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The Gorleston Pavilion (left), always a popular venue with its dance hall and theatre, is hosting the summer show— The Revumorists.

In 1855 St Stephen's replaced the Chapel on the Green, built in 1805 to replace the ancient chapel at Bordesley.

The old market cross still stands by the gate to the parish church of St Alkelda at Giggleswick, in the heart of Craven limestone country.

The Rose and Crown Hotel, now on the main A6, stood on the old Leicester-Harborough-Northampton stage of the journey from the north to London, and at one time serviced twenty-four coaches; the horses were

Lyndhurst's main street runs from east to west, dominated by the church on the higher ground at one end. Much of the administrative work of the New Forest is carried out here.

Designed and built by Alfred Kitchen at his foundry near North Road Station, the 'Derwent' entered service with the S&DR in 1843, two years after 'Locomotion' had been retired.

The passenger ferry from the Essex port of Tilbury approaches the Town Pier at the end of its journey across the Thames.

Bacton was an important village in medieval Norfolk, because its monastery (at Bromholme) was one of the most-visited places of pilgrimage in England: it possessed a section of the True Cross, a very holy

The unusual Gothic-style clock tower was built in 1878 by William Cunliffe: it is made of cast-iron.

Here we see the fortified dam prior to restoration. If you look to the extreme left of it you can just make out the south water gate, which at this time was high and dry.

This road is lined by the attractive semi-detached Russell-built houses of the 1930s.

Chilton Foliat is at the eastern extremity of the county, on the river Kennet. Here, a horse waits patiently outside the thatched pub for the return of his driver.

The present God Begot House is Tudor, though it stands on the site of an ancient manor originally bequeathed by Emma, widow of King Canute, to the Priory of St Swithun in 1052.

At the lower end of the market square, leading down to the Swale Falls, is Millgate - little changed today.

At the time of this picture, Chawton House was occupied by Montagu Knight, grandson of Jane Austen's brother, Edward.

As we can see, it was just a hop and a skip for the chantry priests to reach the Minster from their dwellings. At the time of this scene, the building would have been tenements.

The Angel Hotel was one of three hotels that catered for motorists, the others being the George and Dragon, and the Brunswick.

This view is of the famous National Rifle Association target- shooting range at Bisley, where the annual world championship shooting competitions are held.

At the south-eastern corner of Worcestershire stands Cropthorne, a pretty village just off the Evesham to Pershore road.

The somewhat gaunt appearance of this fortress-like building has been softened by the addition of a clock tower. It is now the Clock Tower Cafe, with little else changed.

Llantwit Major stands on the Afon Colhugh, and the place is said to have once been a port.

This photograph was taken after Easter 1904, when the Water Chute was commissioned; it soon became the main attraction at Pleasureland.

In the last years of the 19th century Marconi set up an early wireless transmitting station near to Totland Bay, exchanging radio signals with a steamer out at sea.

A police officer stands at the entrance to the Working Men's Institute, established twenty years earlier, whilst bystanders in various groups show a rather contrived interest in the still comparative