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Boots Corner was a well-known landmark; the buildings demolished in 1975 included Boots, the Yorkshire Bank and Whitby Fish Sales. Woolworths had not then been built.

Opposite the Mansion House is the Bank of England, a single-storey monolithic edifice, designed in 1734 by George Sampson.

The lake, originally the reservoir for the cotton mill at the far end, was used for boating and swimming, whilst sunbathers and picnickers enjoyed its wooded banks.

The timber-framed Tudor House, one of the city's finest buildings, dates back to about 1500, and has hardly changed at all since this photograph was taken.

Simonds Bank is now Barclays, and Armstrongs has become Eighteens. A tea-room has opened on the corner of Princess Street to cater for the increase in the population.

Here, seen from the tow path along the west bank, looking north towards Christchurch Meadow, the annual Eights Week is in full swing at the end of May when the college boats race each other.

We meet Bazalgette later at the Embankment in central London; seen here from the Barnes bank towpath, his suspension bridge has a 420-foot main span, and the towers are finished with French-style pavilion

From the south bank, near Westminster Bridge, completed in 1862, this view shows the bell tower known universally by its great bell, Big Ben.

On the right bank are the remnants of the trees from North Walk.

A mill close to the village was mentioned in the Domesday Book and the ruins, seen on the Trent's bank, were probably part of it.

Looking back up North Street towards the Parade and Market House, with the Post Office on the left, as it still is today.

At the time of this photograph, the Post Office had announced the Saturday afternoon closing of the smaller offices and the cut-back of Sunday services in an effort to make more profit.

It remains an important centre for the sport, and it has some charming Colonial- style buildings that hark back to the days of the Raj.

Visitors staying in these cottages would enjoy a quiet holiday walking the marshy banks of the estuary and the surrounding heathlands, or boating and fishing.

The river's estuary has been silted up for centuries, but in medieval times a prosperous port once lined the Otter's banks.

The two soldiers passing the Fort Amherst site are probably Royal Engineers on their way back to the School of Military Engineering.

Brackenwood House, shown here covered in Virginia creeper, dates back to the 1880s. It was purchased by Bebington Council in the 1920s for use as council offices.

Behind the yew is Mildmay House; it dates back to about 1700, and was once the rectory. St Mary's Church was designed by Waterhouse, who also designed the Natural History Museum in London.

Tragically for Church Street, the left-hand buildings were demol- ished and rebuilt much further back. Fortunately, those to the right, including The Old Plough, survive.

It is market day, and the bystanders are waiting for transport to carry them back to their villages.

At the heart of Southampton lies the Civic Centre, with its council offices, law courts and art gallery.The building dates back to the 1930s; soaring above it is the distinctive 182-ft high tower

Bank Street is set back from the front and meets Fore Street at the town square.

Ellington's church is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086, but the oldest surviving part dates back to the 13th century.

The old station it replaced lay just within the city walls; its site and layout were such that trains had either to back in or out of it.