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The growth of Lowestoft in Victorian times was largely down to construction by the civil engineer Samuel Morton Peto, who lived in nearby Somerleyton Hall.

Chilham is a delightful village set high on the downs. Its pretty houses grouped around a square by the castle gates lend it a timeless air.

These sheds burnt down in about 1996. Holiday makers relaxing on the cabin cruiser in 1929 enjoyed a less crowded river than they would today.

The Simmonds fleet of buses would often work their way up and down Southgate Street.

The far end, on the corner of Downing Street, is the Colonial Office. The entire building, completed in 1875, included the Foreign Office and the India Office on the St James's Park frontage.

This view across what is now known as the Peace Gardens towards the mock-Gothic spires of Sheffield's Town Hall has not changed significantly since this photograph was taken.

It is interesting to see the ferry much farther down the pier, indicating the high tidal rise and fall of the river.

The attractive heath, with its colourful heathers and gorse, reach down to a village boasting several buildings constructed of exquisite brickwork.

All these buildings were pulled down to make way for the new Council House in the 1920s.

St Lawrence's Church was built in the Perpendicular style, and features a number of grotesque gargoyles that stare down from the eaves.

As the resort developed, walkers and horseriders used the downs for recreation.

A family party makes its way down to the River Eden on a hot summer's day.

The exuberantly decorated York House (right) was built in 1893 in a Victorian attempt to look Elizabethan - even down (or up) to the chimneys.

Further down the street the petrol pumps have gone, but cars are still sold from the garage.

This postcard shows the parish church of St Martin in the centre, and clockwise from the top left, the village centre; the `Roman` Baths in the Nook; Lover`s Leap; and the view down from the Bank.

A large barge bound for the Humber makes its stately way down the Stainforth and Keadby Canal at Thorne.

They would be towed down to the sea, possibly by the horse in the picture.

The path leads down to the church of All Saints and St James the Greater.

A splendid view down the High Street from the church tower in those halcyon days when there were fewer cars on the road - and when parking a motor vehicle presented few problems.

As with other glens, Dhoon also had its hotel, a wooden affair at the entrance which burnt down in 1932 and was never rebuilt.

At the bottom of Fore Street - down by the harbour and therefore handy for the maritime fraternity - are two pubs, the George and the Prince of Wales, both of which claim to be the oldest hostelry in

The road drops down into the Broadway with an array of modest but attractive late 19th- and early 20th-century buildings. What can be said in defence of the intruder on the right of the photograph?

It burned down in 1928.

It burned down in 1928.