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A view of Leeds Mechanics's Institute.This imposing Italianate building, with its lofty round-arched windows, was built by Cuthbert Brodrick in the late 1860s. It later became the Civic Theatre.

By 1972 a swimming pool had opened at Edisford.

Barton Bridge closed in favour of road traffic.

We are at the eastern edge of the Ashdown Forest.

He had a flair for advertising and 'Player's Please' signs, such as the one affixed to the Post Office, were eventually to be seen in every village.

The posters on the wall advertise 'Pinders Big Zoo Circus', a flower show at nearby Helsby, and a British Legion 'Flower and Vegetable Show and Gala'.

Up until 1810, Ipswich's Butter Market was indeed the scene for the sale of butter and other products. At this time, it is one of the main shopping streets in the town.

Are the village women, right, considering a visit to the Anchor pub for a glass of cider?

At the centre of a broad vale, rich in market gardens and fruit orchards, and to which it gives its name, lies Evesham.

When this photograph was taken, Blakeney was still a small trading port; it could accommodate vessels of 150 tons burden to unload and load coal, oil-cake and manure at the quay.

The Wye joins the Derwent at Rowsley, and this photograph shows the smaller bridge over the River Wye to the south of the village.

Skewen sits at the heart of a region of foundries and oil refin- ing. The village expanded when a major refinery was built close by at Llandarcy.

There is everything you could want in one terrace of highly disparate buildings here in the centre of the village, from the whitewashed Midland Bank at the far end to some 'Players Please' at Rowland's

At this point the main Leominster to Hereford road starts to climb the steep hill. Stagecoaches would have been forced to stop here to pay their toll at the toll house overlooking the junction.

Running at right angles to each other, Eastham Rake and Bridle Road link at the junction with Stanley Lane and the A41 - New Chester Road.

Station Road led down to the railway station, now long gone.

Exeter City Basin opened in 1830 as the final stage of a canal development going back to 1563.

Construction of the American-influenced Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramroad (B&FT) began in July 1897, and by September 1898 the line was fully opened.

Here we can see the war memorial at the junction of High Street, Wollaston Road and Farndish Road, with steps leading up to the tall monument surmounted by a cross.

A family group of children enjoy a boating trip on the River Leven at Newby Bridge, at the southern end of Lake Windermere.

Here we see the early morning scene at the fish market after the catch has been landed and sorted. The auctioneer is at the far end.

Built at a cost of £2,000 on the junction of Basset Street (left) with Trevenson Street, the Passmore Edwards Free Library was opened on 23 May 1895 and boasted 5,400 volumes.

Bracebridge Pool was formed around 1420 and leased to Sir Ralph Bracebridge at a yearly rent of £10 or 120 bream.

Parts of this beautiful old building date back to the middle years of the 16th century.