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Here we see the top of the High Street, which is little changed today.The porchway on the left belongs to the Moot Hall, which was the town hall until 1974 and is now open to the public.

Fore Street and the triangular medieval market place are the heart of the town: here we see the south side, behind the Market House's stand of horse-drawn cabs.

with houses on both sides that gradually spread between the railway station at the north end of the village to a group of fishermen's houses built in the lee of a promontory at the south end – we can see the

Here we see the 13th-century Buddle Bridge (centre) and the buildings of Bridge Street which crossed it until demolitions for road widening in 1913.

We are now close to the lock, and can see the pound lock constructed in 1802, albeit with renewed lock gates or paddles.

On the right you can see the Nissen huts put up in the 1939-45 war for soldiers and the Home Guard, who were based here to keep supplies flowing during the war years.

Here we see the By Brook flowing placidly past the rows of exquisite cottages, with their steep stone-slated roofs and dormers. A man sits on the bank with his granddaughter enjoying the tranquillity.

The boat, with two men relaxing beneath their drying life jackets, represents a local variation from a standard type of craft (see the introduction).

Here we see the Grammar School from another angle, looking from East Road back into the city.

Here we see the area at the start of the West End Pier.

Here we see the top of the High Street, which is little changed today.The porchway on the left belongs to the Moot Hall, which was the town hall until 1974 and is now open to the public.

In this picture we can see the winch mechanism and cables of the ferry; it looks as though it will be a while before a crossing is made.

The impoverished duke died here in 1820, though not before he had taken the child in his arms to see the sea, telling locals 'one day she will be your queen'.

We can see the heavy industrial scene, the chimney stacks and the Courtaulds building in the distance (left).

In this view we can see the squat tower and castellated wing designed by George Devey for Lord Dunraven and built in 1886-88.

It was the wool trade that built the town, with its seething market and vast numbers of ships.

Here we see the busy High Street in the days long before it was pedestrianised. The large building at the end of the road is the impressive Shire Hall, built 1789-1791; it serves as the courthouse.

The Garden of Rest is on the left of this photograph, in which we can also see the colonnade which enabled visitors to shop under cover all down one side of the Pantiles.

Here we see the River Ceiriog, which is also the border between England and Wales: the cameraman is on the Welsh side.

At Parkmill we can see the earth bank or pale, with its wall and inside ditch, which marks the boundary of the deer park known as Park le Breos. The medieval deer-park was divided into three farms.

We can just see the church spirelet.

Can you see the two motor bikes and sidecars in our photograph?

The school was nearby and the children could see the memorial from the school yard, and workmen going to Bearpark Colliery passed it on their way to work every day.

From this favourite picnic spot, we can see the parish church standing proudly in the centre of the picture with the trees to its right covering the new market and car parks.