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Here we see the Royal Eye Hospital, Oxford Road, just three years after it was opened in 1886 by Philip Goldschmidt, Mayor of Manchester. The road to the left is the aptly named Nelson Street.

As we look down Castle Street, we can see the NCB Club on the right. There used to be a Braces` Bakery near to the Glyn Café.

Traffic will always be a problem to the small fishing village, and here we see the two old buildings which make the Main Street entrance narrow and restrict traffic.

This view shows the 'sublime horrors' of the waterfall that the first visitors came to see: the hotel provided for their needs.

The Ford Thames van bears a DD Gloucestershire registration; behind it we can just see the back of the latest Thames van which superseded it.

In this photograph we see the remains of Henry I's great stone tower keep, and to its right is the western bailey where King John built new private apartments.

In this picture we can see the small stream that runs down from Waddington Fell and the Moorcock Inn as it runs right through the centre of the village to join the Ribble.

On the right we see the famous Hark to Bounty Inn, which was used as an area court house.

This is the westerly end of Lydstep Cavern Beach; here we see the aptly named Saddle Back and Saddle Point, with the cave and fissures worn into the vertical strata of limestone.

Now we can see the clock erected in memory of the old boys who had lost their lives in the First World War.

At the end of the road you can see the signal box on the far side of the railway, beyond the Station Hotel, now the Crossing Gates pub.

Beyond we can see the façade of the Midland Bank, now HSBC. The neo-Georgian building beyond was to be rebuilt as the Granada Cinema (see K13065, pages 36-37).

They called the main railway line from Crewe to Glasgow the West Coast Main Line, but here at Hest Bank is the only spot where you can actually see the coast and the sea beyond.

Here we see the grand facade of the Blackburn Exchange & Reading Room, which opened in April 1865. It was known later as the Cotton Exchange.

You can see the 'fireproof' bridge which linked the two sites. The designers and builders of the exhibition were Maxwell & Tuke, who went on to design Blackpool Tower.

You can see the large ornate wooden Pier Head Station on right of the photograph. The very distinctive square Tower Building was once the town house of the Stanley family and Lord Derby.

Behind it we can see the Wesleyan chapel (1878) and the Village Hall of 1906.

Here we see the main drive to the Hall, which stood until c1950.

Here we see the south transept of the abbey before the restoration had taken place, with the spire of St Paul`s in the background.

If you look around you'll see the emblem incorporated into various designs, including one of the walkways by the Gracechurch Centre.

Here we see the main street, and two cars parked outside the Ribblesdale Arms.

Here we see the old lifeboat house on Formby Beach, looking isolated and abandoned, as it was at this time.

Beyond we can see the façade of the Midland Bank, now HSBC. The neo-Georgian building beyond was to be rebuilt as the Granada Cinema (see K13065, pages 36-37).

In the foreground we see the roof of Bury House and its stables at the western end of The Bury.