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In the middle distance the London Brighton and South Coast Railway lines cut across Brighton Road on a level crossing.

Any fluctuation in prices can mean the difference between considerable wealth or months of hard work all for nothing.

Campers drift back to their caravans after watching one of Poole Harbour's famous sunsets.

At the far end is the church of St Peter, still under construction at this time; it was not finished until 1902.

On wilder winter days, with a storm beating up the Channel, the walk along the cliffs east of Hastings can be an exciting excursion, with salt spray soaking the clifftop rambler and fierce winds making

The store on the corner is that of W H Smith, which now occupies a different site. The perambulator in the foreground now seems decidedly old-fashioned.

Gardeners tend the remarkable holly hedge of Penny Hill Park, which grows in places up to 40 feet high. Penny Hill Park was built in 1873, and is now an hotel. It has a beautifully landscaped garden.

This outstanding timbered-framed building was built during the 14th century and is jettied (the overhang of the first floor) on both sides.

During the mid 20th century the forest of masts had vanished from Ramsgate's harbour, giving it a very different appearance to earlier pictures.

It was designed to emulate Queen Victoria's home on the Isle of Wight, Osborne House. Bought by the Council in the 1930s it was then converted for use as a Town Hall.

Instead of horses and carts, cars now clog the pavement outside the Black Bull.

Powick's older bridge was the scene of a Civil War battle in 1651 when Royalist troops under Montgomery held it for two hours against superior Parliamentary forces.

The Normans transformed the Benedictine abbey into one of England's greatest Christian establishments, the abbey building being larger than Worcester Cathedral.

It was recently sold, and has since been converted into a number of separate apartments.

With New Town status and under the aegis of the Development Corporation, Bracknell began to expand rapidly.

The village is situated at one end of the beautifully named Golden Valley.

Situated 7 miles from the centre of Oxford, the 16th-century Coach and Horses is an old coaching inn, as its name suggests. Although coaches do not call any more, it does have a bus stop nearby.

Note the perambulators in the centre of the picture.

This view of the garden is taken from the South Cloister.

Once surrounded by forested land, this church boasts remarkable timbered west and south porches built in the early 14th century, and comprising some fifty tons of oak wood.

Fishing boats lie at their moorings on the left, while a small cargo carrier lies moored just off the beach. Horses and carts were still the best way of loading and off-loading in a tidal harbour.

Generations of visitors have been asked the same question: 'How many balls are there on the balustrades?'

Wonderful as this view is, admiration is tempered by the knowledge that the road leading to the south transept was created by the demolition in the 1830s of the mainly 12th-century monastic dormitory and

This fine brick-built village is one of north Dorset's loveliest, its cottage gardens a delight all year round. Even with modern day traffic it seems a place lost in time.