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The area was never as commercial as its sister New Brighton, but it was still a popular holiday destination.

In the 1950s the retailing element of the Cooperative movement was still popular, and Irby sports two premises on either side of the road to prove the point.

As 'Fowlers Solution' it became a popular medicine in Victorian times, and was used to treat everything from asthma to rheumatism, as well as being used as a cosmetic face wash!

It is certainly a very popular and attractive venue.

Curls was a popular forerunner of today's department stores.

Now it is a popular railway for tourists.

The Red Lion Inn beyond was popular with farmers visiting the cattle mart, which lay to the rear, off Patten Lane.

Preston was always a town that you had to pass through to go north to south, but as the popularity of Blackpool increased, so did the traffic east to west.

Just to the north of Chailey is the terminus for the well-known Bluebell Railway, a steam train ride through the Sussex countryside, which is very popular with visitors of all ages.

This is a central and popular spot for shoppers and office workers to sit and relax in the well-laid-out formal gardens.

On the right, the two Ford Populars and the Morris Eight Series 1 tourer are parked outside the Home and Colonial Stores (now a pizza parlour and a video hire shop) and the block of three chain shops -

The Sir Roger Tichbourne is a 16th-century inn that is now very popular with anglers. Brewhurst Mill is a complete and conserved corn watermill.

This popular seaside resort sits in a wide sweep of bay on the north coast, with wooded hills behind the promenade, which fronts miles of safe sandy beach.

Today, the river traffic has declined, and the Ferry Boat, once busy with waterborne customers, is a popular place for evening refreshments with the people of St Ives and the surrounding villages.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Brighton was the most popular seaside resort in Britain, and Campbells could, and did, reinforce their Brighton fleet when necessary by transferring steamers from

The profits from the popular tower and its athletic track in the grounds was used to prop up other parts of the scheme.

These proceedings at Lewes Assizes were popularly referred to as 'The Bungalow Murder', and involved the killing of 37-year-old Emily Kaye at an isolated former customs officer's cottage at The Crumbles

Salmon Sunday was still popular into the 1960s, and it is making a revival today. One of the Lister family built Gisburn Hall and Gisburn Park.

During the time leading up to the First World War (1914-18), a number of food shortages, popularly referred to as famines, hit Barrow-in-Furness.

The Rose & Crown Hotel (left of John Collier), which was featured in the BBC's recent adaptation of Martin Chuzzlewit, is still popular, and when the Talbot Hotel was renovated recently, a skeleton was

By 1900 the tenements appear; their gable-ends were obviously a popular advertising site.

The pavilion in the park became popular locally for celebrations and company dinners. One of Charles Wicksteed's nventions was a machine for the tearooms, which cut and buttered bread.

As the rising had popular support throughout Durham, Sir George's garrison was suspect.

Thorpe is two miles east of Norwich; it became a popular spot for Sunday outings from the mid 19th century, despite the disapproval of some church authorities in the city.