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In this photograph, an early automobile chugs down the street, past a white-coated delivery boy pushing a handcart outside the inn.

The theatre burned down in 1926; plays then had to be performed in a local cinema.

Halfway down the estuary of the Beaulieu river stands the little community of Bucklers Hard.

The best way to explore the Forest is to use a village such as Emery Down as a base and then explore on foot or horseback.

This view remains largely unchanged, even down to the detail of the roofed porches on the left.

Oh, how we love to make sand castles just so that our children can knock then down or jump on them. Here we have only two more to go! The cannon would not have been much use in 1940.

The backs of the houses in Chaldon Way near the turning with Bradmore Way are viewed here from the footpath along the line of magnificent yews on the eastern slopes of Farthing Down.

Another fine view of the bay, showing the town crowding down to the waterfront and the townsfolk taking a stroll. The marina and Pickie Fun Park now occupy this part of the waterfront.

There was a time when most places seemed to possess an open air pool, and though popular on hot sunny days, many were in fact closed down for various health and safety reasons.

This view is towards Milford Hill.The Co-op is next to the Cathedral Hotel, with a shooting-brake parked outside.This is the 'new' Co-op, replacing the original which burnt down in 1937.

This view is towards Milford Hill.The Co-op is next to the Cathedral Hotel, with a shooting-brake parked outside.This is the 'new' Co-op, replacing the original which burnt down in 1937.

Sidmouth nestles in a broad valley where the pastoral countryside of East Devon sweeps down to the sea. It was a centre for fishing and farming long before it became popular with tourists.

There was a time when most places seemed to possess an open air pool, and though popular on hot sunny days, many were in fact closed down for various health and safety reasons.

Boscastle's slate-built cottages cling to the side of the beautiful valley of the River Valency, an important route inland down which came the slate and grain that were shipped from the harbour.

This view looks down Steep Hill from nearer Castle Hill, with the jettied and timber-framed Spinning Wheel Restaurant on the far left, its later Georgian bow windows tucking under the jetty.

This ancient fortress has served as arsenal, prison and royal residence, and is comprised of an irregular mass of buildings erected at various periods down the centuries.

A small village, built to house Parham Estate employees, Cootham is situated near to the foot of the downs.?

Note the wheeled bathing machines down by the sea, and the curious beach tents and a few deckchairs. Long skirts and parasols are the fashion for the ladies.

The factory burnt down in 1936, and a new one was built on the site.

opposition to the building from the locals: as well as fearing they might end up with a white elephant on their hands, they were understandably concerned that construction would involve the knocking down

A little further down the hill that we see in No O74048 is the post office; it has now closed, but the same thatched cottages remain.

Hadleigh, in past times a significant wool town, sits alongside a tributary of the Stour.

At Bingley, mills crowd down to the waterside.

The old Laindon High Street had about 120 shops spreading in twos or threes from the Fortune of War down past the station to Langdon Hills.