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By 1904 the quay had gone and larger quantities of heavy goods were being handled on the railway sidings, which had replaced the canal basin.

Here we see the harbour swing bridge, with the important Slate Quay visible on the right. This was connected to the slate mines by a narrow gauge railway.

Here the Rivers Mole and Ember join and enter the Thames. Nearby is Molesey Lock.

Plymouth and Devonport were served by a number of ferries, including these wonderful steam-powered, chain-guided floating bridges on the Torpoint service, which were capable of carrying wheeled vehicles

Further along the bridge we look into the backwater with the lock island on the left and the old lock-keeper's cottage beyond the tree.

This side of Bridge Street in the 1880s and 90s could quite easily have been renamed Ironmongers Row.

Situated about 50 yards below the ferry bridge, the riverside gardens, laid out in 1933, are still well-maintained and attractively stocked.

Bangor's main street runs between the station and the harbour, and today is partly pedestrianised. It is shown here crowded with shoppers and an early car.

Plymouth and Devonport were served by a number of ferries, including these wonderful steam-powered, chain-guided floating bridges on the Torpoint service, which were capable of carrying wheeled vehicles

takes its name from the round stones, or popples (like the pobbles of Budleigh Salterton), that abound in the area; it was a fording place over the Otter for centuries before its stone bridge

It closed in 1974 with the opening of the M5 bridge, which carried a walkway and cycle track along with the motorway. Little commercial traffic now passes through to Bristol.

After crossing the Wye Bridge, our man from Frith captured plenty of activity and detail in this photograph of the main street.

In summer the wooded slopes above are a mass of myrtle and hydrangea. East Looe's cramped main street, edged with a jumble of jettied shops and cottages, tapers down to the quay.

This short, 2-mile canal was opened in 1773, and is an extension of the River Ure. In this view of the stone-walled canal basin we see the cathedral rising over the roofs, and the old arched bridge.

Harnham Bridge crossed the Hampshire Avon just south of Salisbury between the twin hamlets of East and West Harnham. The former was a parish in its own right.

When the new Worcester Bridge opened in 1781 it gave Broad Street quite a boost, helping it to support three coaching inns.

The minor road off the B1249 rises with dwellings on either side, peaks and falls again to an old wooden bridge with rusted iron railings that crosses brackish water which eventually falls

The bridge over the River Avon at Ibsley, with its white water weir, wildfowl and waterside scenery, is a good place to halt if you are following that lovely river up from the sea.

In this view we see the largely rebuilt High Bridge buildings with the brickwork and stonework still looking fresh.

This short, 2-mile canal was opened in 1773, and is an extension of the River Ure. In this view of the stone-walled canal basin we see the cathedral rising over the roofs, and the old arched bridge.

Motorcycles with sidecars were a popular and economical means of getting about for ordinary people.

A narrow path leads through trees and across a small humpbacked bridge to the attractive shingle-spired church. The church is 15th-century, but its interior is much more recent.

A competition to design its bridge was won by I K Brunel; work began in 1831, but the funds ran out, and it was not completed until 1864, after Brunel's death.

The Hall lies in a crook of the River Hodder, with a stream called Barn Gill and its waterfall in the Hall grounds. The bridge in the foreground is over the Barn Gill.