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The New Gaiety Theatre on the left opened in 1903 after the old theatre had been demolished to make way for the Aldwych on the left.

All Saints' Church stands proudly at the top of a sharp double bend and hill on the A607 road going towards Lincoln from Grantham.

Cheddar Gorge is dry, but here at the end of the village the River Yeo emerges from its subterranean course.

Built in the 1750s, Martock's Market House originally held a row of shambles or butchers' shops.

This view looks along Station Road at its junction with Westminster Road (on the left) and Meadow Lane. The Westminster Bank building (left) still stands, but it is now occupied by a bookmaker's.

By the mid-Fifties, Crown Square had taken on a much more urban appearance, with black and white kerb markings, a Belisha beacon on the right, and traffic signs in the centre of the

The rocks stand at the end of what was during World War Two the runway of RAF Harrowbeer, so called because of worries that 'RAF Yelverton' might sound too much like 'RAF Yeovilton' on the crackly

Thatched and half-timbered cottages - a rarity in Derbyshire - at Church End, Repton, as they looked in the mid-50s.

In the late 1980s the Black Swan public house (left) was demolished; the land became a used car lot, attached to a garage (just out of the picture on the left).

A surprising amount of this part of Union Street still exists. The corner on the left is now taxi offices and the adjoin- ing buildings are night clubs and shops.

The bridge over the River Avon at Ibsley, with its white water weir, wildfowl and waterside scenery, is a good place to halt if you are following that lovely river up from the sea.

The village lies north of the Seaford road, which crosses the Cuckmere River at Exceat.

Formerly called The Parade, this fashionable rendezvous and shopping parade was first laid out in 1638, taking its current name from the grey concave tiles with which it was paved in 1697 at the instigation

Partly visible on the left of this photograph is Oxford's Taylor Institute, dedicated to the study of modern languages at the University.

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

This looks like a day out for the men, boys and one woman in the picture. They have chosen a lovely spot at the bottom of Clydach Vale.

The buildings on the left, the west side of the Market Place, mostly survive today, apart from the two at the far left.

It eventually merged with Nicholas School to become the new James Hornby High School (named after the final teacher at the St Nicholas's church annexe).

St Mary's Church, which rises behind the Dolphin Hotel, is renowned for its lavishly-decorated tower and impressive tie beam roof, both of which date from its rebuilding in the 15th century.

The Bull Inn was first mentioned in the 17th century and at the time of this picture was an Ind Coope house.

Notice the river boat, or trow, moored to the bank. At one time the River Severn was one of the busiest in Europe, and trade along it was dependent on these boats.

It sits beside the old Roman road of Watling Street, and later benefited from toll-roads and railways.

Notice all the evidence of day-to-day trade, especially the delivery boys with parcels or newspapers.

These cottages are just a few of around forty built around a triangular village green for the Wroughton Estate; some are known to have housed the workers at Wilcot Manor House.