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LOOKING TO the future, a lot depends on the fortune of the nation and its place in the world.

Animals, local produce and other implements such as weaponry and agricultural tools were sold at the junction of the three main streets, Coleshill Street, Mill Street and High Street, and Sutton

The church was burned down in the blitz, but restoration started in 1949 and the church was finally reconsecrated in 1957.

In the distance in the centre of this photograph is the sign for The King's Head public house, which in 1583 was known as The George, and later as The Sun.

Behind is a typical ramshackle scene: a heap of firewood, a tumbling-down boarded building advertising 'good stabling' to visiting riders, and a trio of beached row-boats for hire.

Down the slipway beyond the historic Ferry Inn, car ferries ply to and fro across the waters of the Fowey.

High Sweden Bridge is a picturesque packhorse bridge over the Scandale Beck between High Pike and Snarker Pike (there is a Low Sweden Bridge lower down the valley).

This shopping centre holds three large stores, over 40 shops and parking for 800 cars. Yet it has been slipped in behind the frontage of the High Street without any disturbance.

By the time the railway arrived in Blackpool in 1846, the town was already a resort attracting several thousand visitors a year. Baileys Hotel, later the Metropole, had opened in 1776.

In 1796 the old tower was pulled down and a new one built, and in 1808 the main body of the church was demolished and rebuilt at a cost of £842.

The church of St Mary was burnt down in 1914 and rebuilt by W Fellowes Prynne. What remained of the old building was the brick west tower dating back to around 1635.

During the Protectorate in the 17th century, the cathedral was in danger of being pulled down.

Once Gainsborough was a busy port on the river Trent, and Bridge Street runs parallel to the river.

Henry de Rokeby pulled down the old Norman chancel and rebuilt it in 13th-century style, adding an unusual tower (72131, opposite): early commentators believed that it was intended as a place

The railings and lamps have gone, but similar lamps have recently been installed along the Castlegate. All the buildings shown here still stand.

An artist (left) settles down to capture some of this marvellous scenery on canvas. A small selection of boats can be seen moored here.

Inside, you could buy almost anything: there was paraffin, bacon, and butter in a glass cabinet, and sweets in glass jars.

The Marine Gardens below the iron railings on the left are now taken up by the Embassy Centre and the Compass Gardens, whilst the row of boarding houses on the right are converted to food and drink businesses

Moving down a short way we see on the left a shop that had stood empty since 1940; it was often mentioned in the local press.

The interior is unusual, being in the form of two naves, rather than nave and aisle.

The little dock at Pentewan was an important shipping place for china clay after a railway was built down the valley from St Austell in 1829. Coal was imported for St Austell.

It and Hatherleigh next door were built as one building in 1903. Opposite, Craven A cigarettes were on sale at Ron James's general stores, now a private residence.

The interior is unusual, being in the form of two naves, rather than nave and aisle.

Our photographer is standing in Church Street.The early markets were held in this area of the town.The White Lion Hotel on the right is still there today, and so is W D Cunliffe the grocers and bakers.Three