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From the end of the pier Ramsgate looks very well indeed.

Passengers boarded vessels at the landing stages to take trips to Colwick Park. A lock linked the river and Nottingham Canal at the projection near the end of the walkway.

The majestic sweep of the fertile fields down to the coast is also marked by the workings and spoils of man's need for the stone that is quarried from the mountain on this stretch of the coast.

A busy parade of shops with distinctive gables line the road at this point. Several prams can be seen outside, and a child rides happily on the pavement on a tricycle.

The main road we see in this photograph is the busy A343 Andover to Salisbury route. At the foot of the hill is a junction. Left is for Nether Wallop and right is for Over Wallop.

Here we see it from Wallasey Road looking up what has always been known as Liscard Village, even though it is a road.

This last view of St Mary's Church gives a clearer impression of the relatively unrestored tower stonework.

Mrs Hitchman, widow of Dr Hitchman, donated the site for this church together with a large sum of money.

The Gwyn Hall, on the left, was built in 1887. The land was donated by Hywel Gwyn, and a statue of him was unveiled outside a year later.

By the river, a road leads off Walton Lane under the bridge towards Walton Marina.

The clubhouse of the Banstead Downs Golf Club is seen in the distance.

The houses on the right were soon turned into cafes to serve the ever-growing numbers of holidaymakers. They would advertise breakfasts bigger than each other, vying with each other for customers.

The author and his family have had many a happy holiday on this site. My parents eventually had several vans on this field.

Heysham became the centre for travel to the Isle of Man, and in 1923 the Fleetwood services were transferred there.

Obviously still viable in these photographs, Southport Pier was closed in the 1990s; it was demolished and rebuilt at a total cost of £7 million, and was reopened in 2002.

When it opened in October 1879, the Severn Railway Bridge was hailed as wonder of engineering.

Mid-way between Chailey and Haywards Heath is Scaynes Hill, and this photograph shows the summit of the hill. Though there is still a pub here, it is now called the Farmers.

Our last view in this chapter before turning north back to Hailsham shows the Horse and Groom pub at the junction of the High Street and the Eastbourne Road, the A22.

King James I beggared the Hoghtons by overstaying on a visit with all his retainers.

This village has grown around a road junction on the Horsham to Brighton road.

George Hilton`s business (extreme left) had expanded across the road to the newly built brick building on the right of the photograph.

The clock tower was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1898. It now has a much larger traffic island around it, and during the holiday season it is a very busy place indeed.

Laindon and Langdon Hills had always been separate villages with long histories, and even appeared as separate entries in the 1086 Domesday Book.

The Pilot Boat Hotel (left) is pictured in the time of Robert Warren, advertising livery stables, carriages and transport for invalids, as well as daily coaches to and from Bridport, which was