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Local lore says that they are a good luck charm, and that having a piece in your house will prevent it burning down.

Looking down across the recreational park leads the eyeline to the scarred skyline with menacing stratus clouds building up.

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.

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

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

This ancient fishing town is divided in two by the Looe estuary. In summer the wooded slopes above are a mass of myrtle and hydrangea.

The stag that sat above the doorway was taken down during renovations and mysteriously disappeared, never to be seen again.

This photograph is taken from the spot where the Job Centre now stands, or the car park just down the hill.

In 1905 it became the duty of the hotel boots boy to pull and tie down a cord which silenced the quarterjacks during the hours of darkness.

The stag that sat above the doorway was taken down during renovations and mysteriously disappeared, never to be seen again.

The cottages between the two buildings, further down the street, are now whitewashed. Note the familiar makes of car in this 1960s picture. The road here is much busier today.

The bridge was built and the footpath laid down in 1883. This part of the gardens seems to have been let for grazing; the unexcavated Abbey church lies behind the horse.

This view looks north-west down Ennerdale from Great Gable's sister peak, Green Gable.

This view, taken from the station, shows the town and Cadair Idris, the River Wnion, the famous 17th-century bridge and tollhouse, and the tower of St Mary's church.

This school may have closed down, but there are still a number of others in the area – an independent school, primary and secondary schools and two special- needs schools as well.

Gifts are also offered to those that venture up from the caravans at the 'other' Gronant lower down the hill.

The pavilion and flagpole were taken down in 1964, and in 1967 the National Trust bought the Torrs and the Seven Hills.

Duncton sits at the foot of the Downs, with fine views nearby. Holy Trinity Church was built in 1866 in the Decorated style, on the site of a medieval church.

Further down the Thames, Mapledurham Lock by-passes another weir.

Today there are fewer sheep on the downs, and visitors and residents, like the family in the picture, enjoy this rural amenity.

The view looks along the lane towards a 19th-century school and to the left, down Vicarage Fold, stands the village pub.

The billiard rooms housed in the Oxford Buildings are on the right; the Palace Cinema is further down the street; and the cycle shop and the Rendezvous Milk Bar are opposite.