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The latter's pier, however, was pulled down in 1960. The pier at St Anne's opened in 1885, with extensions following in 1904.

Formerly Bennitts Hill, One Tree Hill was named after the large ash that stood here until the First World War (when it blew down in a gale).

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

Further down the road we come to the Gower Heritage Centre.

These awe-inspiring and formidable walls and gates were knocked down in 1934. At that time there were no conservation laws, and anything that was in the way of progress was destroyed.

The need for Cottage Hospitals was great a century ago, but with the advent of more advanced equipment and specialised nursing, these cottage hospitals, like the isolation hospitals, closed down.

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).

The River Cherwell is quieter than the Thames; a popular run on a summer evening is up for a drink to the Victoria and Albert pub at Old Marston, whose garden runs down to the river.

Looking south down the wonderful architectural hotch-potch of Trinity Street, with the medieval church of Great St Mary in the distance.

Looking south down the wonderful architectural hotch-potch of Trinity Street, with the medieval church of Great St Mary in the distance.

This general view shows typical houses of the time; the terrace in the foreground is followed by 1950s semis leading down to the waters of the inlet of Carmarthen Bay, with the Gower peninsular just visible

The gardens are laid out on a site that slopes gently down towards Rope Walk and The Brook, offering a pleasant place in the centre of town in which to stroll or sit, and perhaps recover

Here we see the junction of the Hathersage road and the road leading down to the bridge over the Derwent.

Its streets, North, South, East and West, follow the pattern laid down by the Romans.

It emerges from under the Island in the Square and runs down to Radstock. A tunnel now diverts its once frequent floods.

Also scheduled for redevelopment was the remaining old part of the town between Church Street and the river, which had suffered bomb damage in the war.

The road here winds down towards the sea, past the church of All Saints, with its decorative wrought-iron arch. Behind the church is an attached farm and tithe barn.

The Parish of Christ Church stretches down to Baker Street and Alfred Street, where the school and church hall were built.

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

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

This view looks down on the hillside villas from the road which winds up to the Temple Hotel, which dates from the 1760s.

There was once a railway running down the middle of this street and around the corner at the end. It went to Westward Ho! and Appledore, and ran for sixteen years, closing in March 1917.

Neither the promenade nor the gardens by it have been built, and the stone facing of the railway embankment slopes right down to the beach.

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.