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A soldier stands to the right of the gate.The post box and telephone box must have been well used by residents at the camp.The Shoeburyness School of Gunnery was founded in the middle years of the

Extensive and beautiful sandy beaches brought ever- increasing numbers of visitors to the North Wales coast.

This view shows the higher part of the town. Note the Rees, Baker & Co., Fishguard delivery cart and the Great Western Hotel on the left.

Lincoln suffered a lot of demolition in the 1950s and 1960s, including No 12 on the far left, now drab 1970s offices, and the buildings beyond which made way for the Stonebow Centre shopping mall of

Viewed from just above the landing cove of this tiny fishing community on Veryan Bay, this scene has barely changed in modern times.

People are strolling along the Promenade at Saltburn, just as they do today, to take in the sea air.

Exeter's canal was built at the request of the Tudor merchants, who were exasperated by the weirs on the Exe that obstructed their vessels.

When W H N Nithersdale wrote his book on the Highlands of Staffordshire, he was impressed by the number of public houses in the village, all of which did a roaring trade during the summer months and

About a hundred years before this picture was taken, Tunstall market was always busiest on Saturday evenings, and like the one at Crewe probably stayed open until 10pm.

In the latter part of the 19th century, several colleges run by various religious denominations opened around Leeds.The Leeds Clergy school and the Roman Catholic Seminary were both opened

A substantial shingle beach this may be, but it offers no protection to the sandy cliffs. All Saints' Church now stands at the edge, soon to join the lost medieval town in a watery grave.

A variety of impressive cars have parked, possibly marking the advent of day trippers, which Ogilvie did not really want.

Some of the small boats here were almost certainly built at Lidstone's, whose South Town Yard started business in 1824.

Motor launches are moored at the landing stages and are taking on passengers. These stages had to be manhandled up and down the beach as the tide went out and came in.

Royal visitors included the Empress Eugenie, the King of the Belgians and Edward VII - who discreetly entertained his mistresses Lilly Langtry and Mrs Keppel at a hotel on the East Cliff.

The bus, on the its way from Baker Street to Waterloo, has stopped behind Nelson's Column.

Green Park, situated opposite the north end of Buckingham Palace, was a burial ground for nearby St James's Palace at a time when it was a hospital, but since Tudor times this has been parkland.

A view of Kingsley's ' Little White Town' from across the Torridge, at East-the-Water. Bideford's Market Charter was granted in 1272 by Henry III.

The small beach to the left is at Prechers Rock.

Llanfairfechan is regarded with increasing favour by tourists and holiday-makers, who frequent the out-of-the-way parts of Wales.

The Forge 1903 At a time when farming still depended on natural horsepower, rather than the mechanical variety, the local forge was an integral part of any local community.

On a steep hillside commanding views of the Weald, north-west of Ashford, this charming village was near the seat of the Dering family at the now-vanished Surrenden Dering a mile away.

At the foot of Boley Hill stands the 15th-century College Gate, one of three surviving entrances to the precincts of the Cathedral, whose modest spire (added to the original tower in 1904) rises behind

Weymouth esplanade winds round to the pier and pavilion theatre, a favourite stroll for the Edwardian visitors seen here.