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Post-war expansion of Cambridge pushed the suburbs into outlying villages. We can see early signs of the requirement to control traffic flow with the now ubiquitous Keep Left bollards.

This little group is a fine example of grand architecture on a small scale, typical of estate villages where uniformity in building style blends in so well with the landscape.

This is a picture of tranquillity perhaps, but the Gipping was effectively a canal with a tow path, made to assist the carriage of goods upstream as far as Stowmarket.

The churchyard is on the right, and the wooded ridge of the spur south of Dursley flows across the horizon.

One of the university's architecturally more interesting buildings is the Brotherton Library, paid for by Lord Brotherton and containing over 500,000 volumes, including its benefactor's private collection

On the left is the facade of the 16th-century Cross Keys pub, one of Pangbourne's oldest buildings. Near it is Church Cottage, where Kenneth Grahame lived in the 1920s.

By the entrance is Epstein's sculpture of St Michael defeating Lucifer, one of his last works. The cathedral contains work by many contemporary artists, including Graham Sutherland and John Piper.

Barrow-in-Furness street lighting was provided by gas light in the 19th century, and many of these gas lights continued in use into the middle of the 20th century.

One of the university's architecturally more interesting buildings is the Brotherton Library, paid for by Lord Brotherton and containing over 500,000 volumes, including its benefactor's private collection

An evocative view showing, on the right, the statue of the fourth Marquess of Downshire. The conductor Sir Hamilton Harty was born in Hillsborough, where his father was church organist.

East Cliff is a popular spot of rough grassland where the downs meet the sea. The beach could be reached by a series of steps known as 'The Hundred Steps'.

The lady in the foreground is wearing one of the famous 'Staithes' bonnets'.

In 1927 Saltburn pier suffered damage from a number of ferocious storms. Here we can see that the original end of the pier has been completely severed from the shoreline.

The lakeside railway makes a circuit of the boating lake and the paddling pool. Most of the park was devoted to children's amusements, but there was one backwater for swans.

Another view of the canal, showing how overgrown it had become by this time.

Here we see some of the gardens to the west of the main town, much enjoyed by residents and visitors. The land slopes more gently than in the Shrubbery area.

As befitted a growing Victorian town, the spiritual needs of the new citizens were vigorously addressed.

The steel industry used the docks to import iron and other materials that are part of the steel-making process.

From the Church 1897 One of the darkest deeds in English history took place in Saxon times, when King Edward was murdered by his stepmother in 978.

In the south-west corner of the Garden of Remembrance, the Norman Gate gives access from the High Street.

This is a 16th-century building par excellence, much altered and added to down the centuries; it is timbered, tile hung and jettied, and bears a cluster of tall chimneys.

A different kind of horsepower can now be seen in The Strand. Left of centre, with the elegant portico, is the 1922 bus station building.

The discovery of the Barnsley Main coal seam totally transformed the town from relying on agriculture to mining the new gold, coal.

Dale Street is one of Liverpool's original seven streets, and is captured here full of hustle and bustle. The Municipal Building, with its tower and clock face, stands out further up the street.