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In about 1512, one of the biggest warships then in existence was fitting out at Newhaven. She was 'The Great Michael; she was 240 ft long, and carried a crew of 420 and 1,000 soldiers.

Freshly boiled shrimps were sold in the cottages at South Shore—the visitors loved sea food—but supplies were dwindling by the 1920s.

It was good to get back to the small pleasures in life after the wartime years, and this small hotel seems a popular watering hole near the North Wales coast.

The motor-car opened up the Lakes to many families previously constrained by limited leisure time and travel distance. The 'day trip' was born.

This interesting picture shows the bridge over the Rother at the bottom of Adhurst Hill. The post office on the right superseded the toll house on the turnpike (1711).

Kelvedon Hatch is a popular commuter village in the Green Belt north-west of Brentwood. It is now well-known for its formerly 'secret' government nuclear bunker.

Stage-coaches used to change horses at The Plough (right). The pub is the one feature of this scene to stay relatively unchanged.

Taken at the western end of the village, this photograph shows the Jolly Farmer pub on the right. It was formerly known as the Wheatsheaf.

This photograph appears to show a quiet village where nothing much happens apart from an amble down to the post office to buy a few stamps.

This view of the square shows how it had been broken up, so to speak, and had lost the impression of openness.

It has a squat tower, about 40ft high, which was rebuilt at a cost of about £7,000. The ceiling of the nave was painted with a thousand stars.

Taken from high ground close to the Biskey Howe viewpoint, this scene includes tennis courts at the foot of the knoll.

The school and its cathedral-like chapel can be seen from miles away, serving as an established local landmark. The chapel has a vaulted roof of stone and chalk rising to a height of 90 feet.

Situated at the junction of what were originally Roman roads, and distinguished by its flying buttresses, the cross is one of the Chichester's most famous landmarks.

Over to the right is a horse- drawn mowing machine.

The village of Pyecombe lies close to a long railway tunnel which passengers on the London to Brighton line will know well.

to the east, this building is now part of the Corby Health Complex, which includes the Lakeside Surgery and an occupational therapy/health centre, both out of view to the west.

Seen from Kettering Road, this on land formerly belonging to Home Farm.

It was the house to which William of Orange (later King William III) repaired soon after landing at Brixham in 1688 to end the Stuart dynasty and start the line of Protestant monarchs who have reigned

St Andrew's Cross was part of old Plymouth, much of which was destroyed in succesive bombing raids by the German Luftwaffe during the last war.

Within its parish lies one of the few remaining survivals of genuinely ancient forest and heathland, now a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

The bugler depicted in the pub sign has been replaced, and the old familiar shutters at the windows have gone.When this photograph was taken, this was a Strong's pub.

Built by Mansell Talbot at the beginning of the 19th century in part of the Margam Abbey grounds, this splendid building subsequently went into decline until it was taken over by the Council and restored

Here we see National Trust shingle and cliffs at the end of Beach Road, with the buildings (top right) comprising the Burton Cliff Hotel.