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The 'new' University College building which opened in October 1909 was the fruition of ten years' concerted fundraising aided by the Corporation's gift of five acres of building land.

Here in c1965 amenities are basic, though there are toilets and a first-aid hut.

It must have been a hot day when this photograph was taken - note the boaters, the parasol and the baby in a frilly sunbonnet enjoying a ride in a goatcart.

Three veterans of Waterloo are commemorated in the church, including Lord Sandys, aide-de-camp of Lord Wellington.

On the right of the group, three young ducklings are hitching a ride on their mothers' backs.

This is one of the loveliest views of the priory church, said to have been built with the aid of a mysterious carpenter.

Lantern Hill and the Chapel of St Nicholas are not just a focal point for visitors; for centuries the light on the chapel was a vital navigational aid for mariners.

The imposing Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club stands sentinel at the entrance to Lowestoft pier as holidaymakers enjoy a ride in the open carriages pulled by a miniature locomotive steaming along to

Local vessels such as the 'Aid', 'Moscow', 'Trimmer', 'Fallowden', 'Commerce', and the 'Free Briton' ran to London, Hull or Newcastle, though some of the services were not regular.

This shelter aids the growth of luxuriant vegetation in the steep

Christchurch Castle, of which only the ruins remain, was probably built by Richard de Redvers, a cousin of Henry I, who was given the royal manor as a reward for aiding Henry in his fight for the crown

St Saviour's also supports a church-aided primary school, and both are a power in the community.

These small luggers worked co-operatively with seine nets to ring the huge shoals, aided by 'Huers' on the cliffs who directed the fleet with horns and flags.

The old smoke house (foreground) was built in 1848 in a romantic style to resemble an ancient castle, complete with mock stone cannons which aided the drainage from the private garden above.

At the pier entrance, near the bandstand and car park, there was a first aid post (right) on the edge of the remaining sand dunes.

The solid granite buttresses of the Land's End seem to have remained unchanged for ever, but it is the passing steam ship aided by three sails that puts this photograph into its period.

A summer's day visit to the country and a ride on an ancient tortoise - simple pleasures!

There is the more familiar red telephone box on the traffic island, a modern post box, and Belisha beacons to aid pedestrians wishing to cross the road.

Rotten Row, a corruption of route du roi, was a ride set aside for equestrians and fashionable promenaders.

It sent ships to aid Edward III's invasion of France during the Hundred Years War.

The Humber keel on the left carries a foresail, an indication that she is sloop-rigged.

With the aid of the architect T J Winperis, in under a year he had built the Marina and Marina Road, which opened on 5 July 1877.

It failed, and the Scots had little alternative but to march directly to the aid of the beleaguered garrison.

At the time of this photograph, the fun fair belonged to Billy Butlin, and the Figure 8 was an exciting ride fifty years ago.