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The bus (standing by the Ship Inn, centre) was an essential service for the inhabitants, many of whom would not have had cars in the 1950s.

Another resident at this time was Lady Alice Lisle, who allegedly offered shelter to some of Monmouth's rebels.

A number of its buildings are now used for the antiques trade or to provide refreshment. Half a century ago this delightful thatched cottage combined the two.

A holidaying family does a bit of window shopping at the Sea View Stores on the front at Reighton, while a dog watches curiously on to the left.

The original Count's House was about 100 yards nearer to Prebend's Bridge and was the home of Count Boruwlaski, a Polish dwarf who stood just 39 inches high.

In front of the Tower, now housing the Coastal Defence Museum, the colonnaded building has been replaced by the present 1960s-style Restaurant and Sun Lounge.

The small tower at the far end of the church served as a mark for sailors heading for the port: it used to carry a beacon at night.

A mineral drink, crush drink or milk shake was 6d (2p), and TT milk cost only 4d (2p). The pot of tea, however, is unpriced.

When the railway came to Grange-over-Sands in 1857 it signalled the town's rapid expansion as a seaside resort for visitors from the industrial mill towns of Lancashire.

Further development has occurred since the mid 1990s, under the ownership of Mitchell Leisure, who also own Skegness pier.

The town may get its name from Swene's Wic, the Bay of Swene, perhaps commemorating the great naval battle fought nearby between the Saxons and Danes in 877.

The town features slightly in his novel 'Two on a Tower', which was written at that time. Hardy was fond of sitting in the Minster with only the organist and his music for company.

The winding road out of Newlyn rounds Penlee Point then dips down to this celebrated fishing village that nestles within stout stone breakwaters. At its back it is fringed by hills.

Distinctly lacking in moral uplift, they were of course immensely popular. Hanging on the rack are Ally Sloper's Half Holiday, Puck, Home Chat, Titbits and Handy.

This photograph shows a Cessna aircraft as used by the Hampshire Aeroplane Club in front of an early terminal building, with the control tower and a large hangar on the right.

This café is the sort of simple building that once proliferated in the Basildon area.

A moody shot of Charles and William Warren`s boathouse at Eype Mouth, southwards across Lyme Bay. Crab, lobster and crayfish pots are stacked by the door.

At the time of our photo, its three echelons included ABC Wallpapers, Forbuoys newsagents and Robinson Rentals at the bottom; Peter's gents' hairdressing and Hart's store in the middle; and offices for

Market Drayton stands on a hill-top site overlooking the River Tern, which flows in the foreground of this photograph, and the settlement probably originated in prehistoric times.

Certainly the fertile flood plain of the river is good farming land, but at this point, just before the Severn enters the Ironbridge Gorge, it is regularly subject to flooding.

The clean air and scent of the pines must have been welcomed by the London residents suffering from lung complaints, who were sent to Pinewood for their treatment.

Dunstable's Civic Hall was built during the same period to much more pleasing dimensions and structural lines as an indication of civic pride in the Borough.

The electric tramway ran from Chester General station through the town and crossed the Dee by way of the Grosvenor Bridge. It then continued to Eaton Park and Saltney.

In days gone by, steamers from the resorts of Swanage, Weymouth and Bournemouth would call in at Lulworth Cove, landing passengers either by a plank bridge - as seen here - or by rowing boat, depending