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It was from here, in 1548, that six-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots left for France to marry the Dauphin when both were old enough.

This view looks east around West Bay to Ledge Point, showing the neat, enclosed little bay and the lack of noisy entertainment that, even a century ago, set Westgate apart from its neighbour,'merry

The restoration was directed at putting the house into a representation of what it might have looked like in 1564.

The Borough Hotel is on the right of our photograph; this was a Dutton House.Woolworth's is a little further up the street.

Broad Street is the town's most fashionable shopping street, though the busy traffic of today prevents dogs lying down in the road!

Chigwell Hall dominates the land behind the churchyard of St Mary's. It was built in 1876 to designs by Norman Shaw, his only house in the area. It is now a Grade II listed building.

This community relocated to Prinknash in Gloucestershire and the buildings were taken over by the present community of Cistercian monks.

This scene is indicative of the time - there is not a car in sight. Indeed, the sign on the left is for Holliday's Livery and Stables, where you could also hire a landau or dogcart.

Cheap Street is one of Sherborne's ancient trading areas, and still fulfils that function today. Notice the cricket bat sign over Freeman's Sports Shop.

After the war, the remains of the city centre were demolished to make way for a new, more regular street plan. In this picture the new Post Office is still under construction on the right.

The Leys was founded by Methodists as a boys' school run on Christian principles.

Being within a few miles of the village, they helped Wroxham become the major centre for cruising that it is today.

A Manchester Corporation tramcar stands at the Altrincham terminus in Railway Street, its route back to Manchester being by way of Stamford New Road, Sandiway Road, Manchester Road, Washway Road, Cross

The Parade, seen here with North Street in the distance, is at the very heart of Taunton. On the left are the Victoria Rooms, built as a market in 1821 and sadly demolished in 1963.

Bartholomew Street, on the southern side of the town centre, was originally called West Street.

Angel Hill was once the site of Bury Fair, but by 1955 it has been relegated to nothing more than a car park. The Angel Hotel gave its name to the square.

Twenty-one cannons, once the guns of the sailing ship Royal Adelaide, are used to start the yachting races during Cowes Week every August. In the background a ferry heads into port.

Harvesters work the fields within the shadow of Netherbury Church in the last peaceful years before the Great War.

Seen from the bridge, most of these buildings survive as cafes, gift shops, and the like. The prominent semi-circular gable on the right in the distance is the famous Roy's Stores.

Here we see Trumpington Street, with Corpus Christi College's entrance to New Court (built in 1825 by William Wilkins) on the left. Just beyond is St Botolph's, one of Cambridge's medieval churches.

Looking down towards St Andrew's Street, with First Court, the oldest part of Christ's College, in the distance. The Capital and Counties bank (now Lloyd's) and Post Office are in the foreground.

This view shows the magnificent Tudor chimneys of the Museum.

Up above the Cow and Calf rocks is more evidence of quarrying, but in this photograph the heather softens the scene for the Edwardian picnickers taking in the valley view, top right.

Briefly, the advertising strategy changed, laying stress now not on the 'bucket and spade' charms of Southsea as a seaside resort but on the city's history and its naval and military heritage.