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The Cross, the junction of the High Street, Cambridge Street, Huntingdon Street and Church Street, marks the original site of the centre of town, and was a planned medieval market place.

The broad, stone-built jetty included sheds as shelter for passengers, as well as loading and unloading facilities, and trains could also back onto the pier, as we see in our photograph.

On the north side of the street the confident commercial frontage is that of the Wilts and Dorset Bank, which was absorbed into Lloyds (right).

The private houses on the left are now commercial premises, and the cottages set back a little further along were demolished in the late 1960s to make way for two retail units.

On arrival back at Southampton, her paddle-box was found to be damaged and she was sent to Harland & Wolff for repairs.

The Ford Thames van bears a DD Gloucestershire registration; behind it we can just see the back of the latest Thames van which superseded it.

He was inspired by cathedral carvings of a lion, an elephant on the back of a turtle and the curious creatures carved on the misericords in the choir.

Knights joust above the dials; the same knight is struck back on his horse at every round.

James Murgatroyd was the architect, and it was he who was invited back in April 1892 to oversee the taking down of the portico entrance and the bringing out of the front of the building to the pavement

This view looks back towards Woolworth's from Bakehouse Hill, where the mini-roundabout marks the convergence of the High Street, Gold Street and Lower Street.

This approach to the city is picturesque, with the canal winding its way through the meadows between reed-fringed banks.

Henry's wishes were to count for little, as de Clare - with the backing of the barons - retook it by force.

This unusual view of Preston Parish Church was taken from the back of the church. There has been a church on this site since the 7th century; the first church was dedicated to St Wilfrid.

This unusual view of Preston Parish Church was taken from the back of the church. There has been a church on this site since the 7th century; the first church was dedicated to St Wilfrid.

The village was once the seat of the diocesan church of St Asaph (Llanasaph), which dated back to the 13th century.

This ancient and beautiful village dates back to Saxon times. The beacon on Pendle Hill is said to be Saxon, and the field known as Kirkacre was in existence when Alfred the Saxon was chieftain.

Bashall Eaves stands on the banks of the river Hodder in the parish of Mitton.

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.

Records of an iron and wire works here go back to the 16th century, and production continued until around the end the 19th century.

Here we have another view of the village, with its cottages and barns built in its local sandstone.

When they failed to produce these, the ten men stormed back to camp, helping themselves to rifles.

The three-storey Masons' Arms (left), where the landlord was George Hodder, has been replaced by a modern library set back from the road.

This is a wonderfully patriotic photograph of the monument to Lancashire lad Sir Robert Peel, standing in the park named after him.

Although our picture is remarkably free of traffic, during holiday times cars, buses and lorries backed up for two or three miles in each direction, and the congestion was only relieved by the construction