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The imposing 18th-century building on the right with the round-headed doorway has a twin nearly opposite.

As we head north, Warton Crag is the first sign of the Lake District with its ancient limestone rocks.

The old sanitorium was not big enough and one of the first acts of the new head, J F Wolfenden, was to build a new and large sanatorium on Stockerston Road.

It contains Tudor murals and painted texts on its walls, and its parish registers go back to the same period.Hawkshead is one of the prettiest Lakeland villages; it stands at the head of Esthwaite

From Bridge Street we head north towards Victoria Square over the Chesterfield Canal, whose bridge parapets are in the foreground.

The first station had been provided only 20 years before. It soon became a destination for those who wanted to enjoy a spot which seems to make the mouth of Belfast Lough its own.

North of the Palace of Westminster, Whitehall heads north towards Trafalgar Square.

Here we have a grand view of the railway arches heading out of Whalley.The railway arrived in the village in 1850, and the 600yd- long viaduct carries the Blackburn to Clitheroe line at a height of

The thatched 17th-century King's Head pub still stands on the left, and the re-fronted Red Lion Hotel is still in the centre of the Bull Ring.

This attractive view is little changed today, except that the Green, predictably, is kept close-mown now, and woe betide any daisy that shows its head.

In this view, a Salter's steamer, the 'Wargrave', heads for the lock, watched by sea cadets on their whaler the 'Firefly'.

This is a view looking east, with Nag's Head Island in the middle distance.

The cars parked on the pavement gives a hint of the traffic problems caused by people heading to the Lakes or southwards.

The road bridge had taken four years to build, and was very much needed by the time it opened. Sunday and holiday traffic heading to and from North Wales could take up to two hours to cross.

The main axis of the principal roads consists of the Roman east-west artery, now the High Street, and one of the Roman north-south roads, now North Hill and Head Street.

On the extreme left is the forecourt of the Curzon cinema, with Ann Laurie's confectionery shop and Symington & Stedman's estate agency heading the parade of small shops closer to the crossroads.

The Queen's Head c1955 In the early 19th century the Border town of Rothbury enjoyed a reputation as a health resort, where during the summer season visitors could 'drink goat's whey and enjoy

A train is heading south. The railway was built as part of the Cambrian railway, with two stations, Barmouth and Barmouth Junction.

This small green is at the north end of the village - the Bull's Head pub stands on the left out of the picture.

Both photographs show the view looking east towards the Town Hall; apart from the cobbled street, the main difference is the loss of the Lion Hotel (left) itself a merger in 1866 of the King's Head Inn

The cars parked on the pavement gives a hint of the traffic problems caused by people heading to the Lakes or southwards.

At the end of Church Lane to the west of All Saints' Church the base of a medieval cross survives with its new shaft and head of the 1920s.

The drawbridge was demolished and the round-headed arches were rebuilt in 1716.

A train is heading south. The railway was built as part of the Cambrian railway, with two stations, Barmouth and Barmouth Junction.