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On the right are the offices of the Hampshire Advertiser, and in the distance is the old Guildhall from where a curfew bell is rung every evening at 8.00.

The fine, large town church is situated up an alley at the east end of Market Street and behind the market-place. Only remnants of its medieval tower survive.

As of yore, the bathing towels are drying (left). Beyond, a couple of bell tents at the base of the cliff probably means that some hardy souls are camping there.

A young man in a boater smiles at the Frith photographer just in front of the long and impressive Morton Crescent, so little changed since this photograph was taken towards the end of Queen

It was at the top of the Steps that John Foster founded an almshouse and chapel in 1481. The chapel, which was heavily restored in the 1880s, has an unusual dedication to the Three Kings of Cologne.

Athelhampton Hall is one of two grand houses near to the village of Puddletown, both lived in at various times by members of the Martyn family.

Epsom Downs with its close-cropped turf and easy access from London was the place for it.

In the 1920s the future looked very bright for Loughborough, but the Depression of the 1930s came as a cruel blow to the town.

In the meantime, development, in the main of a residential nature, continued to spread north and east across Portsea Island.

In the meantime, development, in the main of a residential nature, continued to spread north and east across Portsea Island.

One of the consultants at the time of our photograph was Sir Charles Brown (1836-1926).

The bungalows along Church Road are fairly representative of the kind of housing to be seen in Laindon before the New Town came. Several of them are still there.

These cottages are at Goosehill, on the lane which leads up to the entrance of Peak Cavern, whose entrance gapes under the limestone crags visible to the left of this photograph.

This lighthouse was built on St Vincent's Pier in 1810, but it was destroyed during a German raid on 17 December 1914. A replacement was erected in 1931.

Sandsend is about three miles from Whitby, situated at the mouth of Sandsend Wyke; the village is almost hidden from view because of the mighty cliffs and Mulgrave Wood nearby.

This photograph was taken from above the town of Marazion; the view shows clearly how the famous Mount is reached by a causeway at low tide.

The coastline on either side of Sandown was heavily fortified in earlier times, for fear of a French invasion was never far from English minds over several centuries.

There was once a railway running down the middle of this street and around the corner at the end. It went to Westward Ho! and Appledore, and ran for sixteen years, closing in March 1917.

The chapel was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In the Lady Chapel of St Edward's at Clifford, there is a statue of the Virgin sculptured by H Hoffman.

On the right is the entrance to Leeds City station. At one time there were three railway stations in the city centre: Central, Wellington and New.

A paddle steamer lies moored at the harbour wall. The first steam- driven paddle vessels, the 'Ivanhoe' and the 'Warspite', arrived in Weymouth as early as 1827.

The chapel was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In the Lady Chapel of St Edward's at Clifford, there is a statue of the Virgin sculptured by H Hoffman.

Uppingham is a particularly charming town with an attractive series of 17th- and 18th-century buildings.

Lace-making has always been an important tradition in East Devon, though it would be a rare sight today to see it carried out in the street by a local cottager.