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Here we see the heart of what many claim is Kent's prettiest village: the tower of its 15th-century flintstone church of St Mary's looks down on this spacious square lined with half-timbered Tudor and

A barmaid from the Black Horse (we can see the sign) saw the figure pass clean through a gravestone!

On the horizon we can see the outline of the 12th-century church of Llangwyfan and the circular sea-wall of its cemetery.

In this view we see the rather good Art Deco 'Butlins Ingoldmells Hotel', now brutally changed.

Here we see the paddle steamer 'Brodick Castle' at Bournemouth Pier. She was built in 1878 for service in Scotland.

To the left of the photograph we can see the gable of the Valiant Sailor public house, which abutted with Priory Lane.

Here we see the interior of the castle, built by Edward I between 1277 and 1289.

Looking down the main street, we see the old post office (right), now two cottages. The new post office is in the Bull Inn, to the right, next to the tin-roofed church of St Thomas.

Look around and see the so-called 'pruning' carried out by nervous councils as they virtually destroy a superb visual asset.

Here we see the heart of what many claim is Kent's prettiest village: the tower of its 15th- century flint-stone church of St Mary looks down on this spacious square lined with half- timbered

In the picture we see the Priest's House and the lychgate; both have Horsham stone roofing.

Here we see the harbour on Hollingworth Lake. Not only were rowing boats, racing skiffs and dinghies a common sight, but there was even a time when the lake had its own paddle steamer.

Here we see the two monuments in the village centre.

Here we see the buildings on the harbour wall of the Cobb, as we look eastwards through the entrance (left) to Cain's Folly and Stonebarrow Hill, from where National Trust land now extends to Golden Cap

Here we see the local bobby returning to his beat—his cycle is parked under the signpost.

To the right we can see the elegant Edwardian frontage of William McIlroy's store.

Above the cliffs we can just see the Park Hotel, built as a terrace of three houses, part of a larger development of North Cliff which never materialised.

Here we see the church of St Mary the Virgin, which dates from the 12th century (it was renovated in 1866); the font has been in use since 1662.

Here we look in envy at this quiet road - these days it is hard to see the tarmac. Back in the 1920s, people had a good choice of public transport.

Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865.

Here we see the 1899 Regatta in a lull between races, with a picnic taking place on board the moored steam launch 'Cynisca'.

40 years later and further back on the Wey Lane junction, we see the far cottage, No 23, on the right, has been largely rebuilt.

Here we see the three-masted barque 'Akarod'.

With the ivy all removed it is now much easier to see the castle, even if in doing so it has lost some of its romantic appeal.