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The Plaiting School in the village employed village ladies and children who supplemented the low agricultural wages by weaving strips of straw, called plait, to the hat-making trade in Luton.

Between 1914 and 1920 there had been huge increases in the prices of even the most basic of foodstuffs.

This photograph shows the splendid elevation of a building which never got the formal square it deserved.

It soon became a destination for those who wanted to enjoy a spot which seems to make the mouth of Belfast Lough its own.

Fleetwood was founded in 1836 by Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, and laid out to the designs of Decimus Burton, who designed the North Euston Hotel, Queen's Terrace and both lighthouses.

Lying between Mount Karrin and Slieav Managh, Sulby Glen was often referred to by the Victorians as 'the Manx Switzerland', though the compilers of the Baedecker Guides thought the place more reminiscent

Another view of Waterhead shows the Waterhead Hotel, built to serve the increasing numbers of tourists who were arriving by train at the lakeside station at Bowness, and catching a steamer up the lake

The level crossing gates are shut in anticipation of a train. The Woolmington Hotel is seen, built in the 1860s for Mr Woolmington, owner of the Cheap Street Brewery.

A tranquil scene from a vanished summer: ladies are punting on the meadow-fringed river.

A view of one of the three main streets in the little town, the others being English Street and Scottish Street.

Much of the credit for the success of Cheltenham Ladies' College must go to the indomitable headmistress Miss Dorothea Beale, who arrived at the college in 1858 and remained in charge until her death

These old buildings give a typical view of the village as it was then - and as it is today. Indeed, little has changed, save the re-routing of the main road that ran through the centre.

John Dunlop, a local lawyer, was one of the leading lights in the Clydeside temperance movement, founding the first society in the 1820s.

At the time of this photograph, these were known as the French Gardens; they are now known as the Rose Garden.

At the centre of this picture is a distinctive stone lamp standard given by Edward Simeon in 1804 'as a mark of affection to his native town'.

There seems to be ample room beneath the wide arches of Llanfoist Bridge, but when the Usk floods the waters have often risen to the top of them and flooded the Castle Meadows in the foreground.

Maiden Newton's mill is probably situated on the site of many earlier mill buildings. There are records of settlements here dating back to the Roman occupation.

Boot and shoe repairs are undertaken in these premises in one of the back yards in the cramped village of Mousehole. Perhaps it is Mr Jeffery himself who is posing at the steps in the foreground.

This is a flourishing view of the High Street with its flags and buntings, possibly celebrating the Festival of Britain or a Royal occasion.

The name of the village comes from 'Hudemanebi', a Scandinavian word meaning 'the farm of dog keepers'.

The covered colonnade, which has protected shoppers for generations, is still a feature of Long Row.

Consecrated in 1868, the parish church was funded entirely by William, the 8th Duke of Bedford, at a cost of £35,000.

On the right of the picture we have an example of twentieth century half-timber revival.

This couple passing the time of day, or maybe waiting for the ferry to take them across the river to Southwold, are on the bank of the River Blyth.