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The view down the street in 1950 is not greatly different from 50 years before, although a car has replaced the pony and trap.

This bridge over the River Aire linking Silsden and Steeton was built in 1806 at a cost of £3529; it opened up trade between Wharfedale and Airedale.

The imposing Bridge House, with a datestone of 1883 (left), was originally the Conservative Club; it was later used as a youth club, and was restored in 2003 and converted into business premises.

port, Looe declined with the coming of the railways, though it continued to maintain a fishing fleet; there were also exports of granite from local quarries, which was used for harbours, breakwaters and

The Chequers pub leads to the bridge over the river Teise; beyond that is the George and Dragon pub, which was rebuilt in 1882 after a fire destroyed the old inn.

The river to the east of the church has been widened and landscaped, and bridges built to the north and south of the Churchyard.

The town, built in oolitic limestone, is a most attractive one: its streets curve up and down hill picturesquely.

It was a popular place for holidays, even though the village had been spoiled not only by the ruins of an alum works, but by an iron bridge that carried the railway line between Whitby and Saltburn.

The hump on the horizon was the railway bridge, since levelled for a busy roundabout with five exits.

There are roads along each bank and houses face the river, giving it a slightly Dutch feel. Indeed, there are some fine Georgian houses, particularly on the east side near the good parish church.

A train has just left Holborn Viaduct Station and thunders south over the bridge, steam ballooning out over the roofs. Below, traffic crawls miserably up Ludgate Hill.

Note the sign for Southdown Buses, and a reminder that the last boat sails at 8.45 (left). The island railway opened in the 1860s, crossing to Hayling from Havant over a wooden bridge.

The High Bridge timber-framed buildings had got into a deplorable state by the 20th century, and were extensively restored and rebuilt in 1900 by William Watkins, who also added the three dormer windows

There are sailing ships and fishing boats alongside the quays at East Looe, with warehouses and a fish cellar in the foreground.

The High Bridge timber-framed buildings had got into a deplorable state by the 20th century, and were extensively restored and rebuilt in 1900 by William Watkins, who also added the three dormer windows

There are roads along each bank and houses face the river, giving it a slightly Dutch feel. Indeed, there are some fine Georgian houses, particularly on the east side near the good parish church.

The Chequers pub leads to the bridge over the river Teise; beyond that is the George and Dragon pub, which was rebuilt in 1882 after a fire destroyed the old inn.

Duplicating an earlier shot from 1897, this view is looking westwards up East Street from the River Asker and East Bridge.

Another view along the Welland towards Town Bridge, over which the old Great North Road crossed into Lincolnshire.

A pedestrian footbridge known as Haugh Bridge on the left offers some protection on the sharp bend, and a strongly flowing stream runs under the road at this point.

Yet upriver, above London Bridge, were the more modest colliers, whose simple barges, loaded by man-power, carried consignments on to Thameside towns, for shipment to the Midlands and the north through

Also known as St Sampson's, Golant on the west bank of the Fowey was cut off from the main estuary, save for a bridge, by the embankment of the Lostwithiel to Fowey railway in 1869.

The Old Quay Swing Bridge opens by pivoting on the pier on the left hand side of the canal.

This view was taken from immediately by Burford Bridge, in the public park on the Oxfordshire bank.