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The peace and quiet they are obviously enjoying has gone now: it is shattered by the construction of the M40 motorway close by.

For many years the Lowood was one of several hotels owned by the locally-based speedboat ace Norman Buckley (no relation of the author) and his family.

The twin lakes of Crummuck Water and Buttermere were once one, but were separated by the alluvium left by Sail Beck.

But alas, they are no more to be seen, as the building was destroyed on 1943 by the same bomb that damaged the Parade House.

It cost £3,351 to build, over a quarter of which was raised by local people, the remainder being supplied by the local gentry.

The original wooden stocks are now very fragile, and are protected by the later housing we see here. To the left is the stone monument commemorating Queen Victoria's

The area to the right is the edge of Debden Park - the grounds of Debden Hall that were landscaped in the late 18th century, possibly by the mighty Humphrey Repton.

ready for use.This beach is far less crowded than those shown in the 1950s, the Indian Summer of the British seaside town.The couple in the deckchairs sit just above the high tide mark, shown by the

Camping was a popular, cheap way of spending a family holiday by the sea.

Thereafter Snodland quickly grew from a quiet, almost wholly agricultural village, into a small town, fed by the two main industries: cement and paper-making.

To the left is the back of the Union Club, which at that time was occupied by the Royal Collage of Physicians.

Arlington Row is now owned by the National Trust.

This building was designed in 1724 by the mayor, Marmaduke Pennel, but was largely rebuilt in 1814.

Portchester Castle was built by the Romans to defend the English Channel from raiding Saxons, and is one of the largest of the 'Saxon shore' forts.

By the end of the 1950s, outlying shops were competing with the new Town Centre development. Reckitts Blue—advertised on the fence—was a well-known bleaching agent of the time.

The grid pattern of the streets in the centre of Wells strongly suggests that the town was a planned one, probably by the abbey of Ramsey (in Lincolnshire) which owned it some 700 years ago.

Apart from the delights of the neighbourhood, a programme of entertainment was organised by the staff at the camp.

The college gardens are bordered on two sides by the ancient city wall.

Grey Friars Café (left) was built in 1889 as Cocoa Rooms by the Countess of Zetland, a staunch advocate of temperance.

It now carries considerably more traffic, and speeds are closely monitored by the police; it is dominated by large estates built in the fields visible on the left.

It is high summer, judging by the height of the River Teign and the shirt sleeves of the farm labourers.

The roundabout and swings, provided by the Parochial Foundation Charity, are still there today.

This well was erected opposite the village church by the Rev Samuel Trist, and was later restored to commemorate the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary in November 1912.

In the foreground is a crumbling wall of the medieval Outer Ward, and on the headland behind is the monstrous hotel built by the London & South Western Railway Co at the end of the 19th