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In 1910-11 the vicar, Conrad Noel, engaged a furniture restorer called Ernest Beckwith to exercise his skill on restoring the Guildhall.

The Palace Cinema is showing three films: Charlton Heston stars in The Private War of Major Benson, Jane Wyman in Lucy Gallant and Tony Curtis in Rawhide Years, which date this photograph to 1956 at the

The Fire Station which had stood on the left was demolished in 1966. The lower sash windows of the houses on the left have been replaced by casement windows, and their number increased.

Joseph Tunnicliffe, a wealthy silk manufacturer, had been persuaded after some difficulty to make a bequest in favour of an infirmary.

The Bowness Ferry across the narrowest part of the lake was originally a hand-rowed operation.

The water seethes with punts, and one of the college barges is in the distance. Many of the latter had a balustraded upper deck and a large flagpole for the college colours.

The Bude Canal was something of an oddity. For its first 2 miles, it was a barge canal - as seen here. Then, freight was trans-shipped into small tubs with wheels.

Smart, the translator of Horace, was a native of Shipbourne. In Victorian times there was a working men's institute here.

In the foreground is a 'stack', a pillar of rock isolated from the cliff by erosion. On the spur of rock a wooden ladder can just be seen. This gave access to the cove for bathers.

This row of flint and brick cottages are in the style of the 17th century, but they have the date 1844 over the porch.

Dating only from 1737, Hanley was a township in the parish of Stoke until 1857.

Holy Trinity was built in 1843 as a chapel of ease for the expanding population. Its neo- Norman style - complete with round-headed arches and corbel tables - was very much of its time.

A mill close to the village was mentioned in the Domesday Book and the ruins, seen on the Trent's bank, were probably part of it.

Three miles away from the Trent and 50ft above it, this reservoir was formed in 1953 by damming one of its tributaries, the River Blithe.

This is a small but pretty bay to the east of Torquay. This view is remarkable for cpaturing bathing machines - the wheeled objects on the left.

Milborne Port lies east of the Dorset town of Sherborne.

The Roman Foss Dyke canal fell out of use during Anglo-Saxon times, but was restored after the Norman Conquest to become one of the main outlets for the great medieval city's wool and lead exports.

This is how local historian W A Abram described the Town Hall: 'The west front, 120 feet wide, with an elevation of 63 feet, presents the main entrance in the centre, by three massive arched doorways

The Britannia ale house, which stood on the corner of the High Street and North Street, was believed to be one of the earliest houses in the town and had monastic connections.

This indicated that accommodation was available here, and that the rooms were of a standard approved by the Royal Automobile Club.

The avenue of trees was damaged during the 1987 storm, and specimens were duly replaced.

There is another village in Bisley - that of the clubhouses and mobile homes found at the National Rifle Association's ranges.

Much of the foliage has disappeared since this picture was taken. Today, walkers and fishermen can be seen at intervals along the canal, as well as colourful boating activity.

Apart from the rooftops of Burgh Heath Parade all these buildings have been demolished, as has the tree in the centre.