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Harold White, a builder, used to live here - he built the yellow brick houses near the station, known as 'White City'.

The nearness of Barry Station and the view from the balconies over the Old Harbour were the main selling points for prospective purchasers.

Here we see South Walk, with Old Moore's Boat Station now built. The area to the right is Rock Park.

The large central building used to be the coastguard station, and the half-moon battery at its front is now provided with seats instead of guns, making it a favourite place to relax

This closer picture provides a clearer view of the power station operations.

A memorial stone at the entrance to Botley station recalls the murder in 1800 of one Thomas Webb.

The road is Station Road, which today leads to the golf course.

The lifeboat station opened in 1870 and shut in August 1988.

Records from 1889 show builders, a station master and milliners among the trades listed, and people were coming from outside the parish to work.

The Regent petrol station has been swept away to make more room for the Top o'Town car park.

Initially focused on Laindon station, it soon engulfed parts of Langdon Hills and Dunton.

Opened in 1903, the line ran between Alton and Fareham, with stations here, where the sign said 'Tisted for Selborne', Privett, West Meon, Droxford and Wickham.

Beyond the coastguard station is the pier, built in 1835 with stone from a nearby quarry – the stone was brought here on a tramway.

A view over Toller Porcorum, which shows its sometime railway station in the foreground. This village and its neighbour, Toller Fratrum, are usually referred to as Little and Big Toller.

Part of it was a pumping station used to pump sea water to standpipes dotted around the town for Council workmen to draw off water to wash down the dusty streets.

There is still a petrol station here today but it is linked to just one company.

Churchill, the War Cabinet and the Allied Chiefs used the local railway station as their headquarters during the planning of D-Day in 1944, conducting operations in a special train based here.

The scene is backed by the then new police station.

A bygone era of rail travel is perpetuated in the name of this road, photographed some five years before the village station closed.

The former nearby station took the name of Roebuck.

To the south of the harbour stood the power stations and gas works, the main users of coal, which represented over half of the port's total commodities by the end of the 1950s.

Already busy with turnpike traffic, the railway's arrival encouraged more hotels, such as the Royal Station Hotel at the bottom of the street.

Note the typical 1950s sign on the left - 'station and motor car ferry.' Just down on the right is R Ridgers' fish and chip saloon, and on the corner is a familiar pub sign.

Nearby is an old RAF Battle of Britain fighter station; 20 or so years before this picture was taken, the skies above the village would have echoed to the unforgettable sound of Spitfires and Hurricanes