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Our man from Frith manages to capture a picture of the small river steamer that operated between Worcester and Holt Fleet during the summer months.

The east walk of the cloisters were rebuilt first after the 1272 fire, and were completed by 1314.

This photograph focuses on the actual bridge, a pretty little footbridge a few yards south of the main bridge from the A6 trunk road into Haddon Hall. Dorothy Vernon's tomb can be seen in the church.

The east walk of the cloisters were rebuilt first after the 1272 fire, and were completed by 1314.

This was the period when few supermarkets existed and those that did were built in town centres, as most people relied on public transport.

The local council eventually took over the running of these buildings after it became a pharmacy, and resurrected it as a museum.

Westborough was one of the main thoroughfares linking the North Eastern Railway station and the town.

On the right is horse-drawn cart of the Royal Mail.

This, the town's only open-air swimming pool, was recently demolished and replaced by the Marina and a supermarket: something of a poor exchange.

This view was taken from the building at the very end of Morton Crescent.

The Girls' School (left) was originally called Oroolong, and was home to Captain Henry Wilson, discoverer of the Pelew Islands.

Originally the village was known as Thorpe St Andrew; the name was changed to Bishopthorpe because of the archbishop's palace being built here.

Well-behaved prisoners were allowed the privilege of maintaining the prison gardens.

A view from the railway station which shows the residential nature of the place.

White's 1860 directory listed no less than 38 fairs in the county, including Crewe, where its establishment was probably influenced by the town's extensive railway facilities, making it an ideal centre

This broad, open street is the newer part of Hawkhurst, seen in the days before modern motor traffic took over. The only vehicle visible is the fine coach parked up on the left by the tree.

This lighthouse, which is on the highest point of the island (180 ft above sea level), was built in 1829 as a gas-burning light and has been automated since 1927.

A number of the older houses in Broadway were originally inns, for the village lay on the London to Worcester coaching route.

The Phoenix Park Murders, the murder by the 'Invincibles' of the Chief Secretary, Lord Frederick Cavendish, and the Under-Secretary, Thomas Burke, took place near here in broad daylight in May 1882.

Until perhaps halfway through the last century the majority of people living in the town

Penarth has achieved status both as a sought-after suburb of Cardiff and also as a summer resort. Here we can see the busy beach scene complete with the 19th- century pier.

A ferry crosses the Exe from here to the village of Starcross on the opposite bank.

Chorley's oldest building is the parish church of St Lawrence, which was built in the 14th century. The centre aisle is the original church; the two side aisles were added in c1860.

The original village, Old Langho, lies a mile to the north; the new village grew here alongside the main road after the opening of Spring Mill, whose chimney rises in the background.