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Trees, sailing yachts and the foreground stone wall contrast with the darker hills overlooking Llandudno in the distance.

The road follows the line of the old Roman road which linked North Gate and Head Gate, both entrance points to the original Roman walled town.

The cathedral precinct wall is on the left, and Great Hospital, founded in 1249 and with St Helen's Church attached to the Infirmary Hall, is opposite.

The defensive wall runs for three miles, and had to be repaired following the tidal surge in 1953.

Such a scene, but with an improved road and without the figure by the wall, would still be familiar today in many rural parts of Cornwall.

The castle wall on the left was mostly rebuilt in the 19th century.

The ornate spires on the left form part of William Wilkins' screen which walls off the Front Court of King's College.

This photograph shows the dovecote at the end of the Abbot's garden, the wall of which is undergoing repairs at the time of the picture.

Since then, a protective sea wall has been built in a bid to arrest coastal erosion.

Nearby are rows of pretty cottages and ancient, timber-framed buildings with walls of wattle and daub.

St Giles Hill is the high ground to the east of the old city walls.

The walls of this fine old house are covered in superb pargeting.

Behind the wall, lined with seats, is the River Thames.

Consequently, it was one of the first Roman-British towns to have complete city walls.

Consequently, it was one of the first Roman-British towns to have complete city walls.

The retaining wall along Torquay Road was the 1886 halfway meeting place of the 'Flatpole' and 'Dicky Bird' bands of warring youths!

Apart from the electricity poles, the only clues to this scene being in the 20th century are the ubiquitous signs for Walls, Brooke Bond Tea and Woodbines, which probably now stir many an early memory

The view today, over 80 years on, is little changed, except that the wall to the right has largely disappeared.

From Palace Pier looking east, beyond the terminus of Magnus Volks' 1883 Electric Railway, we can see the late 1890s arches of Madeira Terrace, halfway up the sea wall in front of Marine Parade, with Kemp

The road at the right leads to the original railway station, whilst the road cutting under the city wall leads to the new station built in the 1870s.