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It is a nice sunny day; there are people about, and there is time for a leisurely chat, while some seem interested in the beach just out of shot.

The choir stalls were fired to melt lead; timber and stone were sold off as the great building was reduced to little more than a quarry.

At the height of the season, Peel harbour was often full of fishing boats - Manx, Cornish, Irish and Scottish - as they followed the migrating herring into Scottish waters.

In 1506 the Archduke Phillip of Austria and his wife, the Spanish Infanta Joanna, were brought to Charminster after being cast ashore on the Dorset coast.

A view of the King William IV public house, one of the four that existed in the village at this time.

We can see a tower of Stephenson's 412ft-long tubular railway bridge in the centre of the picture. This structure was built on the line of the old L & NWR Railway in 1848.

Now in effect a suburb of Taunton, the village is still distinctly a village architecturally, with its 1586 Elizabethan manor house, recently freshly yellow ochre colourwashed.

From the road we look across the garden of riverside Tonecroft along the steep-sided valley of a tributary stream that descends from Heydon Hill.

This was among the 'horror pictures' used by the land agent John Cripwell in order to encourage Lord Antrim and the council of the National Trust to buy two thousand of acres from Lyme Regis to

To the right of this is the Council House, which was opened formally by HRH The Duke of Kent in December 1935. The Civic Gardens lie in front of them.

This was very popular with young children as they splashed around under the watchful eye of an adult. Tennis was also catered for (and still is) in another area of this extensive park.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert first came to Scotland in 1842 and took over the lease of Balmoral in 1847.

In medieval times a chapel dedicated to St Michael stood on the 1595ft summit of Skirrid Fawr, Holy Mountain.

The steam tug in the foreground was very handy to manoeuvre, and is an example of working boats which have done sterling service throughout the world.

The Inman Line had built its reputation on good solid safety and every home comfort.

Penrith was one of a number of northern castles built during the last decades of the 14th century; others included Bolton, Wressel, Raby and Lumley.

Hoghton Tower, set on a hill and visible for miles, dates from 1565. King James I beggared the Hoghtons by overstaying on a visit with all his retainers.

The name is Danish, meaning 'new fortress', and the strategic importance of the river crossing defended by river cliffs is emphasised by the castle.

This is reflected by the number of dining rooms we can see on our photograph.

On non-market days, the centre of St Ives was a quiet and unhurried place.

The Italianate dome to the right, is that of the then 16-year-old St Laurence's Roman Catholic Church and the spire to the left is that of the 3-year-old Wesleyan Methodist Church.

Redhill grew from nothing after the building of the London to Brighton road in 1807 and the railway in 1841.

Almost certainly a race or regatta is in progress, as the distinctive boats of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club pose gracefully against the wooded shoreline.

The black door on the left of the early 16th-century Cottage in The Bury has 'John Hellis Builder' inscribed on it.