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An evangelical mission wagon lies idle in the quiet village street. This large parish runs along the eastern bank of the Severn for several miles.

This building was once a pin factory and dates from the mid 16th century.

The late 19th-century industrial face of the village percolates through the photograph, providing a dramatic contrast to Church Lane, which runs almost picturesquely away to the right of the cross.

Paddle steamers like this one used to operate along the East Coast, running pleasure trips to places like Felixstowe and Harwich. In the background are the masts of cargo ships.

Running above the course of the Flete brook, this broad street, now one of Torquay's premiere shopping malls, was constructed in 1865 to replace the narrow lane of slums and fishermen's cottages that originally

To the left, Crown Street runs up towards St Mary's and Greene King's brewery. On the right is the direction sign of 1935, which was known as 'the Pillar of Salt'.

Note the old telephone poles on the left. The defensive wall runs for three miles, and had to be repaired following the tidal surge in 1953.

This photograph shows Cornmarket Street running down to Carfax, with the outline of Tom Tower dominating St Aldates on the far side.

Built in the late 1700s by 'Capability' Brown, who is usually better known for his gardens, this extravagant mansion was demolished in 1954. Today the M54 motorway runs right over the site.

Undercliff Drive runs the long distance eastwards from Bournemouth's Pier to the pier at Boscombe.

The Guernsey Steam Tug & Trading Co's 'Assistance' appears to have been on a luggage run, as cases and trunks are being unloaded and placed upon a cart.

New Bridge is the starting point for canoe- ists embarking on the stretch of the river known as 'The Loop'— a three-mile white- water run downstream to Holne Bridge, tackled in winter when the

The name means simply 'long street', and the village is spread along the main road, originally the Roman road running from London to Caistor St Edmund, the Roman town just south of Norwich.

Here we see the feeder stream and the lily stream at the lake; note the clean appearance of its surrounds.

The sea wall leads to the Parson and Clerk rocks, with the railway - surely one of the loveliest stretches of line in the country - running alongside.

A scene which is familiar to us all, even in the rush of today's 'rat-run' world. Plodding cows head for the milking parlour, guided by the farmer on his wobbly upright bicycle.

This picture shows the River Ebble and the A354 Blandford Road running side- by-side through the village of Coombe Bissett, a couple of miles south of Salisbury.

When the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Canal was modernised in the early 1980s, several locks were re-sited and enlarged, and this was one of them.

The paving blocks between the tracks were made from white wood, balastic lava or jarrah. The running of connecting trams between Lytham and Blackpool began in 1905.

The 17th-century tower dominates the waterfront, which was about to be lost to the new Chelsea Embankment; this opened in 1874, and runs between Battersea Bridge and Chelsea Bridge downstream.

A source of water was essential for the use of the monks and the parishioners. The small River Eea (or Ay) is the largest stream in the area, and it runs through the centre of Cartmel.

This view of the rear of the Town Hall is taken from Town Hall Gardens.

South of Bakewell, the river runs through elegant parkland that forms the grounds of Haddon Hall. In this view, the lush nature of this wonderful valley is clearly illustrated.

Westover Road, with its clean-cut and dramatic lines, runs from the direction of the sea to the square; it is still an important shopping street.