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The photographer must have felt far from the rumblings of war, and even more so with subjects as beautiful as this fine old stone bridge that spans the Lledr River.

In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants; they saw a canal as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and getting other goods out to the towns in the heart of Lancashire, and to the growing

'Chain Bridge was a great attraction for me and my friends. We always built a hut in the woods — and would like to have slept there, but weren't allowed to.

Hayling is linked to the mainland by a concrete road bridge that opened in 1956, replacing the wooden toll bridge.

Robert Louis Stevenson was a frequent visitor to Bridge of Allan when the town was a popular Victorian spa complete with pump room and baths.

In this view the pub, the river, and both bridges can all be seen. Note the pole sign for the pub standing in the river.

Note the stone bridge, tumbledown building and the solitary boy in the foreground.

Here a carter waits patiently while his horse rests and drinks from the river under the bridge. In the background is the Old George.

This is all pedestrianised now, and no double decker bus is to be seen in this part of the High Street. The High Street is in fact the Roman Ermine Street, and it goes all the way through the city.

In Saxon times, before many bridges were built, rivers formed real obstacles to travel, and ferries thrived.

Boats can be hired at the Swan's Nest Boathouse and at Clopton Bridge.

This view looks up towards the market place and the bridge. The photographer was probably standing outside the old school, now the home of the March & District Museum.

After the Dissolution, the abbey was left a ruin and many of its stones were eventually carted off and used to widen the old Leeds Bridge.

In this view the pub, the river, and both bridges can all be seen. Note the pole sign for the pub standing in the river.

Children fish for minnows, adults relax and enjoy the waterside scene. Behind the Edwardian bandstand is the suspension bridge across the river to Queen's Park.

This stunning panorama looks south-east over the battlements and roofs of London's most celebrated building and towards the river and Tower Bridge.

Construction of the bridge commenced in November 1882. The first test trains ran from January 1890, and the official opening took place on 4 March 1890.

Built of cast-iron, the bridge was opened in 1863 and improved the city by giving direct access to the original railway station, which was situated within the city walls.

There seems to be ample room beneath the wide arches of Llanfoist Bridge, but when the Usk floods the waters have often risen to the top of them and flooded the Castle Meadows in the foreground.

This view of the Kennet and Avon Canal, taken from the Town Bridge, shows the site of Hungerford Wharf.

Designed by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker, the Forth Bridge cost £3,000,000 to build. Of the workforce of 4,500 men, 57 were killed in work-related accidents.

The Bridge Inn still stands on the corner, and although now rendered and painted white with new windows, it is easily identified with the building we see in the photograph.

The Molesworth Arms Hotel, well placed on the principal street climbing through the town from the bridge, was said to be 'conveniently arranged and well conducted', and offered an 'omnibus to meet all

Built of cast-iron, the bridge was opened in 1863 and improved the city by giving direct access to the original railway station, which was situated within the city walls.