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The post-war years saw the spread of high-street chains, and Chesterfield was no exception. In this picture we can see local branches of Timsons, Alexander, Burtons, and Boots.

One of the highlights of shopping along Briggate was the glass-roofed arcades, such as the Queen's and the County.

The buildings on the right stand at the junction with Belmont Road, and are now the Belmont Inn. Opposite is the long wall of one of the substantial villas of this road, Halidon House.

The town originally grew up around the burial place of the Celtic Saint Tydfil.

Most of England's Celtic legacy is to be found in Cornwall.

The structure behind the drinking fountain is the Simeon Monument, 'erected and lighted for ever at the expense of Edward Simeon as a mark of affection to his native town' in 1804.

The coat of arms on the inn sign depicts its name: a talbot, or hound, was the crest of the Talbots, Earls of Shrewsbury.

On his shoulders would be placed the responsibility of appointing an appropriate workhouse matron with similar attributes, and any other staff required.

OF ALL the villages in this collection, Nether Alderley perhaps gives us the best impression of what a north-eastern Cheshire village was like before the Industrial Revolution changed both the

In the 1890s Deansgate was one of the main shopping streets and commercial districts.

Two miles south of Bulbarrow, one of Dorset's highest summits, Hilton and neighbouring Milton Abbas share some of the most beautiful countryside in the county.

Other pictures of Swimbridge looked north towards a hill, from which this view is taken. Of note is the amount of tree surgery that has taken place, particularly around the church.

Essex Bridge was built by the Earls of Essex of Chartley to provide access for hunting parties to Cannock Chase.

There is another explanation of Mullion's name - it was at one time called Porth Mellin, 'the cove of the mill', and a mill existed here until the 19th century.

Among the old boys of Blundell's are Jack Russell, the famous hunting parson of Swimbridge, Archbishop Temple, and the author R D Blackmore, who was sufficiently impressed to send his most famous character

A view of the steamer at Belfast Docks. There are still summer sailings from Belfast to the Isle of Man.

From Palace Pier looking east, beyond the terminus of Magnus Volks' 1883 Electric Railway, we can see the late 1890s arches of Madeira Terrace, halfway up the sea wall in front of Marine Parade, with Kemp

It is believed that Bainbridge was a settlement for woodsmen working in the great forest of Wensleydale.

Here the workmen are carrying out their highly-specialised craft surrounded by the tools of their trade. Note the bundles of thatch standing to the left of the picture.

The man handling the tiller of the furthest boat moves swiftly away from the nearer craft.

One of a number of attractive coves on the length of coastline between Torquay and Babbacombe, Anstey's Cove has been a favourite retreat for holidaymakers since Victorian times, when the proprietor would

This busy mid 20th-century street scene shows a fine collection of shop fronts.

By Victorian times it had been transformed into a tea garden of some renown, on the itinerary of all visitors to the Isle of Wight.

Boats moored here are hired out by the owner of the Ferry Inn. The horse-drawn ferry has a history going back to the 13th century.