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Mr Fuller was also the first resident of Dorking to own a motorcar.

Mr Fuller was also the first resident of Dorking to own a motorcar.

When the Victoria Pier was completed in 1872 it gave Douglas the facility to handle steamers regardless of the state of the tide.

This is a classic view of Neville Street, with the entrance to the Central Station on the left and St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in the background.

This aerial shot shows the whole of the northern part of the town. In the distance is Birnbeck Pier with the steamer jetty to the north, and the lifeboat slipway on the south.

This is a closer view of the car in the previous picture. This Singer Junior was first registered in Dorset in November 1929. The vehicle cost about £140, and had a top speed of 56 miles per hour.

One of the ways farmers cheated their customers was to fill only the top portion of the 14lb butter jars and leave the remainder empty.

The Infirmary (on the right) was built opposite Coleman & Morton's ironworks - a firm that had specialised in ploughs and cultivators, but closed as a result of the agricultural depression.

This view is taken from the Prebend Street Bridge on the south side of the tree-covered eyot in the middle of the river.

When this view was taken, it was nearly 20 years after the opening of the pool in Bishop's Road.

This view is taken from the meadow beside the canal, the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal, which opened in 1815. The meadow is now occupied by 1990s housing, Hilda Wharf.

On the left is the 1938 neo-Georgian Marks and Spencer's that replaced Longleys. The rest of the buildings are in their last few years of existence.

Moving east, the route passes through Whitchurch on its way back to Aylesbury.

Having your photograph taken was part of a holiday, and these booths would take your photograph and turn out six or twelve copies in about an hour.

It was thanks to the generosity of cotton manufacturer William Atkinson that Southport got a Free Library and Art Gallery; he paid for both of them.

This picture gives us a good view of Marine Drive, built in 1894 as the sea retreated. The Drive created a large area of water around the pier, which was known locally as the Lagoon.

The sunny summers of the 1950s filled this pool, which had excellent amenities – a café, changing rooms, diving boards, and sunbathing and spectator areas.

By this time, Cromer had developed into a select holiday resort for the well-to-do, many of whom stayed in the Cliftonville Hotel (right) facing the west beach.

Framed beneath the spreading tree, which previously stood within the boundary of Whitehall before the road-widening process was embarked on in the 1930s, is this view of the Broadway looking south.

Newport grew rapidly with the arrival of the Market Weighton canal in the 18th century; it was the final loading place before crossing a short distance to the Humber.

In medieval times Tickhill, which lies 4 miles south of Doncaster, was more important than Sheffield; its castle, built about 1130, was one of the most important in the north - we can just

The elegant, classical façade of the Shire Hall has dominated the Market Square since it was built in 1798, replacing an earlier Elizabethan hall.

The parish church of St Peter and St Paul, a favourite dedication of King Ine in Anglo-Saxon times, stands on a knoll overlooking Uplyme village.

A large map showing the streets of Weybridge to help visitors has now joined the oak shelter, and the bus stop outside the Ship Inn is now more prominent.