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This delightful stretch of towpath, with its lines of quaint cottages and period houses, is where the Kennet & Avon Canal enters Newbury on its way to meet the Thames at Reading.

The corner of Windermere Road and Brighton Road marks the point where this photograph was taken. The empty shop on the left is now occupied by Doble`s motor cycles.

The off-licence on the corner of Lackford Road and Station Parade no longer sells Watney`s ales, and currently remains empty with a chartered architect`s name by the door.

In times of flood it was impassable, and even the horses had to go by another route, three miles out of their way. In 1909 it was rebuilt by the County Council.

The bathing huts here were nearly the scene of a diplomatic incident in 1878. Alfred Price, son of the huts` owner, tried to stop a young man throwing stones at the huts, and a fight broke out.

But it is an interesting combination, and views from the inn from its position at the top of Rodborough Common are a delight.

The attractively crowded buildings in the centre of Hawkshead village are well displayed by this early photograph, with the former Market Hall on the left.

The prosperity of the town is evident in its grand commercial frontage.

A paddle steamer momentarily obscures Penarth Head on route to Cardiff where it will join the massed ranks of vessels from all around the world.

A hilltop village on the southern edge of the Worth Forest with distant views of both the North and South Downs.

A village on the eastern edge of the St Leonards Forest at a high point on the London to Brighton trunk road. The Red Lion, c1550, is an old coaching inn.

The North Shore of Skegness was slow to develop, but it now has lots of attractions for visitors, including an AstroGlide slide for children.

This is another stone village to the south of Grantham, and houses being built there now must still be stone-faced. The rounded corner house now has lots of roses growing up the wall.

A rucksack-clad rambler (left) admires Abbot Huby's magnificent north tower at Fountains Abbey, in the valley of the River Skell near Ripon.

Some of the windows in St Andrew's have been replaced by others designed by the sculptor and artist Henry Moore, who lived at nearby Hoglands in Perry Green.

Moorgate runs towards Cannon Square, and the trees belong to the churchyard - the pinnacled tower of St Swithun's church rises on the left.

The main difference is the appearance of Rex Arnold's factory, on the right, who made tubular steel furniture and car seat frames.

The church is dedicated to St Wilfrid, and local legend has it that this is where the Cheshire cat originated – there is a carving of a cat on the tower.

This is a scene that we seldom come across these days – a traffic jam caused by a lorry meeting a herd of cows walking to, or perhaps from, their milking parlour.

The billboard on the right of the Town Hall advertises 'The Wicked Lady' starring Margaret Lockwood and James Mason, showing at the Alexander Picture Theatre (in St Margaret's Hall).

This pretty garden lies on the corner of Park Road and York Road. How sad that this quiet place is now occupied by Titan House, a massive office building several storeys high and currently empty.

Just inside the ornamental gates we can see the original house of the Park Curator, which today serves as a small café. The Dorman Museum, opened in 1904, lies just beyond the gates.

The architecture of Cardigan is distinct from other towns in Ceredigion: many buildings were constructed from cut slate slabs from local quarries, or from different-coloured bricks from the nearby brick

Here we have a distant view of the village looking east toward the Brecon Beacons. Note that this is still limestone country, with a verdant mass of trees and hedgerows.