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F Beale & Sons were builders until they were bought out in the 1960s. Their yard was in Adelaide Road, beside the swimming baths that they built in 1885.

A couple of decades later, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth writing in 1136, King Arthur fought his adversary Modred on this shore.

This little cluster of 16th- and 17th-century gabled timbered cottages, along with the pub (not visible in the photograph), was acquired in its entirety by the National Trust in 1939.

This photograph was taken on a summer's day, when the river was low.

The seafront itself is a noisy bustle of amusements, and has been for generations, providing seaside fun for the many.

This magnificent view shows Beddgelert cupped in an encircling ring of mountains.

Strange though it may seem in this fin de siecle moral climate, St Mary Magdalene's was built because, in the early 19th century, the parish church could not handle the number of worshippers.

Described as a cross between a Renaissance palace and a medieval cathedral, the Town Hall opened at the head of Princess Street in 1863.

In 1893, a study by a German sociologist found that six out of every seven working-class families in the mill towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire managed to save enough money to spend on a holiday.

The river basks in afternoon sunshine, with swans and a hired rowing boat on the water.

It was named Kings House after James I, and Queen Ann of Denmark and Henry, Prince of Wales stayed there in the early 17th century.

Viewed from the Close and looking East, the room with the large window over the Gate was a chapel belonging to Malmesbury House, the front of which can be seen to the left of the picture.

High Street 1903 The graceful sweep of the narrow High Street provides the setting for some splendid Victorian shop fronts, with H.

Although it is only one and a half miles from Camelford, St Adwena's church stands very much on its own by the fringe of Bodmin Moor.

It was built in 1844 by T H Wyatt; he added a square imitation Norman font, which he presented on completion of the building.

This beautiful and intriguing building has survived and prospered and is now part of the United Reformed Church ministry.

Unfortunately, the town had much of its heart punched out by 1960s development. The 1897 Diamond Jubilee drinking fountain was reerected in The Steyne gardens in 1969.

Here are a group of young citizens of Burwash with rural baby carts (hardly prams) photographed over a century ago.

The abbey was founded by Richard de Granville in about 1130, at the same time as he established his castle on the other side of the river.

The Southport & Lytham Tramroad Co came up with a proposal to construct a transporter bridge due south of Hesketh Bank at a cost of £183,500.

Freshfield is situated between Formby and Ainsdale on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway route between Liverpool and Southport.

Built of local oak, the gaff-rigged wherry was precisely designed for Broadland conditions, and fleets of them once plied between Yarmouth and Norwich.

Most of the buildings are timber-framed and date from the 15th to the 17th century, although several are now covered by weather-boarding.

I am old enough to walk on my own now!' says the child standing by her pushchair.