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The lifeboat was slung on a wheeled cradle which would be hauled out of the station, down the ramp immediately in front of it, and into the sea; the boat floated off once there was sufficient water under

The lifeboat was slung on a wheeled cradle which would be hauled out of the station, down the ramp immediately in front of it, and into the sea; the boat floated off once there was sufficient water under

Between the two world wars Jack Perrin, who lived in the nearby Hagg Cottages, used to sit by the entrance and sell half candles to people who wanted to go down the mine.

This view from Skerton Bridge looks back down the River Lune to Lancaster.

Moving south to the Cuckmere River valley, our tour reaches Upper Dicker, about two and a half miles west of Hailsham.

This was the second palace on the site: the first, built originally for the 1862 International Exhibition, burnt down just two years after being opened in 1873 as north London's rival to the south's Crystal

Davenham gets its name from the River Dane (a 'trickling stream'), although it sits just about halfway between it and the River Weaver.

Apart from Westminster Hall, the old parliament buildings were burned down in 1834 and the present buildings, in Gothic style, replaced them.

Situated in Market Street and close to Apiary Gate, the church design echoes that of Non-conformist chapels up and down the country.

HAVING traced the big changes that led to today's modern town of 165,000 with its own suburbs and rush hour to match, it is now time to look towards tomorrow.

This last alludes to the town's on-going military associations, from the North York Militia, through the Green Howards to Catterick Camp.

Quarrying for limestone and copper brought new people to this quiet agricultural village - mines were still operating in the 1920s. Now Melsonby is a well-kept residential village.

The earliest tourists to the Lake District were overwhelmed by the 'horrid' and 'frightful' nature of the mountains and crags, which frowned down on them as they negotiated the passes.

The lifeline between Poole and Purbeck, crossing between Sandbanks (right) and Shell Bay (left), is the Floating Bridge.

This last alludes to the town's on-going military associations, from the North York Militia, through the Green Howards to Catterick Camp.

The Garden of Rest is on the left of this photograph, in which we can also see the colonnade which enabled visitors to shop under cover all down one side of the Pantiles.

This view down into Flint is noteworthy for a number of reasons. We can see the heavy industrial scene, the chimney stacks and the Courtaulds building in the distance (left).

On the corner, behind the now vanished telephone box, are the premises of A & W Riches & Son, an ironmonger's, and further down is the shop of V Carter & Sons.

TO THE modern visitor, Mobberley appears to be strung out along Town Lane between Alderley and Knutsford, with at least three centres to the village.

This is the commercial heart of Victorian Wallington, uphill from The Green, and we see a fine row of Edwardian shops with flats above.

Old Sally Spencer walks with her stick down the steep lane into Cheddar in 1908. In the background are the spectacular contours of Lion Rock.

Old Sally Spencer walks with her stick down the steep lane into Cheddar in 1908. In the background are the spectacular contours of Lion Rock.

Stone, slate and lime would be carried from the north, and Wigan coal from the south.

The Lighthouse was built by Trinity House on Anvil Point between 1880 and 1882, to fill the perilous gap between the rocks on Portland and the next cluster around the Isle of Wight.