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A party, dressed in their finery, with the ladies in large flowery hats, are on an outing on a coach owned by the millionaire Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.

On the heathlands above Sway are the burial grounds of early man.

To the left of the Town Hall is the local branch of the National Provincial Bank, while to the right The Central Pharmacy is still a chemists, but under the name of Cherrington.

An early motor car is driven proudly down the middle of the road in Liskeard's centre.

These are the original university buildings at Western Bank, built between 1903 and 1905.The university was an amalgamation of three earlier institutions, the Sheffield School of Medicine, the Firth

The breathtaking outline of Tom Tower dominates St Aldates on the far side of Carfax. Morris Garages and the premises of Barclays Bank are on the right.

The High Street today looks much the same as it did in the 1950s - except that like so many small towns, the shops have gone.

Taken from the south bank promenade, this view looks west past the eight-oar racing boats on their stands.

Not something that would happen today with any degree of safety, a gentleman poses for the camera in the middle of the street.

Outside the extensive premises of Lewis & Godrey's clothing store, a No 51 charabanc and its white-coated and booted driver prepares to take on passengers.

Seen from the footbridge to the Oxfordshire bank, the eleven-arch bridge is an 18th-century one that carries a vast amount of traffic, for Sonning is in effect Reading's eastern by-pass.

Built in 1898 at a cost of £20,000, the Beacon Hotel boasted its own stables and livery school, and was an extremely popular establishment during the first three decades of the 20th century.

Situated on the Great Ouse (Over actually means 'river bank'), the church of St Mary is lavishly built from Barnack stone, with an ornately decorated interior, and stone seats extending around much of

The lane winds gently down between stone banks towards this picturesque fishing village of white-washed cottages and bright spring flowers.

Carriages standing in front of an imposing line of banks, taverns and offices epitomise bustle, trade and commerce.

Looking north from roughly the same viewpoint on the south bank of the Thames, the Perpendicular Gothic parish church with its tall spire, one of Gloucestershire's fine 'wool' churches, dominates the view

At this date the building of the new 12-arched viaduct across the Tamar is nearly finished, and the construction yard can be seen below on the Devon (right) bank.

Postcards can still be seen two doors up from the Angel Hotel, but the store was now owned by C J Fricker.

Virtually all the buildings on the right hand side of the photograph are still recognisable today, though the occupants have certainly changed, whilst the building on the left is the Midland

Here we can see a portion of the gardens of Bank House in the days before they became accessible to the public. Note the thatched summerhouse.

Postcards can still be seen two doors up from the Angel Hotel, but the store was now owned by C J Fricker.

The White Hart Hotel's stuccoed front dates from about 1714. It is currently (March 2000) closed .

This lovely Tudor building survived unchanged for 300 years before being badly damaged in the bombing of 1943.

Wribbenhall is situated on the opposite bank of the river to Bewdley, and architecturally its streets are far more interesting than Severnside.