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Most of the Wakes Week holiday-makers provided their own food, which was then cooked for them by the landlady; each room would have its own food locker in the dining room.

The town is ancient, having been granted borough status in 1290 by the Lord of the Manor Hamon de Massey.

In the reign of King John it was held by William de Flammavill; by the middle of the 13th century it had been divided between several landowners.

Originally called the Carrington, St Bride's Hotel was requisitioned by the Admiralty during World War II and became the Royal Marines School of Signalling until after VJ-Day.

This was the fishing area of Folkestone: note the fishing nets on the right-hand side by the steps.

The village of Cound is split in two by the Coundmoor Brook - this photograph was taken in Upper Cound, which is separated from the earlier part of the village (where the church stands).

In the intervening years the bank has been revetted against erosion, and the millenium celebrated by the natural path for wheel chairs that encircles the pond.

Endcliffe Woods were bought by the Council in 1885, and public access extended in 1887, when an additional nine acres were purchased through public subscription and presented to the town in celebration

Chamberlain Gardens occupy part of the land given to the parish by the Misses Chamberlain, who lived at Bury House. On the left, the Vicarage was built in 1989-90.

The nearby village of Tyneham was taken over by the army; it was never returned to the villagers who were so speedily evacuated.

Known as 'Little Switzerland' to generations of tourists, Matlock Bath has long attracted visitors to its craggy limestone gorge cut by the River Derwent.

A family pose with their fine-looking pony by the village pond, or mere, at Hartington.

Above it is the spire of All Hallows-by-the-Tower, which had just been restored following Second World War bombing.

Soon after this picture was taken, the elephants were given a new home on a site designed by the architect Sir Hugh Casson.

The modern Alexandra Hospital is some distance from the town centre, but the building visible through the trees on Church Green in this view is Smallwood Hospital, paid for by the needle

By the time this photograph was taken it had served the town well for around a century.

A schoolboy's attention has been caught, perhaps by the girl running after her ball in front of the Kingsbury Arms Hotel.

By the 1960s, the glory days of the pier were coming to an end, with few of the talent competitions, fashion parades, afternoon tea dances, charity balls and gala dinners of late 1940s and 50s.

The modern Alexandra Hospital is some distance from the town centre, but the building visible through the trees on Church Green in this view is Smallwood Hospital, paid for by the needle makers Edwin and

The statue by Drury that now adorns the Western Lawns was erected by the townsfolk in 1910.

A bustling agricultural town and a centre of communications, Ashford was already undergoing a process of extensive and rapid change by the 1950s.

This picture was taken when the building was being used as a cocoa house and billiards hall, and judging by the supporting joists it is in need of repair.

On the right is St Mary's parish church, in the centre the Grammar School, and to the left Church Mill, demolished in 1969, the last of many Richmond watermills once powered by the

The square is overlooked by the church of St Peter and St Paul, which commands views of the town on one side and rolling countryside on the other. The post office completes the scene.