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On the evening of 25 October 1960 in dense fog the bridge was struck by the estuarine tankers 'Arkendale H', carrying 400 tons of heavy fuel oil, and 'Wastdale H', loaded with 350 tons of petrol.

The park keeper's lodge in the centre of the photograph is adjacent to the main entrance to the gardens from Westlecot Road.

The last building on the same side of the road had been occupied since 1915 by Mr W Boyce, builder, plumber, house decorator and sanitary engineer, continuing the business started by Mr J J B

It owes its name and its foundation to the five roads that meet in the town and the fact that at this point it was possible to ford the rivers Hit and Flit.

This hotel nestles at the foot of Box Hill, alongside the rushing traffic of the main London to Dorking road.

The pretty village of Thorp Arch with its green, Manor House and old mill leads down to the banks of the Wharfe, with the bridge (1772) carrying the road to Boston Spa.

We can see the Bay Horse Hotel on the right of our picture, with just the single word Salford on the road sign above the window. The Royal Commercial Hotel can be seen behind it.

For the children, there were swings by the Park Road side gate, but they were chained and locked on Sundays — the Lord's Day.

The reason for it being apparently abandoned in the middle of the road was that the traffic lights had failed and Mr Thomas was investigating the reason at the control box.

Until about 1970, one-way traffic passed under this gate-house into Sadler Street, the main road from London and Bath to Exeter.

Once known as Old Street, this has been the main road through the town for centuries.

Although it remained the focal point of municipal administration for many years, it was finally replaced in 1933 by a Town Hall built further to the north in Chapel Road.

There has, for example, been a garage on the same site in Leicester Road since 1923 in the early days of popular motoring. An older Loughborough is still to be seen today.

Everything for the public service, such as cabs and lighting and good roads and order, is admirably managed at both places; but I very much doubt if 'old salts' would recognise the Portsmouth of

The castellated entrance to Townley Hall, on the A671 Todmorden Road at Burnley Wood, was photographed when it was still a private estate.

Between 1939 and 1945 the Hotel Metropole and surrounding properties were demolished as part of the town's Fort Road Improvement Scheme.

Note the unmarked roads. A branch of Stead and Simpson, a shoe shop, is on the right directly opposite Cash & Co, also a shoe shop.

To our left is the entrance to the Old London Road, which leads to Mickleham, one of Dorking’s neighbouring parishes. The village boasts many grand buildings.

The making of a by-pass split the two villages of Great and Little Eccleston, which had originally been joined by the winding old road.

For centuries the Basildon area sheltered a few small villages whose livelihoods were based on agriculture and timber; here there were quiet roads and lanes, and ancient farmhouses and cottages

Construction of the M1's first 55 miles (including Milton Keynes's section) took 586 days - a bridge every three days and a mile of road every ten.

There has, for example, been a garage on the same site in Leicester Road since 1923 in the early days of popular motoring. An older Loughborough is still to be seen today.

Everything for the public service, such as cabs and lighting and good roads and order, is admirably managed at both places; but I very much doubt if 'old salts' would recognise the Portsmouth of

Everything for the public service, such as cabs and lighting and good roads and order, is admirably managed at both places; but I very much doubt if 'old salts' would recognise the Portsmouth of