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The metal central span was later rebuilt using stone, and until the building of the by-pass in 1974 it carried the heavy traffic of the A30.

This photograph was taken some fifteen years before the opening of the Britannia Royal Naval College.

The attention of the lady in the fore ground is riveted by the crew in the fishing boats as they adjust their sails in preparation for leaving harbour.

This pleasant little town is perched on a hillside above the river Bovey. It was on the railway from Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead, but the line closed to passengers on 28th February 1959.

Much of this bare hillside between Outer and Inner Hope has now been built upon, but the tiny church remains and the coast nearby is wild and spectacular.

Horse-drawn cabs wait for custom outside the imposing neo-Classical Shire Hall, built 1834-5 by Charles Day of Bristol, and Henry Rowe, Worcester's own city architect.

This fine jettied and tim- ber-framed building of about 1450 has superb carved timber tracery to some windows: a rare survival in domestic archi- tecture from this period.

Dunoon Pier, devoid of shipping. During the early 1880s, problems with drunken Glaswegians running amok in the coastal towns had led to the withdrawal of Sunday excursion sailings.

Much of this prosperous market town, north of the Broads, was rebuilt after a major fire in 1600. Its pleasing Georgian facades spread round the market place.

A carved wooden Indian holding a cigar still stands silent guard above one of the shop fronts in this street; it was once used to symbolise to the illiterate that the shop was a tobacconist.

The church of St Winwalloe is named after the 6th-century Breton who founded it. Winwalloe was said to have been born to a mother who had three breasts - one for each of the triplets.

On 30 June 1945, Hull became the first city in the country to abandon its tramway since the outbreak of the Second World War. Many of the trams were sold to the Leeds Corporation.

The River Bain flows out of Semerwater, the largest lake in the old North Riding, and into the Ure. At around three miles in length, the Bain is the shortest river in England.

Known affectionately as 'The Pepperpot', Godalming's attractive market house of 1814 stands at the junction of three streets in central Godalming.

Hamworthy is seen to the left, with Ballast Quay on the extreme left.

A much earlier bridge was replaced by this one in 1853; at that time, the harbour was being improved for the export of copper ore and import of coal.

In common with many shop-owners of the time, the tailors and outfitters Phillips and Handover displayed their wares not only in the windows of their premises, but also outside.

In this charming photograph, a collie sheepdog marshals a flock of white-nosed Swaledale sheep past the village green at Buckden, which stands alongside the River Wharfe.

This view from Little Langdale was taken looking towards Langdale Pikes, with the thimble-shaped Pike 'o' Stickle (2,323ft) prominent on the left, and Gimmer Crag, and Harrison Stickle (2,403ft) on the

Yelvertoft stands near the Grand Union Canal, on a stream which flows into the Avon. The village side streets are reminders of local farmers who long ago made their living off the land here.

The large spa building in the centre of the view was rebuilt in 1877 after a catalogue of disasters. It was damaged by storms in 1808, 1825 and 1836.

Don't the girls look just the thing with their skirts spread out around them on the grass! Billy Butlin bought the land here and opened one of his holiday camps in 1945.

In this view, the horse and dog troughs are still attached to the Dryland Memorial, and a row of sitters is taking advantage of the shade. The war memorial is on the extreme right.

In those relatively traffic-free days before the Great War, it was still common practice for pedestrians to use the carriageway as an extension of the pavement.