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The three commodious docks, the largest of which was opened in 1892, remained busy until the eventual decline in trade.

A view looking south round the sweep of the bay to the little harbour, once used by the mail boats to Portpatrick in Wigtownshire. Boats are drawn up on the pebbled beach, where girls are playing.

Once a common sight on the beaches of the south-west, they have long since disappeared. The distant headland is Godrevy Point, with Godrevy Island just visible to its left.

St Anthony-in-Meneage is a tiny hamlet at the mouth of Gillan Creek. It has a beautiful 12th-century church reputed to have been built by shipwrecked Normans in thanks for their lives being spared.

The reservoir occupies a pleasant, tree-lined site in the valley of the River Amber.

This photograph shows a quiet corner of the village just beneath the parish church, where the unusual war memorial in the centre stands on an old granite church pillar.

It was, unusually, a diesel-electric paddle-boat, with a capacity of 32 cars (current ferries on this route carry twice that amount).

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

Local people believe that Flookburgh got its name from the fluke, a fish caught in Morecambe Bay, and a representation of one is on the weather vane.

Transport has always played a key role in the history of Pangbourne. Its station on the Great Western Railway helped to widen its appeal as a popular inland resort.

In the heart of the Soar Valley, Sileby is still home to workshops for various trades, hosiery and light engineering being the most important.

Inns and restaurants such as the Old Plough and the White Horse (left) served the travelling public on the Great North Road until a bypass was built for the A1 to the west of the village.

In the post-war years, many eating places were established to cater for the new influx of affluent tourists.

Eastbourne's Carpet Gardens are world-famous and of an exceptionally high standard. They were originally laid out over a century ago on the famous three-tiered promenade.

Here we see the rear of the Old Hall, which stands on the Market Place.

Smarden is one of Kent's most beautiful villages; its name derives from the Saxon 'smeredaenne', meaning 'butter valley and pasture'.

Looking very much a shadow of its former self, this windmill would have ground corn. In common with other mills in the area, it is a post mill, with the mill revolving round the central post.

The now much enlarged thatched house on the right is the only Bridge Inn building standing today; the left-hand one has been demolished.

There is an extensive choice of military museums, including two in neighbouring Surrey.

Many of the 'butties', which are the unpowered towed boats, were originally horse- drawn. The two vessels moored on the right are British Waterways boats used to maintain the canal.

Moored at the jetty are a number of boats; on the banks are reeds, rushes and alders, good nesting places for small birds, ducks and swans.

Westover Road, with its clean-cut and dramatic lines, runs from the direction of the sea to the square; it is still an important shopping street.

Thirteen miles from Norwich, Aylsham had a market by 1300, but really developed later when John of Gaunt held the manor.

The two public houses on the square (The Black Lion and The White Lion) provided rest and refreshment for travellers and those who visited the fairs that were held on the land in front of them.