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By the 1960s, the glory days of the pier were coming to an end, with few of the talent competitions, fashion parades, afternoon tea dances, charity balls and gala dinners of late 1940s and 50s.

The stone pillar with a ball finial records the death of William Sparrow in 1729.

Notice the factory chimneys and their puff-ball smoky emissions.

The clock tower on the left was added to the Town Hall in 1834. The refurbished building was formerly the Corn Exchange, then the Guildhall.

The large ball-shaped object to the left is a mine that was eventually removed in 1980.

An inscription reads: 'Time ball falls daily at 12 o'clock and the barometer under is set at 9am daily'.

This photograph must have been taken at the height of the holiday season because the shop on the right, M A Grinnall's, has a number of beach balls and inflatable air beds on display outside.

Though no longer working in the 1950s, it still looked smart with its black cap, finial ball and lightning conductor. It is now a house.

The tall building with a flag flying at the top (right) was the Beach House Temperance Hotel.

Viewed shortly after its restoration, this cross with a shaft and a figure of St John the Baptist dates from the 15th century - the ball on top dates from the time of Queen Anne.

The green occupies a small place in the annals of cricketing history: it was during a match here that a ball was alleged to have passed between the stumps without removing the bails.

The green occupies a small place in the annals of cricketing history: it was during a match here that a ball was alleged to have passed between the stumps without removing the bails.

The shopping parade was built between 1960 and 1966 by Wallis, Finlay, Smith & Ball on the site of a house of some historic interest called Fountainville.

The problem with this type of design was that enemy gunners were offered a fairly large target, though it was hoped that cannon balls would bounce off the rounded edges.

The three balls, the sign of a pawnbroker, are said to originate from St Nicholas, the patron saint of pawnbrokers.

The links had opened in the same year as the photograph, on 25 April 1910: the first ball was driven off by the local MP, Lord Willoughby de Evesby.

This street is so called because the Market Place, Frenchgate and Ryder's Wynd all drained into it.

The clock, the ball and the iron weather vane were all added in 1746.

The gigantic white 'golf balls' of the Fylingdales Early Warning System were a landmark on the eastern side of the North York Moors National Park for many years, before being replaced in the 1990s with

Wareham Cement Works was situated beside Ridge Wharf, which also exported ball clay in barges hauled by steam launches.

The imposing Craiglands Hydro on Cowpasture Road was opened in 1859, just three years after the Wells House Hydro.

The cross has the initials EI 1637 and an octagonal shaft surmounted by a ball finial; there are two gnomons on the sundial clock.

The photographer has climbed onto the upper storey of the building next to Marks & Spencer's to look past the 1890s Post Office, the Tudor-style building with the ball finial to its gable on the right,

The limestone obelisk has a ball finial and is mounted on a square base.