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Work began on the canal in 1887, and at its peak 97 steam excavators, 174 locomotives, 6,300 trucks, 194 cranes, 212 steam pumps, 59 pile engines, 196 horses and 16,000 navvies were involved.

Moving on to the far north-east corner of the county, we reach Misterton.

Seen from the north-west bank of the River Trent, the castle appears foreshortened; but the wall in this view is that half of the east curtain wall that survived the 1650s demolition, with the gatehouse

Here, shopping expedition completed, mother and son walk down Horsemarket Street, passing Sterlings shoe shop on the corner of Lyme Street (right.)

Weston-super-Mare sits at the edge of the Bristol Channel, opposite the nature reserve island of Steepholm.

Weston-super-Mare sits at the edge of the Bristol Channel, opposite the nature reserve island of Steepholm.

After the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Crystal Palace was moved to Sydenham in south-east London, where it was filled with lavish displays.

This is a detail of the chalet zone which sprang up behind the 1897-built Esplanade (right), between the waterworks and the Salt House on Pitfield Marsh (left).

It is distinguished by its fine tower and spire, which is based on the 'crown' of the medieval St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh. The spire is carried on four converging flying buttresses.

It was constructed in about 1854, the dream of an eccentric army Colonel, Robert Smith, a very skilled architect, artist and engineer, who had a long association with India.

Although much restored in the 19th century, and its spire rebuilt in 1785, it is pleasing if not quite spectacular.

This view shows the varied façades of the buildings fronting the market place. The building next to the King's Arms Hotel on the right is a good example.

This is a very busy part of the village, which is not surprising - it was possible to purchase so many essential and varied items here.

Two cars enter the Ewell Road from the main village crossroads watched by a policeman on point duty at the foot of Station Road (later renamed Station Way).

A large crowd is gathered on the beach in the centre of this photograph, possibly to watch 'Uncle Mac and his Minstrels.'

When it opened in October 1879, the Severn Railway Bridge was hailed as wonder of engineering.

Before the birth of theme parks, a day out in the late 1950s (when comparatively few people owned a car) was by Midland Red bus to Groby Pool, Swithland Woods and Bradgate Park, with the

A canal from Biggleswade to Shefford was built in 1822 and gave the town the status of an inland port, with qa navigable waterway to King's Lynn.

The High Street, fashioned in the 1930s, drops down to the original village centre, with the graveyard to St Martins church on the immediate right.

Although Church Street has had much rebuilding in recent years it still retains its character and is one of the best streets in the old town.

Richard Tempest, lord of the manor, was probably advised by King Henry VI about this beautiful church in Perpendicular style when he was sheltering the royal visitor in 1500.

The cars parked on the pavement gives a hint of the traffic problems caused by people heading to the Lakes or southwards.

The initials TH and LHH which appear over the tower door and on the family pew stand for Thomas Hibbert and his sister Letitia Hamilton Hibbert, of Birtles Hall.

We are actually inside the port area here; again we see the mixture of coasters, fishing vessels, yachts and pleasure craft.