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It is fair weather, and a ketch is making good progress under sail as she passes between the rocks of the Longships Lighthouse and Land's End.

Little can be usefully gleaned from the remains shown here, but it is known that Dorchester was a centre for a school of mosaicists in the 3rd and 4th centuries.

Two grim buildings from the last decade of the nineteenth century.

This was the period that saw the beginning of the end for the town - in 1959 the last steel works closed, followed in 1987 by the last iron works.

Café, jeweller, dry cleaners and the regional newspaper office make strange bedfellows under the roof of the old Market House.

One of the most famous buildings in Chester, the God's Provident House. The house was originally built in 1652 and rebuilt in 1862.

A view from the harbour with the Sloop Inn at the centre of the picture and with Fish Street leading uphill to the right.

This lovely photograph shows a broad on the upper Bure, possibly South Walsham, showing water lilies which were common on many broads early in the 20th century.

The river near the new bridge now has rows of wooden houseboats moored along the right bank, where Wayford Farm has been developed into the Wayford Bridge Hotel.

The result was the removal of the bay windowed 1890s houses on the far right. Otherwise little has changed.

Ever since the arrival of the railway, Great Yarmouth has been a popular seaside resort, and whilst not the quiet getaway some might prefer, it was always a great pull for working class families from London

Looking north , we can see an electric tram and horse-drawn cart providing an interesting contrast of the old and the new.

The overwhelming view is always of the cathedral, which splendidly dominates all other structures.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, when these houses were built, the streets echoed to the hum of cloth looms.

Rearing out amid the stucco, the bright red brick and terra-cotta of Alfred Waterhouse's 1890 Metropole Hotel must have seemed remarkably intrusive when it was first built.

As usual, an exotic hybrid of Turkish-Oriental-Arabic style was selected.

In the distance is the tower of Harvey's Brewery.

The Doric column on the right is a monument to William Wilberforce, who was born in Hull, and was responsible for the abolition of slavery throughout the Empire.

There are excellent walks in the vicinity, not only along the coastal footpath but also across the wilds of Woodbury Common.

Robert Burns was born here on 25 January 1759. The cottage was rebuilt by the poet's father and later became an inn.

This is a busy dockside area on the north bank of the River Thames, where tall cranes pierce the skyline. Here we see the 'Vruburgh' from Rotterdam, and dock buildings lining the waterfront.

The broad valley of the Derwent near Whatstandwell opens out between well-wooded sides, as we can see in this picture.

A great deal of building took place during the years that followed; the population increased three-fold during Queen Victoria's reign.

We are looking towards the inner harbour-now the yacht marina—with a paddle steamer and three brigs at moorings.The chimney on the left of the Admiral Harvey pub probably belonged to Ramsgate's