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Southport has the country's longest pleasure pier, which runs for 1,211 yards over the marine boating lake and sands to the sea with attractions that included shows and amusement arcades, as well as a

On the right, surmounted by a balustrade and square clock tower is the town hall and market. Built in 1755, it replaced two previous halls on the same site, both of which had succumbed to fire.

Amongst the shops on the left are the Bazaar of the Misses Parsonson, Robert Joy's carpet warehouse, John Payn, stationer and printer, William Brampton, chemist, and James Read, furniture dealer (both

The fashions, particu- larly the hats worn by both adults and children, give a strong hint of the Edwardian period.

The top of the tower of this 13th-century church is five hundred feet above sea level, and was used as a lookout point in both world wars. An earlier medieval tower was destroyed in a storm in 1637.

We can also see the remains of the breakwater, which by 1870 had become the subject of a wrangle between Tynwald and the Imperial Government that was not resolved until 1879.

The tea-room beyond with, curiously, a weighing machine on the pavement outside is no more, and another estate agent's premises now occupies this space.

This is another town that now serves largely as a dormitory town to both Birmingham and the Black Country, and also to the new town of Telford.

The library has since moved to another site, and this building is now used by Stourbridge College.

This is another view of the same cricket match. The two men in the foreground are wearing military uniforms and are engrossed in conversation.

On the green is the war memorial. Next to the house is a flint barn, and to the left is another old farmhouse.

The old Crown Hotel is soon to close and be turned into another High Street shop.

Two other brothers who died within two months of one another are also commemorated. Behind the photographer lies Muster Green, the site of a Civil War battle.

This was yet another popular spot with smugglers, who often ensured the silence of the local parson with the odd cask of brandy.

A year after photograph 47650, the photographers returned to take another view looking west towards the New Town Hall.

WE MUST NOT become too enthralled with the sea and the excitements of coastal villages and small towns.

Another was built, and that too was a ruin for a number of years – it has since been restored.

When Victoria died in 1901 the population had increased to 47,000, thanks to the urban sprawl of nearby London and the many people who chose to settle in this attractive town upwind of the metropolis

This is another picture of Botley Square, with a good view of the Market Hall. It was built in 1848, and some fifty years later the clock turret and the Tuscan columns were added.

Windmills and watermills were often sited near to each other; the two very different power sources complemented one another where there was a total dependence on natural power sources.

Both thrive to the present day. The first hotel, built about 1851, still stands to the east of the old railway station, and is used by British Rail as offices.

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs. St Leonard's church was built in 1895.

Brook's Cafe Restaurant is now The Bradford & Bingley Building Society. The horse is still supreme: it would be another three years before the first car made its appearance in town.

As we look down to the junction with Watling Street, on the left is the former W H Smith's shop, now offering haircuts!