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The impressive Royal Insurance building and the premises of Abel's Pianos have both gone; the Admiral Rodney pub, Household Linens, the Queen's Arms and Victoria House, at the very end of the row, have

Given their numbering in the archive, it is possible that these pictures were taken within hours of one another.

If you should ask how the fishermen reached their cobles moored in the river, notice the steps (not to mention the mooring ropes).

We may be thankful that although a later entrance building was wrecked by fire, both the older theatre and music pavilion can still be seen today, and the pier remains successful.

Troops were billeted at the shoreward end pavilion during the Second World War, though it had re-opened to the general public by 1946.

Following the closure of the post office and stores in March 2003, a community shop and post office opened in the barn of the Swan in December 2003.The single-decker bus is approaching another now

Both Southampton and Eastleigh laid claim to its title; the thorny problem was eventually and diplomatically settled by calling it Southampton (Eastleigh) Airport.

The Railway Hotel has a rustic porch, and children stand hopefully beside the chocolate machines on the wall. The hotel later became the Eeabank Lodge.

There is another village in Bisley - that of the clubhouses and mobile homes found at the National Rifle Association's ranges.

The statues flanking its main entrance steps portray mining and nautical navigation themes - both endeavours vital to the prosperity of the city and county.

WE MUST NOT become too enthralled with the sea and the excitements of coastal villages and small towns.

On the left is an optician's, A Bateman's. Next door, behind the clock, are the Ashford Co-op Society stores, with the Westminster Bank beyond.

Further on is another former shop with a chewing-gum machine; beyond it are the telephone box and the Parish Room of 1904.

Whitegate is named for an old white gate which would once have marked the entrance to the former Vale Royal Abbey.

At the end of the Parade, behind the trees on the right, stands the Castle, the home of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

Two more were built after one another; the second was washed away by floods.This photograph, showing the castle walls and the dome of the Debtors' Prison, was taken from the fourth recorded bridge, which

Here we have another view of Prince's Corner on the right, with a glimpse of the High Street beyond the pseudo-timbering of The King's Arms (now The Fallow and Firkin).

Another major engineering feat on this scenic line is the rock cutting in the far headland. How things have changed at Carbis Bay - much of this scene has since been developed.

There was at one time another line down to Rawtenstall, joining what is now the East Lancashire Preserved Railway. As well as having three railway lines, the town also had three turnpike roads.

The staircases are designed in such a way that the floor of one is the roof of the other, and people using them do not see one another until they reach the top of the tower.

Another was built, and that too was a ruin for a number of years – it has since been restored.

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs. St Leonard's church was built in 1895.

Brook's Cafe Restaurant is now The Bradford & Bingley Building Society. The horse is still supreme: it would be another three years before the first car made its appearance in town.

Both thrive to the present day. The first hotel, built about 1851, still stands to the east of the old railway station, and is used by British Rail as offices.