and at one time serviced twenty-four coaches; the horses were

The bollards of 2003 go up and down to control the traffic - the old ones disappeared years ago.

The attractive houses of steeply cobbled Cornforth Hill have front gardens on the left. The house on the right, now one, was then two.

The attractive houses of steeply cobbled Cornforth Hill have front gardens on the left. The house on the right, now one, was then two.

By this time the Crown had received the prestigious approval of the Automobile Association and the Royal Automobile Club - as the signs confirm.

The county boasted three of the highest bridges on the British railway network (rails above ground or high water level): Deepdale at 161 ft, Hownes Gill at 150 ft, and the Hawthorn at 110.5 ft.

This photograph shows the village end of the Beach Road, with two general stores, both carrying many advertisement signs.

Note too the bicycle parked on the other side of the road, with the pedal set back on the kerb so it can act as a stand.

Peter's Church to Trent Bridge and to the railway station, then on Station Street. Horse buses ran to West Bridgeford.

Now known as the Shropshire Union Canal, this was originally the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal; it was the last of Thomas Telford's canals, being completed six months after he died.

All moneys from admission charges go to a huge list of charities, and garden produce is given to local hospitals.

Mary's was given to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln in 1100, an event which probably took place shortly after its building. The oldest part dates from the 13th century.

Although Dawson's souvenirs are being sold from one of its turrets, the 'no admittance' sign on the Pier sadly marks its imminent demise, along with its imposing twin turrets.

The Surfboat memorial commemorates the nine lifeboatmen who drowned when the surfboat 'Friend of all Nations' was lost on 2 December 1897.

At the time of this scene, the building would have been tenements. The children on the steps seem fascinated by the photographer.

This view is of the famous National Rifle Association target- shooting range at Bisley, where the annual world championship shooting competitions are held.

Tenbury received its first charter for a market and fair in 1249, but remained a fairly humble country town until 1839 when a medicinal spring was discovered, leading to the creation of a pump room and