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The peace and tranquillity of Botley all changed in 1964 when major development took place. Today, the village is a thriving suburb of Oxford, with many shops, banks and offices.

Thousands of visitors would visit the camp at Wick Ferry each summer. Apart from the delights of the neighbourhood, a programme of entertainment was organised by the staff at the camp.

As well as being a market town, Ormskirk has a long association with the Earls of Derby who lived at Knowsley Hall.

The corner of Bridge Street and Buttermarket Street (left) was rebuilt just before the First World War. By 1955 the old-established butchers, Singletons, had given way to Woodhouse's furniture shop.

Brading is one of the oldest towns on the Isle of Wight, once returning two members to Parliament.

The Red Lion Hotel, on the right of the picture, gives its name to the square in the centre of the village, now dominated by traffic in a one-way system.

This view was taken looking towards the south side of the Watch Tower and Round Tower and the Mansion House. This was designed by A S Goodridge of Bath.

The Pearl Assurance sign has gone, and the upper windows of this building have been replaced, but the unusual brick and stone work above them is still there.

The last building on the right was originally the village bakery and next to it, as seen in this picture, was an off-licence.

Bude's bay is protected from the brunt of the heaviest Atlantic weather by a breakwater connecting Chapel Rock with the shoreline. There is a legend that there was once a hermitage on this rock.

Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo, 'Newton and Noss' to all locals, line the opposite banks of the Yealm estuary.

When the forework was remodelled for James IV, it partially followed the line of earlier defences.

The Mother Church of Nottingham has the appearance, if not the stature, of a cathedral. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, the present building dates from the fifteenth century.

The archway to this bar dates from the 11th century; this is the oldest of York's gates.

The post office is on the left with its sign outside.

The house on the right is the Beacon, one of the more substantial residences in Victorian and Edwardian Fleet.

Compare this view of St Paul's Church with that in photograph 45443 and you immediately notice the addition of a tall tower which was added in 1907.

A view of the High Street, looking towards the abbey and market cross. Everybody is wearing either a hat or cap, the road is not surfaced, and there is a virtual absence of street lighting.

Devoran developed in the 19th century when a mineral railway was built to carry copper ore from the mines around Redruth down to a port at the head of Restronguet Creek, just visible at

This same view of two Tintagel castles could be photographed today.

This leafy approach to the village of Hermitage remains much the same today as it was in the 1950s.

Here we see another view of this superb building, this time showing a more expansive view of the gardens and tennis court.

The civilising influence of his Sunday schools on the people of Gloucester was very stabilising.

Disciplined soldiers stand to attention on the enclosed parade ground of the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry barracks, off the Lostwithiel Road.