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Note the radio shop on the right—in country districts, the radio, with its BBC Home and Light programmes, helped people to keep in touch.

The busy port is seen from almost from the same viewpoint as No 79886, above, but looking to the right.

Local dry stone walling, brick and Swithland slate are all here in abundance, as the road drops down from Maplewell Hall to the village centre.

Pollution, mainly from the smoke from the railways, did a lot of damage to both glass and stone.

The sun is shining on another outstanding Hampshire village with some timeless timber-framed cottages and nicely cut hedges. The broadcaster Sir David Frost is rumoured to live here.

The first shop on the left is the newsagent, and next to it is the Co-op. Today both these shops are as they were, except that the newsagent no longer sells bicycles.

Tennis was also catered for (and still is) in another area of this extensive park. The central location is easily accessible to all.

The Basingstoke Canal, constructed between 1788 and 1794, was supposed to be part of a waterway linking the Thames with both the English and Bristol Channels.

The summer exodus of holidaymakers to the seaside resorts of Britain made piers a popular and lucrative venture. This Victoria Pier has had a chequered history.

Another older pub, the Fishing Boat, dates from 1840. There is no pier here, but East Runton attracts people who prefer quieter beaches and country scenery.

Besides a devastating fire, the original village of Cockerham also experienced flooding from the River Cocker, another reason to move to higher ground.

Here we have another view of the White Bull Hotel, with Thomas, the grocer's, J N Kelley, and G L Owen the newsagent's nearby. A weekly farmers' market is held in the Square.

The climb to the pass of Nick o' Pendle is another favourite.

Back towards the Market Hall we have another view of the King's Arms, the left hand part and the chimneys dating from the 1936 remodelling.

Another two pennies bought a bus ride back to New England'.

It was thanks to the generosity of cotton manufacturer William Atkinson that Southport got a Free Library and Art Gallery; he paid for both of them.

Both the 800-tonne Swing Aqueduct and the swing road bridge have been opened to allow the passage of a steamer on the MSC.

The building on the left was home to the offices of the East Suffolk Gazette, with the ground floor taken up as a shop.

It seems as though the photographer was the centre of attention, as both ladies (left) are smiling for the camera.

It was the home of the Chamberlain family, who had an impact on both the development of Birmingham and the history of Britain; the headquarters of Warwickshire County Cricket Club; and the site of

National Trust land extends along the cliffs in both directions.

He also, it must be said, made a fortune from the slave trade, both for himself and for the city of Liverpool, where there is a street named after him.

By 1821 the population had passed the 850 mark; the church had both a rector (Rev Richard Lacy) and a curate (Rev Benjamin Birkitt).As well as village constable, blacksmith, and millwright, there

One Victorian landlord, Edwin Snow, rests in the nearby churchyard with his baby daughter - both died within a few months of each other.