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The former post office is now called Journey's End, taking its name from the best known work of the playwright Robert Cedric Sherriff (1896-1975); he retired here to Downhouse Farm below Eype Down (background

The tower of the church of St Peter was rebuilt in the 18th century after the previous one fell down.

The cottages down Abbey Street to the left of the memorial have gone, and the United Counties Bus Company now have a garage there.

Compared to the new road bridge (left) the railway bridge on the right seems so clumsy – its foundations had to be built under the water, and go down some 45 feet below the low-water mark

The lane down to Skinningrove village runs off at the bottom left-hand corner. On the skyline we can just see the overhead tramway carrying buckets of ironstone from one of the mines.

Down below at the foot of the hill, the wind blowing off the summit on a cold day can make the village of Clee seem bleak.

Farther down the A330 is Stud Green, a hamlet of Holyport. Its character is now largely suburban, following much rebuilding. This view looks west.

The Late 19th to the Early 20th Century Forget six counties overhung with smoke Forget the snorting steam and piston stroke, Forget the spreading of the hideous town; Think rather of the pack-horse on

In 1905 it became the duty of the hotel boots boy to pull and tie down a cord which silenced the quarterjacks during the hours of darkness.

A century after his visit, the town had been transformed from a quiet village to a vibrant centre for the textile industry.

Other systems that closed down in 1934 were Colne, Derby, Middlesborough, Nelson, Northampton, Guernsey, Rhondda and Torquay.

The High Street becomes Fore Street as it heads down towards the river Exe. The street today is a mass of shops and attractive buildings, none more so than Tuckers Hall.

These awe-inspiring and formidable walls and gates were knocked down in the 1920s. At that time there were no conservation laws, and anything that was in the way of progress was destroyed.

Situated at the foot of the South Downs, where the River Stor flows north-west to its confluence with the Arun, Storrington is the only downland settlement that became a small market town.

To the right of the bend in the road there is a drop down to what was the Commercial Hotel, sited near what was the port in times past.

Looking down the hill from above the station, we see the bridge carrying the Settle- Carlisle railway line running along the edge of the village.

We are looking down the Chatteris road, where very little has changed in the past 40 years.

The two ladies in the distance have just come down from the May Bush Inn.

Meads and the slopes leading up to the Downs and Beachy Head were consid- ered ideally healthy, and convalescent homes and large villas proliferated: it used to be known as Eastbourne's Belgravia.

South of the bypass are late 19th- and 20th-century housing and a large industrial area leading down to Eling creek. Nearby is the brick church of St Winifred, built in 1937.

The thatch-roofed house has a well-clipped hedge and a Chilean pine - or monkey-puzzle tree - grows in a garden further down the hill. The roadway is of stone; motor transport has not yet arrived.

This scene was snapped from the church and faces down the hill. On the right is the Goudhurst Coffee House, and it looks as if a shop is next door. Eedes the chemist sits behind the trees (centre).

Originally an Elizabethan building, this was knocked down in late Victorian times and rebuilt as a mock coaching inn.

Forty years before this photograph was taken, war memorials like Preston Candover's (centre right) were being erected in villages up and down the country to commemorate the young men of these communities