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Since 1886 the races have finished opposite Phyllis Court to avoid the tight bend at Poplar Point, which always gave the crew rowing on the Berkshire side an unfair advantage, as the bend swings

Beyond the still- functioning railway station, the lane reverts to its pre-railway name of Stoke Lane, and heads for the Trent between an avenue of fine Lombardy poplars.

Whitebeam, Turkey oak, beech, poplar, sycamore and alder abound here.

Whitebeam, Turkey oak, beech, poplar, sycamore and alder abound here.

Here, seen from near Poplar Point on the Berkshire bank, the eights race past the houseboats which lined the opposite bank to provide elegant floating grandstands for hospitality and shelter from the rain

The quick-growing Lombardy poplars along the river promenade side of the gardens are only just over thirty years old in this view. They have long gone, along with the railings.

The rather splendid bay-windowed building on the right at the bottom of Hoe Lane is The Poplars.

The Farnham Road (curving gently to the right) has recently been widened, and a row of poplar trees removed. The cottages are of different ages, but were probably refronted c1800.

The poplars by Purley CGS for Girls can be seen on the left skyline.

The timber cottage on the left is Poplar Cottage, dating from the 1600s. It had a room on the ground floor that was traditionally a 'birth chamber'.

The Oak Eggar moth, which fed on a grove of poplars at Fairhaven, was heading for extinction even then.

The River 1903 Amid a grove of tall poplars on the banks of the River Stort are the weather- boarded malting mills, which helped to lay the foundation of the town's prosperity following the passing

Beyond the poplars was the old London and North West Railway station on the line from Cheddington. The staion, by 1955 only for freight trains, was demolished in 1960.

Part of the hedge is now railings, but the row of Lombardy poplars survive, now more mature, and so does the plane tree (right).

It is remarkably little changed, apart from the line of tall Lombardy poplars which went in the 1990s and the removal of the hedges. Even the flower beds are still planted and maintained.

The large black poplar tree in the centre of the photograph was cut down in 1962, as it had become a hazard.

In this view we see the black poplars on the Berkshire bank which replaced the late 18th-century ones planted by Field Marshal Conway.

Resplendent in her Victorian livery of black hull, white upperworks, yellow ochre masts and funnel, she was built at Poplar in 1878, engined by Maudsley and purchased by the Admiralty for £240,000

The small paddler nearest the camera is the 'Myleta', one of two steel-hulled single-deck sister ships built for the SER in 1891 by Samuda Bros, Poplar.

Just sitting and looking about or wandering around splashing in the natural pool are the main activities for these holidaymakers. The tide is well out, revealing the great expanse of Hayle Sands.

The river banks are still just as popular today, as is 'messing around in boats'. This boomed from the late 19th century onwards, as increased leisure time reached the lower middle classes.

With rose beds, trees and the river Wye on its boundary, it is small wonder that this is such a popular place. Today, the seats are even more popular than they were nearly half a century ago.

It grew rapidly during the early 19th century, when it became a popular meeting place for drovers.

This old settlement achieved popularity during Victorian times as the setting for the then popular novel 'John Halifax, Gentleman'. Its author, Mrs Craik, lived at Rose Cottage.