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It was in a half-timbered house near the top of the street in August 1485 that Henry Tudor spent the night before riding on to Bosworth to do battle and win the Crown.

The helter-skelter has been replaced with a more modern fairground ride; the same also applies to the water chute on the right.

A summer's day visit to the country and a ride on an ancient tortoise - simple pleasures!

When I was a teenager I remember riding out on my BSA Bantam to the Wimpy Bar on Box Hill.

You can scarcely move on the Parade on a fine afternoon without meeting troops of fair horse-women attended by their riding-masters.

There was much to do apart from sea bathing; as well as donkey rides, there were boating, sporting activities, country rambles, concerts and plays.

The mosaic floor pictured shows in the centre a winged cupid riding a dolphin, with sea panthers and sea horses in the surrounding semi-circles.

It was popular in Victorian times as a centre for fishing and riding, and for trekking among the mountains and waterfalls.

The small horse-drawn carts carried less active holiday-makers onto the sands, but could probably be hired as an alternative to a donkey ride.

A safe haven for cyclists on a sunny day - some manage to ride two abreast toward the photographer.

The mosaic floor pictured shows in the centre a winged cupid riding a dolphin, with sea panthers and sea horses in the surrounding semi-circles.

A two hour horse-drawn carriage ride for four people cost two shillings (10p).

The mosaic floor in this photograph shows in the centre a winged cupid riding a dolphin, with sea panthers and sea horses in the surrounding semi-circles.

Deckchairs, donkey rides and, in the background, the South Pier with its gabled pavilion, make up the picture, while the holidaymakers are, as usual, well-wrapped-up against the biting North Sea breezes

Victorian visitors came to look at old rural England - so different to their world in the overcrowded working cities of the West Riding.

As well as being in the West Riding, Saddleworth was also in the wapentake of Agbrigg. Wapentake literally means 'show of weapons', and was the old Danish way of voting.

At the front of the Hall is a massive riding area for horse training and shows.

A little closer, a group of donkeys await their rides.

At Lytham there were swings, donkeys to ride, and Carlton's Pierrots amongst the sandhills.

Glorious views across the Severn Vale to the Malvern Hills add to the charms of The Rising Sun, which has long been a favourite watering hole for the racing fraternity.

Payn was fully expecting to take possession of Coity when he arrived here; but instead of surrendering the place immediately, the local chieftain, Morgan, responded by riding out equipped for battle.

Another two pennies bought a bus ride back to New England'.

The roads are more clearly defined, but it is still safe enough to ride a bicycle near the middle of the road.

Situated six miles north-west of Barnard Castle, Romaldkirk in 1898 was not in fact in County Durham but in the North Riding of Yorkshire.