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Behind the church, hidden in the trees, is Plympton sta- tion, which closed in 1959, and in the centre of the picture is the old St Mary's Church of England School.

The railway viaduct crosses the little valley behind the beach, and the station platform is just beyond. Another major engineering feat on this scenic line is the rock cutting in the far headland.

Shadow falls across the pavement and the chatting mums, and the roadside filling station reflects an age when even the name of the fuel had dignity.

The resort's popularity increased so much in the ten years or so prior to the outbreak of the Great War that the IOMR added a spacious platform during the 1904 rebuilding of the station. As

This is the junction of Station Road (right) and, until the by-pass was opened, the main Stowmarket to Ipswich road. In the foreground is the Greyhound, with a delivery being made to the side door.

The station entrance sign can be glimpsed behind Hill's footwear store (centre).

Billy Hole, whose newsagent's, stationer's and tobacconist's shop we see on the left, was an interesting character.

The row of cottages on the left is known as Station Terrace, with the post office close to the camera with a post box and stamp machine set into the wall.

In this 1950s view it has become an exclusive antique shop but in Victorian times it was a rather dingy emporium owned by H Poole, a jobbing stationer.

The station was at Kelly Bray, just north of the town, and it survived until 1966. On the skyline stands the monumental mine chimney at the summit of Kit Hill.

Looking along the Broomielaw towards Clyde Street this picture gives us a good view of the railway bridge serving Central Station, whilst immediately behind it work is underway on rebuilding Glasgow Bridge

He carried out hundreds of church restorations as well as designing public buildings, including St Pancras Station Hotel in London.

The petrol station still exists in an expanded form.

The name pre-dates the railway era, but it was the large station, used by passengers changing from the Portsmouth to the Brighton line, that really put the place on the map.

Here, a local passenger train is on the up line for Barrow, having left Grange station.

The railway starts near the Victoria Hotel, 350ft above sea level, and there are four intermediate stations before the summit is reached. A round trip takes about two hours.

John Jefferson was the Victorian chief officer of the coastguard station.

The Great Western Railway built a workshop here, and two main lines - to Plymouth and Torbay - divided just beyond the station.

The castle was built from 1071 by Alan the Red as a defence station at the gateway to Swaledale.

Multi-talented W Frost advertised himself as stationer, printer, bookseller, bookbinder, newsagent, and circulating library manager.

At the top end could be found the Mechanics' Institute and the police station. The scene today is little changed.

Here we see the attractive 1934 bridge with the power station rising up behind it.

Today, once away from these few houses, you cannot avoid the dominating presence of the Isle of Grain power station chimney.

This is the view from Northampton Road, with the George Hotel roof visible behind the bus station.