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The only thing twin-like about these children is the very bad-tempered scowl on their faces. They certainly are not saying 'cheese'.

Over the centuries, the hall had been attacked by death watch beetle. Repairs began, but when in 1942 they were almost complete, the hall was bombed and very badly damaged.

It survived two fires which badly damaged the town in 1596 and 1672.

The north wing on the right is dated 1636, and contains an impressive long gallery with a decorated plaster ceiling.

The now-vanished Lytham Pier, built in 1864, was badly damaged by a storm on 6 October 1903. Two sand barges of 300 tons dragged their anchors, drifted and cut the pier in half.

Despite carrying the title of Ypres Castle in 1912, this structure was called the Badding Tower when it was built in the 13th century, and was a place of refuge during French raids on the town.

Architect Augustus F Livesay's design is a fine example of Early Victorian Gothic. The walls are of Caen stone and squared flints, the latter a mark of quality.

The reading room was badly damaged during the Second World War, and its remains were demolished. A new pavilion was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1956.

The oldest parish church in Edinburgh, St Giles's was erected in the early 12th century on the site of an older building.

Immediately north of the Town Hall there used to be a small park or square.

Here we have an early view of Towan Beach, with everyone overdressed for the seaside. A game of tennis is in progress on a court marked out in the sand.

No 9, on the far left, was built in 1824 as a bath house; in its basement salt water baths could be taken, which were presumably popular with the modest and in bad weather.

The Dock End has yet to be cleared out and made into a safe haven for the fishing fleet boats in bad weather.

'Mal pas' means 'bad step or way' or 'difficult passage'. Perhaps early Normans were set upon as they travelled here, or perhaps they just found the terrain difficult.

Sheringham fishermen gather round a lobster boat for the camera. They ventured out in open boats in all weathers. Fishing was a rough and dangerous way to earn a living.

The square-ended eastern Lady Chapel, similar to the one at Salisbury Cathedral, was built in 1270.

Worthing, like a tide of building, washed east, west and north before and after the Second World War.

George Richardson's early career was spent as a draughtsman in the office of Robert and James Adam, and indeed he was a fine interior designer in the Adam style, providing a number of drawings for Kedleston

By the late 1890s, Bridgnorth was a carpet-making town with a population of about 6000.

The place-name relates to Sturry's position on the River Stour - 'Stour-y'. A

The consecration of the chapel was delayed because a murder had been committed on the premises by the chief stonemason.

The pub fronts Main Street, sitting prominently at the junction of Cosby Road and Station Road, and appears to be the bad conversion of a former row of cottages.

The pub fronts Main Street, sitting prominently at the junction of Cosby Road and Station Road, and appears to be the bad conversion of a former row of cottages.

Newstead was inherited by the 'mad, bad and dangerous to know' poet Lord Byron in 1798 as a virtual ruin, and he sold it in 1817.