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In the village there is a memorial to two pioneers of aviation, Lord Brabazon and Charles Stewart Rolls.

The most popular car of the time, the Mini, is parked in the foreground.

It was built on the site of a medieval leper hospital, to serve the nearby almshouses.

Peering just around the corner of the house on the right is a petrol pump. This was quite acceptable in the 1950s perhaps, but is not legal now.

The Sealed Knot stage re-enactments of the 1648 assault on Scarborough Castle with musket, pike and cannon.

The Arcade became one of the most fashionable shopping streets in the area. The gothic architecture remained an enthusiasm for builders and architects throughout the late Victorian period.

The corner of the Guildhall building can just be seen on the left.This view looks towards Endless Street to the large vertical Bus Station sign in the distance.

Formerly named 'Hill of St Thomas' or 'Hilstret', it runs from St Thomas's Green to Market Street. Note the 'parked' carts to the left and the busy traffic!

It comprised 775 acres, including woodlands, lakes and a manor house, part of which was turned into refreshment rooms.

This photo was taken in the days of Watney's draught red barrel and 'a Double Diamond Works Wonders' advertising. The only lager on sale was bottled, usually Lowenbrau.

Loch Fad is the largest inland stretch of water on Bute. On the western shore stands the regency style house built in 1827 by the actor Edmund Kean.

Swans are a familiar sight on the Crammer pond. In 1967 the Crammer was walled in, but the wall was soon removed as a result of public protest.

Here we see a delightful grouping of children enjoying a paddle in the sea. In this timeless scene, the guardian white cliffs can be seen in the background.

Out of town shopping and subsequently deserted high streets were still some way off in the future.

One of Ilkley's many smaller hydros, the Marlborough House on Clifton Road opened in 1878. It survived almost a century before being replaced by modern town houses in Marlborough Square.

Another view of Salutation Square before its redevelopment and transformation into a busy road junction. The board on the 'Keep Left' sign refers to a Royal Army Ordnance Corps exercise.

A view looking east along the green to Trinity College, with the Bank of Ireland on the left. This bustling scene shows a horse-tram snaking over the cobbled street.

The character of Antrim's coast is nowhere better expressed than where it is possible to see the black basalt overlying the white chalk rocks, as here at the Wishing Arch.

The strange colours, white and red, of the cliffs around Seaton give a striking effect when the sun falls upon them. They are notoriously crumbly, and rock falls are common.

Strawberry Hill, above the village, was the site of an Iron Age fort. A boat is being beached to the right beyond the slipway and other boats in the centre.

The photographer must have felt far from the rumblings of war, and even more so with subjects as beautiful as this fine old stone bridge that spans the Lledr River.

This house was built in 1595-96 by Thomas Rogers, whose grandson, John Harvard, settled in America, and died there in 1638, bequeathing money towards the establishment of Harvard College.

This view looks eastwards along the former Roman road to Colchester, which forms the main street of this village. The church, whose spire can be seen, is the Methodist church.

The Cow Tower, with barges moored nearby, looks out from the edge of Cowholme, now in the riverside walk park, to the late 19th-century city expansion beyond the Wensum.