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Widened by returning ex-servicemen in 1925 to cope with increasing road traffic, the bridge retained its elegance and here formed a background for the picnickers, boat hirers and other leisure seekers on

Royal Terrace with the Royal Hotel on the eastern corner can clearly be seen at the top of the cliffs. Boats are drawn up on the beach close to the promenade.

The most famous iron furnace here was the 'Bedlam Furnace': with its flames and smoke, and noise and grime, it must have seemed like the very gates of Hell.

His first almanac was called Vox Stellarum (Voice of the Stars) and was published over 300 years ago.

The west end of the High Street is bounded by St Peter and St Paul's Church, dating from the mid to late 15th century.

The chapel was built in 1884 on the south side of Carshalton Road, but has since been demolished.

The architecture of Raynes Park is in general suburban and undistinguished. This view looks northwest along Coombe Lane, with a bus turning left into West Barnes Lane.

This famous monument commemorates the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers to America in August 1620.

Ventnor never compared to Sandown or Shanklin as a centre for sea bathing, though bathing machines for ladies and gentlemen flourished in King Edward VII's reign.

Streetly is a residential community built alongside the Roman road known as Ryknild Street, traces of which can still be seen in Sutton Park.

St John's was situated on Church Street, and perhaps its most famous vicar was William Thornber, known for his fiery sermons.

Peter Hesketh Fleetwood was then a Member of Parliament for Preston and attended these meetings.

It is an octagonal structure made of wood with an unusual three-tiered dome. The town took the cross over and installed a chimney clock in 1899.

With its spectacular beech hangers, green hills and downland, it is not surprising to learn that this corner of east Hampshire is known as 'Little Switzerland.'

In those days it was quite common for hotels to cater for families as well as for commercial travellers - as the wording on the front of the building indicates. The vehicles outside may well be taxis.

Many of these substantial buildings remain; however, the garage has gone, and the building has been taken over by W H Smith. The Hoops is no longer an inn, and the premises are now used as a shop.

The small square chapel on Rame Head is that of St Michael, built in the 14th century; it originally housed a beacon to guide ships into Plymouth Sound just round the corner.

After St Andrew's had been reduced to a shell by the Luftwaffe in 1941, somebody put a wooden board above the door with the word Resurgam on it, from the Latin for 'I will rise again'.

This view shows the commanding field of fire available to gunners on the Citadel, from where this picture was taken.

style, marked by a complex roof line with ornate dormer windows in a steep mansarded roof, and pavilion-roofed towers crested with miniature railings: a style suited to the more grandiose tastes of

Here we see the North or Marine Lake about ten years after it opened. In the centre background is a windmill, which was situated on the top of the boathouse.

1834, and then purchased for the Catholic community in 1851, St John the Evangelist had its unusual and prominent tower, with a French-style saddleback roof, added to the north-east corner of

Fowey is crowded with all manner of craft, from rowing boats to private steam yachts. The ships anchored in the foreground are waiting to load with china clay.

Still the biggest single employer in Chapel, Ferodo was founded by local man Herbert Froode (of which 'Ferodo' is an anagram) who first developed a brake block for horse-drawn carts and later successfully