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Through-services to Blackpool began in 1897, and the route was via St Anne's, then along through the sand dunes of Clifton Drive, then to Squires Gate, and on to Station Road.

The running of connecting trams between Lytham and Blackpool began in 1905.

In 1913, Hastings Corporation began an ambitious scheme at a cost of £100,000 to improve all aspects of the sea front - including the construction of places of entertainment, pleasure grounds and

The Cranford Hotel on the outskirts of the town began its existence as the Half Way House; it was transformed from a humbler inn to cater for the increase in visitors to the resort and the

In the 18th century it passed to a Southampton builder who was killed by falling tracery as he began to demolish the site.

In the 18th century it passed to a Southampton builder who was killed by falling tracery as he began to demolish the site.

Originally known as the Sherborne, or Imperial Promenade, Cheltenham's fashionable thoroughfare began its existence as a walkway from the High Street to a spa pump room that stood where the Queen's Hotel

Once eulogised in The Times as 'the most beautiful thoroughfare in Britain', Cheltenham's Promenade began its existence as a walkway from the High Street to a spa pump room that stood where the Queen's

The Isle of Thanet Electric Tramways and Lighting Company began its tram service in 1901.

Corfe Mullen had a mill as long ago as the Domesday Book; it retained its independence until well into the 20th century, when its great neighbour Poole began to creep out towards it.

The hilltop town of Shaftesbury began its existence during the Iron Age, but it became important when King Alfred founded an abbey here and installed his daughter as abbess.

Here we see a policeman on point duty in the 1920s, coping with an increasing amount of traffic that began to bedevil Winchester's streets during the last century—a reminder that medieval streets

Here we see a policeman on point duty in the 1920s, coping with an increasing amount of traffic that began to bedevil Winchester's streets during the last century—a reminder that medieval streets

At the time of the Industrial Revolution the people of Lilleshall, until then mainly a farming community, began mining limestone to supply the iron-smelting industry at Coalbrookdale.

Ten years before the annual Royal Regatta began, the first Oxford and Cambridge University boat race was held on the Thames at Henley.

Work began in 1743 and ended in 1770. The old castle was demolished in 1773.

Construction began in 1951, and took about 5 years.

Construction began in the early 1930s on land donated by the Cadbury family, and the first patients were admitted in 1937.

In the mid 19th century, many middle-class residents of central Leeds began to move out to the north of the city near to the country estates of Beckett's Park and Hollin Hall, and Headingley became a rather

Reconstruction began in 1069, although the building we see today dates from 1180. The west front was added in 1220. The minster finally became a cathedral in 1836.

One of the earliest Corporation bus services was the Cleveleys to Thornton route, which began operating in July 1921.

In the 18th century it passed to a Southampton builder who was killed by falling tracery as he began to demolish the site.

Before the railway came in 1838 and today's town began to grow, this was the centre of Woking. Here it appears as though it is completely deserted with not a soul to be seen.

This must have been taken very shortly before work began on the demolition of Evesham Street. E A Hodges has become just another branch of Dillons, presumably as a result of a take-over.