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All long piers such as those at Southport, Ramsey in the Isle of Man, and Southend, were equipped with tramways, though the original idea behind them was for the conveyance of passengers, baggage

The Cottage, on the corner, faces onto River Green and looks towards the right of the photograph and Pig's Nose, originally a c1500 farm shed but now a residence.

The Buttercross is to be found in the centre of the village market place. The railings have gone, as have the brick wall and the trees behind it.

As we look from Tower Bridge, the dominance of William the Conqueror's White Tower keep, dating from the late 11th century and still the focus of the castle, is now somewhat reduced by office blocks, including

One of the attractions at Embleton is its golf course, once only 9 holes but now the full 18.

This pleasant, tucked-away village, three miles from Cranbrook, is open and scattered in structure, like others in this part of Kent. It was once noted for cloth manufacture.

It was the home of the Palmer family in the time of Henry VIII. Ecclesden Manor is a long, low Tudor-style house built in 1634.

It was during the headmastership of Dr William Temple from 1857-1869 that many of the school's buildings were constructed.

As was demonstrated in the tragic accident in 2004 which involved the loss of more than 20 Chinese cocklers, Morecambe Bay is a treacherous and deadly crossing point, and requires local specialist knowledge

Horncastle is one of the county's most ancient towns. There are still remains of its Roman walling which enclosed about seven acres.

Sir Robert Lumley was granted licences to crenellate in 1389 and 1392, making Lumley, along with Raby, one of County Durham's two late 14th-century castles.

During the reign of King John, Knaresborough served as a royal arsenal for the manufacture of crossbow quarrels.

High Street North is a relatively undistinguished and typical London suburban shopping street: the exuberance of the Town Hall complex is forgotten.

A number of these houses have been converted into shops to cater for the visitors and pilgrims who flock to this town and visit the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.

This shows the overflow pond which was the location of Constable's 'The Haywain' (1821).

The early cross which gives the square its name is prominent here, but the top of the tower of St David's Cathedral can be seen beyond the buildings on the right.

The fine old building on the right is used as the Town Hall. A blue plaque commemorates the fact that John Newman was burnt at the stake for his Protestant faith in August 1555.

This splendid photograph of this beauty spot was taken from a point on what is now called Witton Weavers Way, the Beamers Trail in picturesque Witton Park close to Blackburn.

The post mill, which stood to the north of the cottage, was built in 1829 and demolished in 1912. Mill Cottage and the converted barn called Granary House are all that remain of the mill complex.

This is a closer view of the Conyngham Restaurant with its extensive well laid-out grounds, which include swings and other children's facilities.

The salt mines underground are enormous, so large that miles and miles of road systems, big enough for double-decker buses, have been formed to travel around on; in fact there are 22 million cubic metres

Ardingly, pronounced Arding-lie, is situated to the north of Haywards Heath and is famous in Sussex as the setting for Ardingly College.

It is sad that with the development of a large shopping centre in Telford town centre, Oakengates no longer attracts shoppers as it once did - even the branch of Woolworth we see here has

At the time of this photograph, Hoskins, a family brewery in Beaumanor Road, Belgrave, in Leicester, owned this, their one public house.