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A between-the-wars picture of pastoral tranquillity. The only slightly odd element of the photograph is the shepherd himself - the suit and hat do not quite fit the stereotyped image!

Built in the latter part of the 18th century, Woolverstone Hall was for many years the seat of the Berners family before it was taken over for use as a school.

This view over Victoria Pier gives a good idea of the variety of ships and smaller boats that could be seen sailing off Cowes on an average day between the wars.

This shows the bank designed by Archibald Simpson (1839), topped with a statue of Demeter, and a large block of houses by John Smith (c1810), showing Smith's characteristic recessed, curved corner.

Simple but striking; the War Memorial in remembrance of World War I is a double circular colonnade enclosing the Cenotaph.

The late 19th-century industrial face of the village percolates through the photograph, providing a dramatic contrast to Church Lane, which runs almost picturesquely away to the right of the cross.

The sight of a man setting up a large tripod camera seemed to fascinate children: hundreds of pictures in the Frith archive seem to point to this.

A pair of loaded working boats head south on the Grand Union Canal from Braunston Tunnel.

Keay House - centre left - was named after the first Chairman of Basildon Development Corporation.

The last two arches are showing signs of some form of reconstruction as the century closes.

The people of Gloucester would call Robert Raikes 'Bobby Wildgoose' as he walked down the road - he always looked grand.

The missing stone arch of Nanny Moore's Bridge marks the site of a mill.

A quiet hamlet on the north side of Kit Hill near Callington. Such a scene, but with an improved road and without the figure by the wall, would still be familiar today in many rural parts of Cornwall.

The House of Correction stood on this site until 1829. The county jail was then relocated and the new Town Hall was built incorporating some of the cells.

The ornate spires on the left form part of William Wilkins' screen which walls off the Front Court of King's College.

Malborough lies away from the coast, high above the Salcombe estuary, but it is an ideal place to stay when exploring the beautiful stretch of coastline between Bolt Head and Bolt Tail - the favourite

Malborough lies away from the coast, high above the Salcombe estuary, but it is an ideal place to stay when exploring the beautiful stretch of coastline between Bolt Head and Bolt Tail - the favourite

Shiplake is situated on a chalk cliff, prettily overhanging one of the loveliest bends of the river.

The Goatscliff entrance to the village of Grindleford is little changed today from the day when this photograph was taken.

In 1973 construction began on the Town Hall extension, a modern office block linked to the rear of the existing building by means of a first-floor bridge.

Walking to the right, we come to New College, which was completed in 1911; on its opening the size of the Academy was doubled.

The Buckland Drives, following the rim of the flatter land high up on the eastern bank of the Dart, were very popular during the 19th century.

An evocative shot of the mid 20th-century coast, with seaside paraphernalia squeezed between the marshes and the sea.

Nearby are rows of pretty cottages and ancient, timber-framed buildings with walls of wattle and daub.