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In the distance is the bank of the sand dunes.

Homes backing directly onto the beach have suffered in recent years from flooding. The Carry On film star Hattie Jacques was born here.

The popular General Stores stands on the corner with the District Bank opposite.

St Bartholomew's church dates back to 1240, but even before that there was a church on this high ground. The strong tower appeared in 1450.

This view looks from the Canch banks towards the modernist library.

Set on the banks of the Tennant Canal, the Abbey was founded in 1130 by the Norman baron Richard de Granville. John Leland, in the 16th century, described the abbey as 'the fairest in all Wales'.

Set on the banks of the Tennant Canal, the Abbey was founded in 1130 by the Norman baron Richard de Granville. In the 16th century, John Leland described the abbey as 'the fairest in all Wales'.

The word 'fold' means an enclosure of land for animals, and 'Chadynge`s fold' may well date back to the Saxon period.

Part of the nave and the chancel at St Mary's has walls dating back to Saxon times, and the walls incorporate many Roman bricks.

The Flower House on the corner became a bank in more recent years, while Wheelers car showroom on the right was demolished in the early 1970s and replaced by offices.

The new W H Smith building, near left, had replaced the bank since 1926.

Prices by the mid fifties had doubled on what they had been around 1946: a pound of sirloin cost 4s 2d, 3lb of flour 1s 3d, a dozen eggs would set you back 3s 10d and a pound of butter 2s 6d.

A royd is a northern name for an assart, a practice going back to medieval times when the population of a hamlet cleared land, usually sufficient to make one or two fields, for crops.They would sow

Next to the Trustee Savings Bank is an alley, down which I used to go to school. It led into Obelisk Street. Tolley, the first shop, used to produce their own soft drinks on the premises.

The Victorian commercial heart of this cul-de-sac village, strung out along the back lane into Melbury Park, was represented by the Melbury Osmond shop.

The entire churchyard, and even the paths leading to the door, are all covered with tombstones, some of which date back to the 1600s.

The King's Head dates back to at least 1726, but it underwent a major reconstruction in the 1880s.

In 1949 the market was moved to Red Lion Street, but it is now back on two sides of the Green - Market Place and Church Green East.

Tree-lined, and with lush green river banks, the River Ribble runs through pretty villages and on to Clitheroe, joining with the River Calder and the River Hodder.

However, de Clare had the backing of the barons and retook his own castle by force, forcing the Welsh to withdraw.

This view is from beside the Ice House, its balcony covered in creeper, looking back down Castle Hill.

It is after World War II, and Britain is getting back into economic gear. The Pier Orchestra under Lionel Johns continues to entertain.

This 1890 bronze statue of General Gordon of Khartoum on camel-back was the work of E Onslow Ford, and commemorates his illustrious career.

On the left is the Bank of 1903, with columns between the windows and circular fanlights.