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This view, taken in the same year as 41713, looks northwards from beside the north bank of the pond.

The celebrated village of Cookham, a mile or so south of Bourne End, is seen here from the boatyard on the Buckinghamshire bank, although curiously until 1992 a strip of about 30 feet along

All the men in this photograph are wearing suits, so it is no wonder that the Fifty Shilling Tailor did a lot of business, It was the accepted mode of dress, particularly for work.

This view shows one of Salter's pleaseure steamers, the 'Henley', having just passed through Burford Bridge heading upstream towards Oxford.

The village street shown in this picture is now a busy part of the town.The two cars, a motor cycle and one bicycle reflect a slower pace of life.The bank, with its solid door, is half hidden by

This is Loves Lane leading off the Main Street and heading for Horn Mill. There is a mixture of housing from thatched and tiled to prefabricated postwar styles.

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

The High Street approaches the Market Place from the south, slightly downhill beyond the crossroads in the middle distance. The west side of the Market Place is in the distance.

The old town of Strood, on the west bank of the River Medway, was incorporated into Rochester in 1835.

Twenty years later, the scene is much the same, although the street has now been sealed with a tarmacadam surface.

This view of the Wokingham Road entrance is nowadays remarkably unchanged, apart from the loss of the lamps atop the gate piers and of the lodge cupola in the distance.

Taken close to Junction station, this photograph shows the North Devon Infirmary, the white building below the church tower.

A lady pushes a pram towards the shops, while the man beside the Morris Minor (centre left) calls over the road to his wife. The second shop on the left is Lloyds Bank.

We can just see the Market Cross on the right in the distance. Two vehicles from the United Bus Company pick up passengers, the nearer one (centre right) serving the Great Ayton to Redcar route.

Looking at a tranquil summer scene like this, it is difficult to imagine the furious weather to which Torcross is sometimes exposed.

Gazing up the street past Wilks Teenage Fashions (left) with the Elkes Cafe above, we can see Barclays Bank. This was built in 1921 on the site of Huggins & Chambers, an ironmonger's.

Located on the western bank of Southampton Water, in the shadow of an oil refinery and heavy industry, Hythe is unexpectedly pretty in places.

Banks Road and The Crescent (W170049) form the heart of the original village. There is a wide-ranging array of shops, many of them tucked away beneath the arcades.

As well as its three main arches, the bridge also has six smaller flood arches across the fields on the south bank. A

These riverside houses have been replaced by the Albert Embankment, which was built between 1866 and 1870. To the left are the Lambeth potteries, which had operated since Elizabeth I's reign.

Now known as the Shillingford Bridge Hotel, and with a large and rather poor extension replacing the clapboarded building to the right, this Georgian inn is situated on the south bank by the elegant bridge

Two mothers with contrasting baby transport pass the market place. Still a going concern, Hinckley's busy market draws people from a wide area of Leicestershire and Warwickshire.

The sign 'Luncheons and Teas' on the right, just beyond the White Hart, advertises the Two Sisters Café, which from 1939 to 1949 was also a guest house.

Upright staves are inserted at the water's edge. These reinforce the efforts we saw in photograph 18208 to diminish the sea's force and to protect the cramped houses and banks.