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The street at this time was largely occupied by small businesses such as (on the right) Harold the jeweller's, with next door Hiscock's the builder and decorator's.

A striking feature of this picture is the contrast between the rounded, early Norman arch in the foreground and the taller, narrow pointed arch of a later period at the western end of the nave.

The model village became a popular destination for sightseers, who travelled from Bournemouth in horse-drawn charabancs, to be greeted by a trumpet fanfare.

The model village became a popular destination for sightseers, who travelled from Bournemouth in horse-drawn charabancs, to be greeted by a trumpet fanfare.

The busy Dover promenade was very popular with visitors; a pier was added to it in 1893 at a cost of £28,000.

It is a fairly quiet day for traffic in Eastchurch, Sheppey. On the left is a shop advertising Coca- Cola and Lyons tea, and on the right is a garage and a café.

Church Street leads from the Market Square down to the Lancaster Canal, where a basin facilitated the handling of cargo on and off the barges.

More rooftops, a passing steam train (they were being replaced by diesel- powered locomotives at this time) and the sweep of the park express progress. The bandstand has arrived.

There is a poster for cocoa in the window of the Co-op on the left. The Kings Arms signboard in a blanked window (left) proclaims post horses for hire.

The clock on the right hangs outside Lakeland Laundries, a chain once present all around the district. Stead & Simpson is no longer on the left, but at the top of the street on the right.

Spectators on both sides of the Gannel are enjoying the annual August regatta. How different the Gannel looks at full tide.

As at Par, the Crinnis Beach is also largely a result of the deposition of waste from the mining and china clay industries.

The granite tower has a small niche below the window on the second stage.

The hamlet at the foot of Buttermere in the western Lake District takes its name from the lake; it is still the farming settlement it has always been.

The tiny church of St Olaf at Wasdale Head is said to be among the smallest in England; but surrounded as it is by the dramatic mountains of Wasdale, it is also one of the most visited.

Charminster dates back to at least Saxon times.

At the Melton sign the A606 does a double- bend.

There is an additional building at the side, and a fence seems to surround the garden with the nearest plot possibly remaining as an allotment.

Kendal Castle, originally a 13th-century structure, was owned by the family of Katherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII, in the 16th century.

If we turn left at the junction and cross the railway line, we find ourselves on the shore, from where stagecoaches began their dangerous crossing of the bay to Lonsdale North of the Sands.

The traditional, stone-built market town of Dolgellau has developed at a crossing point on the river Wnion.

Serving both a rural area round about, and hundreds of overseas ports by way of trade, Plymouth reached its mercantile heyday in Victorian times.

Wrexham stands on the tributary of the River Dee. It is a town full of history - the founder of Yale University in the US (Elihu Yale), came from the Wrexham area, and is buried at St Giles's church.

Here we see the equestrian statue of George IV, who was Prince Regent at the time of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.