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When grounded the polacca sat upright; this made it an ideal type of vessel for loading and unloading cargo on beaches at low water.

It was always a bottleneck, and fifty years before our photograph one form of entertainment would be to sit on the low parapet of Salford Bridge, clay pipe in hand, and watch the farm carts fight their

The area with railings and the two low buildings is the site of the new cattle market, which was opened by George Courtauld on 1 October 1902, in time for the October Fair.

IMAGINE an area of low-lying marshland riddled with secret smugglers' paths and tales of Wat Tyler's doomed revolt.

Religion had been the mainstay of lives high and low for centuries, but the industrial revolution was raising questions and creating pressures and hardships that were disturbing a long-settled

This similar view of the village gives a closer impression of the mission house and the row of managers' houses (right).

It has now been replaced by a smaller and simpler structure. The disadvantage of the stone pier was that vessels had to anchor offshore at low tide.

in this book show a vanished Medway, with timber rafts towed by barges outside the Archbishop's palace, a once-familiar scene of the river as an industrial highway that is no more.

In 2003, a new planning row broke out over plans by Richmond College, the local tertiary college (which is actually in Twickenham) to fund expansion plans by selling off part of their site in Crane

In 2003, a new planning row broke out over plans by Richmond College, the local tertiary college (which is actually in Twickenham) to fund expansion plans by selling off part of their site in Crane

The story goes that they refused to draw lots, and so a child drew for them. Two bits of paper were inscribed "Life Given of God" and the third was left blank.

A popular promenade, it was also used as a low water landing stage for excursions and paddle steamers. It was demolished in 1953.

I wonder what he would have made of the appearance of the submarines captured from the Germans that were towed up Fareham Lake to be broken up during both wars.

It was now a shopping street, with the buildings of fairly recent date providing commercial office accomodation on the upper floors.

Even at low tide, vessels drawing less than sixteen feet of water could manoeuvre within the harbour basin, and boats drawing less than five feet could still use the channel.

If there is any breeze blowing, it will blow onto Clee Hill, and consequently the village can sometimes be very bleak.

The east arm of the cathedral has a lower Norman part, while the tall clerestory and flying buttresses are 14th-century; this is a direct consequence of an earlier spire falling through the chancel roof

The pub sign, showing a greyhound, has a lower sign advertising Sandeman port and sherry.

The east arm of the cathedral has a lower Norman part, while the tall clerestory and flying buttresses are 14th-century; this is a direct consequence of an earlier spire falling through the chancel roof

The exposed position of the bandstand meant that it had to have a revolving glass screen to prevent the performers' music blowing away!

A lower view of the High Street. The covered walks, created by overhanging stories, were the location of two historic parts of the market area.

After the 1930s the next blow to the Woollen District came in the 1960s with the import of cheap Italian heavy-woollen skirtings and coatings.

After the 1930s the next blow to the Woollen District came in the 1960s with the import of cheap Italian heavy-woollen skirtings and coatings.

The rocky cliff faces are scored and pitted by wind and waves, causing sizeable blowing holes and fissures.