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The grave of Field Marshal Montgomery, who died in 1976, is in the churchyard, and his banner hangs in the nave of the church.

Ugly new street furniture in the form of electric street lamps begin to make an appearance.

A small group (centre left), seeking the shade of mature trees in the hot summer of 1921, faces the photographer.

They robbed farmers, and marched to Ely in protest.

On 23 January 1570, Regent Moray was shot as he rode through Linlithgow.

The buildings on the left of picture No 40722 have now been replaced by a new Swan Tap, and the Swan is advertising its garage.

A short stroll from the toll bridge brings you to the little church of St Mary's.

Looking at the lifeboat hanging from the davits (presumably there was one on the other side), one is tempted to wonder whether they would have been sufficient to cope in an emergency if this paddle steamer

Littleport is distinguished as being the last place on which the Bishop of Ely exercised his temporal powers.

A retired steelman looks across the industrial landscape of Stocksbridge, the steel-making town in the valley of the River Don between Sheffield and Penistone, on the edge of the Pennine moors.

The most conspicuous feature here is the 15th-century font cover (right).

This photograph was taken around lunchtime, and parked cars are beginning to congest the scene.

Further down Tanner's Hill, the lane becomes Old School Lane; this view looks north past these pairs of tile-hung former estate cottages, which are all now in private hands and extended by a bay at

The building on the left was Mr Lemon the vet's, and has a horse's tail hanging at the far end.

Numerous buildings, including the church, the Royal Oak dining rooms, the Union Hotel and the Alexandra Hotel, indicate the importance of Ramsey harbour as the second largest in the Isle of Man.

The hotel at Buttermere, formerly known as the Fish Hotel, was the scene in 1802 of a great scandal: the landlord's daughter, Mary Robinson or 'the Maid of Buttermere', was seduced and bigamously married

The ferry is pulled by a chain across the Ouse; at this time villagers used the ferry to go to work in Over or to cycle to Cambridge.

A police officer keeps a close eye on traffic at the foot of Preston Street, with the International Stores displaying its selection of groceries in its corner window, and the printers and stationer's shop

The church interior is shown here just a few years after it had been built, looking towards the east window.

Like many other shopping streets in Salisbury, Fisherton Street has changed very little over the last fifty years, in spite of most of the shops themselves moving or closing down and being replaced