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old-established drapers Lee & Clarke, then came the Public Benefit Boot & Shoe Co, Gaskell's the butchers, Hallett the jewellers (goldsmiths and silversmiths), Carter's Cafe and finally the awnings of Hodgkinsons, another

Both the Post Office, now Swan Cottage and Tudor Cottage date from the 17th century. The larger house with the dramatic jetty (centre) is Highbank, a medieval hall house.

This is another excellent view of the harbour. There are many children who have presumably been drawn to the permanent excitement of a busy port.

In later years, both the River Stour and the associated canal system were used to transport carpets on the first stage of their journeys to the marketplaces of the world.

St Mary's Church, which rises behind the Dolphin Hotel, is renowned for its lavishly-decorated tower and impressive tie beam roof, both of which date from its rebuilding in the 15th century.

As is the way with legends, one story has obviously become muddled with another.

Because of the flat roads, bicycles were in abundance both on the streets and greens, so much so that they caused problems for pedestrians.

Another lost chapel is one thought to have been dedicated to St James at Lord's Mill Bridge, of which no trace remains.

For many years, Todmorden (or 'Tod' as it is always known locally) straddled the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire, and this busy, bustling little town has always had a foot in both camps, although

Cinema in 1960 was still a popular form of entertainment, though television and the opportunities opened up by private car ownership were both beginning to make inroads.

Another view showing Cat Nab, with Saltburn's Marine Parade standing high on the opposite side of the valley.

Another famous visitor to the town was Lawrence of Arabia, who frequently visited the White Cottage in the Eastgate area.

All the cottages on the left were demolished by 1910. Both sides of the water were reached by stairs from the High Street.

They were named in tribute to another Leamington benefactor, Dr Henry Jephson.

This view does not exist any more, but another one has risen in its place which, if not quite so quaint, is thoroughly in keeping.

Another horse associated with Comberbach is the Marbury Dunne; but this is a ghostly one, sometimes seen with a lady in the saddle in the grounds of the former Marbury Hall.

Providing a mixture of both residential and commercial property, Peabody Road was still enough part of the shopping centre to be able to boast Curzon and Son's betting shop, Tottles' newsagents, the

Later, they fell victim both to progress and anti-pollution legislation, and were replaced by gas-fired and electric kilns.The last of the bottle kilns to be used commercially closed down in 1967

Taken at the western end of the village, this photograph shows the Jolly Farmer pub on the right. It was formerly known as the Wheatsheaf.

There is another High Park Farm too, just across the Staffordshire border.

But while these red-brick buildings offered women a higher education, it was to be another twenty years before women became entitled to receive degrees.

This is another section of the main shopping centre, with the Red Lion Hotel on the left, Goodswens the butcher's in the centre, close to the grocer's shop of Pybus Brothers, and Hancocks on the corner

The church of St Wilfred is another of the hundreds of Lincolnshire limestone churches, and it has not changed in almost fifty years. The church was damaged by fire in 1599 and restored in 1601.

All Saints' Church stands proudly at the top of a sharp double bend and hill on the A607 road going towards Lincoln from Grantham.