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In the foreground is the riverside path, which has become a popular spot for filming television news reports.

Hunting has long been a popular sport, although when pubs are named to commemorate hunts it is usually the horses or their riders who achieve such fame.

One of the most popular attractions on the seafront was the miniature railway, pulled by a Midlands Class 5 engine called 'Sonia'.

Queen Anne established this famous racecourse in 1711, though the meetings only became popular when the Duke of Cumberland revived them later in the 18th century.

The poster on the wall by the tree advertises shipping to Canada and the United States, popular destinations for Cornish people forced to emigrate when the mining industry declined in the later 19th Century

Bathing machines were still very popular at Bognor in 1890 - it was not until the Edwardian era that people changed and swam from the beach.

A popular promenade on the River Towy is an embankment, called the Bulwark, extending for about a mile on the south side of the river.

Over the last 100 years, Heacham has become popular among those seeking a quieter, less commercial seaside destination.

Hoylake is still a very popular destination for yachtsmen and women, who now sail largely in fibreglass-hulled vessels rather than in the wooden ones seen here.

Once a haunt of smugglers, this pub became popular with parties, often from afar. Up to a hundred would fill the Club Room for dances and socials.

River trips were becoming so popular that a third vessel was required, the 'Empress', which was also built at Witty's boatyard.

Stanford's rectory was the birthplace in 1775 of the author and moralist Mrs Sherwood, whose novel 'The Fairchild Family' was a popular improving text with the more rigidly censorious readers of Regency

Note the small monkey-puzzle tree in the foreground - this was one of the most popular of all exotic trees planted in parks in Victorian times.

Woolacombe is as popular today, nearly a century later, as it was when this view was taken. There are no kiosks on the beach, but plenty of guest houses on the hill behind.

Note the attached banner - advertising of this nature was very popular at the time. Ironically, this trend has not really been adopted in the more commercialised society of Britain as she is now.

One of the few places on the north coast with access to a fine sandy beach and increasingly popular with surfers, Porthtowan is seen here in its early years of development and is hardly recognisable today

After the war, Brighton and other Sussex towns were still popular for holidays, but in the 1960s package tours took the tourists abroad.

This pleasant village on the Trent & Mersey Canal was a popular stop-off point for old boatmen: the pubs in the village were the main attraction. The church is mainly 13th- and 14th-century.

A popular destination of walkers, it was built to allow the miners of Pentre Du to reach the mines in the hills; a mile west of Betws-y-Coed, paths lead through the meadows to this steeply-inclined gangway

Here a young girl throws crumbs to a family of ducks, a popular pastime for holiday makers. On the right of the group, three young ducklings are hitching a ride on their mothers' backs.

In the foreground is one of the 1940s and 1950s most popular Triumph motor cycles: The Tiger twin cylinder.

The very popular village pub and restaurant, the Welby Arms, is just beyond the road junction.

It is a pretty, meandering line, very popular with holidaymakers.

Here, in Walton High Street, only the occasional pony and trap disturbs the peace, although neighbouring Felixstowe was enjoying popularity as a seaside resort.