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Pook Brothers' butcher's shop, on the right, has a fine display of meat that would throw today's health inspectors into an immediate lather.

Partially hidden behind C&A is the Georgian edifice of Holy Trinity church, completed in 1727. It was designed by Halfpenny, with a later 1839 tower and square spire by Chantrell.

Inevitably, Claridge & Co Grocers have gone, but there is still much choice of shops further into town.

It was one of the first twin-screw ships to grace the north Atlantic run. The 10,798 gross ton liner had been in service for just two years when our photograph was taken.

Beyond the high brick wall with its iron restraints, a very good array of Georgian houses lead the eye into the market place and on to St Dionysius Church.

The bay-windowed house to the left of the photograph remains intact but neglected, while shops have taken over the remainder.

VIII sold Fountains to Sir Richard Gresham in 1540, and though some seventy years later Sir Stephen Proctor used abbey stone to build Fountains Hall, the ruins are still impressive and preserve the plan of

Looking through the gate the Crown Hotel, now no longer in existence, can be seen on the left of the High Street.

The hamper in the right foreground points to a happy afternoon on the river. In the middle distance can be seen the confluence of the rivers Wey and Thames.

Sumptuous Victorian houseboats line the River Thames on 'Boat House Reach', close to the bridge.

The pond has been much reduced in size: a road has been built over part of it, and the land behind has been used to build a small housing development.

This picturesque, timber-framed inn, formerly known simply as the Harp, has stood on this site since the 15th or 16th century. A passageway leads through to the churchyard.

This one was number 24 of 103 built along the south coast in the early 1800s as a defence against a possible invasion by Napoleon. It has been restored and opened to the public.

There used to be several of these improbably-balanced natural rock formations on the moor.

This harpist has attracted a crowd in one of the residential streets off nearby Gray's Inn Road.

It is a sad fact that most have now disappeared, but some survive on the edge of the town centre. Note the rustic porch and traditional picket fence.

The church, partly medieval with some rebuilding over the centuries, dominates what was a busy three days a week market square surrounded by Georgian frontages, and the banks of the river Avon.

The war memorial, on the other hand, occupies the site of a horse-trough and a urinal.

It would appear that there is a queue of people waiting to buy tickets for a ride on the pleasure boat. Notice, just beyond them, the spiral staircase leading onto the bridge.

By the 1960s, the increase in motor cars started to cause problems in the narrow streets of Kidderminster, though the dreaded yellow lines had yet to appear.

Fishing boats, still all sailing craft at this date, are moored in the shelter of the two piers.

A few small boats can be launched from trolleys at the slipway beside the beach shop and Cove Café, which satisfy the needs of the holidaymakers.

Horner Water winds through a steep, densely- wooded vale, which lies below the abrupt northern slopes of Dunkery Hill, Somerset's highest point.

The forework is a high tower which extends into the moat and dates from the remodelling of the castle by James IV and James V.