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Regular cruises take enthusiasts down-river to see the famous avocets on the river's mud banks. These fisherfolk and boatmen share a rare idle moment in a busy day.

Regular cruises take enthusiasts down-river to see the famous avocets on the river's mud banks. These fisherfolk and boatmen share a rare idle moment in a busy day.

A wide range of architectural periods is represented in Astwood Bank, though Victorian buildings are particularly numerous.

The rivers are very popular for boating and their banks are an ideal site for a picnic.

strolling along the Undercliff walk and the 'horseway' path down to the river Medway, and Victorian children leaning on the railings watching the river - and maybe the photographer on the opposite bank

The wooded nature of the river banks is noticeable, and only the industrial scene on the far right of the picture would suggest that this is near the centre of a busy modern industrial town.

The mill pond at Ickham, on the east bank of the Little Stour, is crossed by this seemingly fragile footbridge whose supporting piles serve as a useful trap for waterweeds and other detritus before the

We are looking up into the Square, with the National Provincial Bank, now in the shade, on the immediate right. Across the street are D L Edwards the grocer and the Ennis Hotel.

Next to the shop is a medieval-looking building, the home of the now defunct National Provincial Bank.

Beyond is the Ulverston Savings Bank clock.

Hook, a sprawling commuter settlement, was expanding 40 years ago, and this picture shows the village stores on the right, the post office next door to it and Lloyds Bank just beyond.

The amenities now included a concert pavilion (at the pier head on the left), a bank kiosk and a Moorish pavilion (in the centre of the picture).

Thomas House, the timber-framed building on the left, has been well restored, while the corner house was replaced in 1920 by a brick and tile-hung Neo-Georgian Lloyds Bank, a most attractive building fronting

The amenities now included a concert pavilion (at the pier head on the left), a bank kiosk and a Moorish pavilion (in the centre of the picture).

In the week this photograph was taken, cinema-goers to the Glenroyal were enjoying 'The Day They Robbed the Bank of England'. The building is now a supermarket.

The older part is naturally more interesting, with its quaint old buildings clinging to the banks of the Hamble.

Fairford was the birthplace of the 19th-century Christian reformer and hymn-writer John Keble, who would often walk along the banks of the River Coln seeking inspiration for his verse.

This scenic stretch of the Thames, overlooked by Christ Church Meadow, has long been a rowing reach; at one time the bank would have been lined with eye-catching college barges, which were used as grandstands

From the Thrapston bank of the River Nene, the photographer looks across to the former Country Club. A fine Georgian house, it boasts a Colleyweston slate roof and sash windows.

We are looking up the steep incline of Bank Road, with the fondly- remembered Ormes department store at centre right.

Brungerley was long-favoured for its Good Friday and other Bank Holiday celebrations. It was the first outlet for fun following the long winter after Christmas festivities.

We get a better view of the elegant bank building on the left. The double-decker United bus is a No 63 from Middlesbrough. Well-known shops here include Burtons, Woolworths and Timpsons.

The shop and garage on the left are now houses, and new houses stand high on Strawberry Bank beyond. To the right, there is still a fish and chip shop by West Street, which runs down to the Minster.

On the left is the Provincial Bank, which today is the Natwest.