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Preston was always a town that you had to pass through to go north to south, but as the popularity of Blackpool increased, so did the traffic east to west.

On the far side of the pond a smartly-attired coachman in a top hat has diverted from the foot of the High Street to allow his equine companion, and the wheelrims of his trap, to cool in the water.

Punting on the river in pre-war days. Near here is Conyngham Hall, now a conference centre, but once the home of the toffee maker from Halifax, Lord Macintosh.

The site was cleared, and eventually a new church was built in 1956 in a style that would not look out of place in a new town.

A few years later, piped water came to the villages and the well became redundant; by 1908 it had fallen into disrepair.

Nearby, just into the High Street, there is another building of similar antiquity, the Tribunal.

Another mystery regarding Stonehenge is that many of the stones had been dressed - there is no precedent for such work in Britain prior to Stonehenge.

On the left in this picture is the branch of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society. Every customer had a membership number against which all transactions were logged.

their property; this was immediately restored to them and the Tudor rose, the family emblem of the Tudors which shows the union of the red and white roses of Lancaster and York, was presented both

Rasen Bikes are in the large shop on the left, which was E C Hall's shoe shop. The White Swan beyond is still there, and next is another shoe shop, E C Hall. A young lady is in charge.

The arid area of grass and the 1950s housing (both family and sheltered) could, with a lightness of touch, have provided a more special entrance to the village from the north, under the shadow of

The doorway on the extreme right served as the bar entrance, and another doorway was inserted to the left when Lloyds Bank opened here c1920.

It was never a great success; part was leased to the BBC in 1934, and television broadcasts began in 1936.

Looking South to Marlborough Road The buildings to the left stood next to the Old Town Hall on the Market Square.

Dating from the 1500s (and possibly earlier), the half- timbered building on the left fronting both the High Street and Hickmans Lane has had a chequered history.

It is hard to believe that the main York to Beverley Road passes around the pond on the left. The village was built around the Manor House, later surrendered to Henry VIII after the dissolution.

Thus Glasgow ended up with four railway termini but not a single through line, and to this day passengers have to walk or take a shuttle bus between Central and Queen Street.

On the left in this picture is the branch of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society. Every customer had a membership number against which all transactions were logged.

The church is a short distance from the Nower, another one of Dorking's parkland areas.

His task was overwhelming, for most of the Island was in league with the smugglers to one degree or another.

On the left in this picture is the branch of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society. Every customer had a membership number against which all transactions were logged.

These chapels are normally constructed at the eastern end of cathedrals, and not at the west.

Laid down at Plymouth Dockyard as HMS 'London' in 1819, her name was changed during her somewhat slow construction; she was not launched until July 1828.

We are looking north-westwards up Bell Street from the Assembly Rooms. Middle Row juts out (bottom left), and the raised pavement leads to Bell Cliff (bottom left).