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The corn mill burned down in 1961, and then in 1964 Dr Beeching swung his axe and the pretty railway line from Buntingford to Ware was closed. All was set for Standon to slip into a decline.

Racing was their passion, and A PRINT OF ECLIPSE ZZZ05329 (Bourne Hall Museum) After the painting by George Stubbs, showing Eclipse at the Rubbing House on the Downs.

Here we have a close-up view of the Overhead Railway, which ran from north to south in the city and yet did not hold up traffic going down to the Pier Head.

It was taken down in 1793, and a new Exchange was started in 1806. By 1849 there had been two extensions added, along with a post office and news room.

At one time the churchyard wall decayed, rainwater washed the soil away from the graves, and bones were taken down the hill, even into the water.

Centuries ago the pulpit had a large leather funnel with a pipe going down to a pew for a particularly deaf member of the congregation.

All the needs of a developing small town are in evidence - the Bedford lorry loaded with builders materials, Charles Love & Son's ironmongery and radio/TV engineer's (right), Lisles petrol station (near

This is now an extremely busy road, and there is a host of traffic lights where five roads meet at the bottom of Lindum Hill, just about where the car is coming down the road.

The road heading into the distance is Boltro Road, which leads down to the railway station - the railway line is off to the right of this photograph.

Many of the Manchester Ship Canal workers settled here, where there was plenty of work to be had in the ever-spreading town.

It has since been filled in and closed down. Wisbech is the capital of the Fens. It was once a strategic seaport, where coasters transhipped their cargoes into fenland lighters.

We are in the Cuckmere Valley, with fine views of the scarp side of the Downs.

The thirty-five mile long Manchester Ship Canal works as one great harbour, and ships moving up and down the canal have to register each movement with the control centre at Eastham.

On 21 October, bombs rained down, damaging 400 homes. German prisoners helped clear up the damage. Air raid shelters were not foolproof, but they gave a sense of security.

The town clock has been given a number of nicknames, including `the Iron Duke of Tredegar`, because of the small profile of the Duke of Wellington on the base.

We are looking down on The Square from Middle Row at the bottom of Broad Street. The shot is north-eastwards, along Bridge Street (centre) to the roofs of Coombe Street.

Down in the harbour, the tall ship is moored just in front of the Angel Vaults, still here as a waterside inn.

Webbs had branches in ten other towns, so they could safely claim to be 'The Midland Counties Outfitter'. The Old White Horse (right) would become Burton Menswear in 1962.

Down in the harbour, the tall ship is moored just in front of the Angel Vaults, still here as a waterside inn.

The water is as smooth as glass, and the varied trees, the aquatic plants at the water's edge, and the reeds in the distance are a complete contrast to what goes on further down the broad at Wroxham bridge

The history and make-up of the town has dramatically changed over the years.

Askrigg's Elizabethan Old Hall, centre, burnt down in 1935. The TV series All Creatures Great and Small was filmed here, which put the village back on the tourist trail in the 1970s.

These cumbersome devices were backed into the sea by horses, and the incumbent then disembarked down steps at the rear, protected from cold winds and inquisitive stares by a collapsible umbrella

The 1879-dated Reading Room is down the street from Rock House (right of centre), with the gable-end of the Three Horseshoes in the foreground (far right). Its enamelled sign is for Colman's Mustard.