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Wakelin's (left, in Sutton House) declared itself to be 'the cycle, sport and baby carriage store of the county'.

On the left is the corner of the brick-fronted manor house. The top of the church tower fell in 1829, which gave it a castle-like appearance. It was not restored until the 1960s.

The water was stored in the tank, now disused, forming the top storey of the House in the Clouds.

St Anne's Church tower is visible behind the handsome Stepping Stones House. The stepping stones themselves look less serviceable now, but there is also a footbridge today.

Panama-hatted Tom Roe, 'Dealer in Worn-out Horses' (perhaps a grand name for a rag and bone man), clip-clops his way down the Skipton Road through Keighley.

In the foreground is the Grand Union Canal, with the houses of Blisworth and the 15th-century tower of the church to be seen on the opposite bank.

But the old manor house is a reminder that this is a very old site, dating back to the 16th century.

Beyond it, the shop has since been demolished and replaced by a 1970s flat-roofed health centre. 1950s council houses in Dolben Square are visible on the left.

Major changes here since 1955 include modern 1960s houses, mostly bungalows, on Hillmorton Lane, beyond the signpost, and the telephone kiosk which has migrated to the foreground Green.

Ballon's motte to the right is topped by a 19th-century hunting lodge, which now houses the town's museum.

The Quart Pot, a Baddow Brewery house, was where Wickford's Salvation Army had their early meetings.

Until recently this scene could be said not to have changed, but the Lion Hotel, which is also a public house, was recently (in early 2005) converted into an indian restaurant.

Here the merchants of the city built their imposing new houses, most of which remain today.

It later became part of Brighton College; Scott also designed its headmaster's house and chapel in the 1850s.

Kington was also once described as having a 'maze of narrow streets … where too many of the old houses have been refronted, but still have the attraction of a wildly irregular skyline'.

This curious old slate-hung house next to the church dates from 1638.

A few houses and chalets line the clifftop to ensure the best views.

Terraces of miners' houses form a triangle in Fore, Scorrier and Telegraph Streets. Here in Fore Street the shops include the post office and a hairdresser.

To the front of the view is the lifeboat house and boat park. The lifeboat was once crewed by women when the men of the crew were caught in a squall.

The whole harbour and dockland area has been the subject of a major housing development over the past few years, leaving photographs such as this one as the only evidence of what was there before.

Two buildings further down is the Brotherhood House. Next to Blindell's is the Croft.

The flimsy houses were clearly not designed to face the water, for the windows are few and diminutive.The crumbling facades bring a clear impression of neglect and poverty.

The houses nearest us were once commercial premises—a hardware store and a tailor's. To the right of them lies Swan Meadow, once home to the village fair.

The building occupied by Routley's Stores is Poole House, once the home of Thomas Poole.