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From the early days of caravan parks, it soon became apparent that visitors wanted the sites to become 'one stop shops' incorporating shopping and entertainment.

Looking through the Gate in to the Close, a notice on the doors is a reminder that they are shut every night at 11pm.

Even in Victorian times it had a wild reputation, but it reached the zenith of its colourful activities in the 20th century.

The Victorian bulk of the Grand Hotel looms over Louisa Bay; this photograph shows how the clifftop had become increasingly built-up.

Margate's famous Jubilee clock tower is prominent in this picture of the beach.

Until the later 19th century, houses were built right up to the right jambs of the gateway.

Once belonging to the collegiate church of St Mary-in-the-Fields, this green was an unofficial park until 1877.

When I visited recently all I could hear was the sound of birds, including a woodpecker pecking.

The Unicorn is one of several beautiful, old timber inns in Weobley.

There is not much of a chance for a donkey ride on a day like this one. This photograph was taken from somewhere near the entrance to the Central Pier. The tram lines are somewhere under the water.

Over on the left is the Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & North Western joint railway station, which was conveniently built next to the steamer berths.

The spire of St John's can be seen in the distance.

As a lady opens her gate to enter the grounds of the attractive house, she turns to watch the little tot on his tricycle about to ride over the green, perhaps to make sure he is being supervised.

A close-up view of the Bugle Inn, a one time coaching inn for travellers before crossing the River Hamble.

Branthwaite Brow is one of the three streets which meet Kent Street as it leads up the steep hill opposite Miller Bridge.The others are Finkle Street and Stramongate.

This view is looking north-westwards from the junction with North Allington, at the bottom end of South Street.

This is one of the largest keeps in the country, richly decorated inside with a well-preserved medieval kitchen.

There is no evidence of a lighthouse here, so the inn is presumably named for the lighthouse at nearby Happisburgh, with its distinctive red and white stripes, built in 1791.

On the right is the Royal Leamington Bath and Pump Rooms, with swimming pool and Turkish baths.

The arcade was the Victorian equivalent of a shopping mall, offering undercover shopping and retail outlets on two levels. In 1899 the arcade even had a bioscope parlour.

His bride was Emily Sellwood, whom Tennyson had known since she was a girl of seventeen.

The gatehouse and gardeners' cottages on the approach to Errwood Hall at Goyt's Bridge in the Goyt Valley.

A picture of the magnificent house appeared on the jam jar labels.

The Duntisbournes (Abbots, Middle, Rouse and Leer) cluster in the dips and dells and cling to the slopes of these green hills, where horses and skylarks set them apart from the busy modern