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The pierhead pavilion remained in use as a ballroom, before eventually becoming a victim of fire. Twinkle-toed holidaymakers were able to 'Dance to the Melotones'.

Dartmouth regatta is still held in August; but rarely can the river have been as busy or the boats as decorated as here in late Victorian times, when attendance at the regatta was highly chic and drew

This tranquil view, taken from the west bank of the Severn, includes not only the cathedral but also All Saints' Church and St Andrew's.

On the right is the Albany Hotel and the Yorkshire Penny Bank. Sheffield was just one of a handful of authorities at this date who still had faith in their tramway system.

'At weekends in summer and on Bank Holidays, Bourton on the Water has to suffer the invasions which have resulted from the discovery of its beauty, but at other times its charms are unobscured and can

The Grammar School, on Normanby Road, South Bank was opened in 1955.

Here the 1903 widening of the bridge has just been completed, hence the pristine stonework.

Reading Bridge is an elegant reinforced concrete one, with a single main span and Brunel-like arches on each bank. Opened in 1923, it is an examplar of what can be done in the material.

This photograph was taken at the front of Eastleigh railway station. The front of the National Provincial Bank, now the National Westminster, has barely changed since 1960.

The post office, now Swan Cottage, displayed advertisements for Walls ice cream and Bird's Eye frozen foods.

The market is now filled with parked cars, vans, lorries and buses, with at least seven traffic signs in sight.

We are looking south-east from the Embankment. The river basks in afternoon sunshine, with swans and a hired rowing boat on the water.

The weir, a mile up the river from Totnes Bridge, was built in 1581 to provide water for the town mills, and marks the end of the freshwater Dart - below here the river is tidal.

The corner of Windermere Road and Brighton Road marks the point where this photograph was taken. The empty shop on the left is now occupied by Doble`s motor cycles.

From almost any direction this is one of the most spectacular ruined castles in Britain. The Normans built Corfe on the site of a Saxon fortress, and subsequent Kings added to it.

At the west end of Lumley Road there were a few shops in 1899, but the view is utterly transformed now from Roman Bank, a reference to the old Roman sea wall.

After crossing the ancient causeway known as the King's Highway (which runs from Belsars Hill at Willingham to Aldreth), we reach the green at Haddenham and the road to Ely.

In the 1890s there were several tramway schemes to link Southport to Lytham St Anne's, though the real fly in the ointment was bridging the River Ribble.

The Thames is crowded with all sorts of small craft; it is probably a bank holiday. Both shores are packed with people enjoying the sunshine.

The textile mills, forges and foundries, and the vast array of factories of all kinds that sprang up in the 1830s, attracted many people from the surrounding countryside, who exchanged the traditional

The river banks are still just as popular today, as is 'messing around in boats'. This boomed from the late 19th century onwards, as increased leisure time reached the lower middle classes.

The artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti lived here until his death in 1882, and he was interred in All Saints' churchyard.

Here we see an ice cream vendor with 'stop me' written on the side of his cart. This practice gave rise to that familiar 'stop me and buy one' saying, that was so popular at one time.

This pretty garden lies on the corner of Park Road and York Road. How sad that this quiet place is now occupied by Titan House, a massive office building several storeys high and currently empty.