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Two landmarks - or seamarks - were provided by Trinity House for the benefit of shipping: the beacon of 1844 (left skyline), constructed as a pyramid-shaped obelisk, and the island's 136ft-high lighthouse

The site of the cottage is now an open space for parking, and houses have been built on the left side of the lane.

On the left-hand side typical Essex weatherboard cottages survive, with the front door leading directly on to the street.The Lion and The White Hart public houses can be seen in close proximity on

Ashley no longer lets 'Boats by the Week, Month or Season', nor are they 'Housed and Varnished'. This view is from The Swan pub, still in existence.

Seacox is a French chateau- style house built in 1871 for the Goschen family, who were great benefactors of the village; they built many cottages for estate staff.

north from the corner of Pier Street past the Queens Hotel, now painted to protect the rapidly- eroding stone work, towards the short pier; its pavilion-roofed structure is now named The Pavilion and houses

Meetings were first held at the Red Lion Hotel until a meeting house was established in Church Street; it still stands in the car park of the King's Arms.

The open aspect of the street pictured here and familiar to us today originates from the demolition of older buildings in 1862 to allow road widening.

Now, houses occupy the slope in front of the camera. On the left we can see the long, steeply pitched roof of the Methodist church on Kents Bank Road.

The house at the right has a sign for W A Tattersall, a coal merchant.

Today, Worcestershire County Museum is housed in the north wing.

Beyond the greenhouse is Briarwood, one of a number of rather good sub-Arts and Crafts houses dotted around Sandilands.

Today, the property is called The Old Stone House, and all that remains of its Royal Mail connections are a pillar box set in a wall and a telephone box.

The windows of the grand red brick and tiled houses are wide open, which suggests that a welcome cool breeze is coming in off the sea. The chalk cliffs are part of the White Cliffs of Dover.

Though just a Birmingham suburb now, Castle Bromwich retains its green and a few old houses.

The vaguely Art Deco style of Shirley House (left) contrasts with the Gothic look of the Baptist church, but Stratford Road today is a much more eclectic mix than it was in the 1960s.

Grand Parade (right), housing the post office and Arthur Hopkins' butcher's shop, was newly built at the time this picture was taken.

Although a fire destroyed some 40 houses in 1690, the town as we know it flourished in later centuries owing to the attraction of its restorative spring waters, which led to 'Wells' being added to the

It had its own abattoir, smoke house and mobile shop. Further on is another former shop with a chewing-gum machine; beyond it are the telephone box and the Parish Room of 1904.

This view of the Rec shows the steam engine hiding the terrace of houses known as Mount Pleasant.

The building now houses a selection of municipal offices, a small art gallery, and community service groups.

The small village around the church all but disappeared at the end of the 18th century, helping to maintain the privacy of Parham House.

Behind it is Church House, which was built in the 18th century.

The rather delightful cottage on the right behind its iron railings went in the 1960s to be replaced by humdrum modern houses.