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A double-decker bus can be seen crossing the Iron Bridge, which spans the River Loughor close to its estuary. In the background is the industrialised shoreline leading to Llanelli.

The small boatyard on the right is surrounded with corrugated iron-clad buildings, whilst the stone building in the centre proclaims tea gardens on a gable sign, ready for business on this early spring

Wadhurst, a village about six miles south-east of Tunbridge Wells, was a centre of the iron industry during the 16th and 17th centuries.

The watermill is late 18th-century, with a cast iron breast-shot wheel and three pairs of stones. The early 19th-century Mill House has a two-storey central window.

When it became full, a new cemetery opened in 1942, and Mr Latimer was appointed as gravedigger; it is ironic that he died before he could start work and was the first person to be buried there.

There was great rejoicing when the new stone and iron extensions were finally erected in 1912, having first been suggested by William Scoresby the elder (1760- 1829) a hundred years before

The Vavasours, who were woollen merchants and built Butts House, also built the former iron footbridge leading to the Walk in 1824.

The stretch of buildings on the other side of the station were once the original Company Shop (of the Rhymney Iron Company), which was set up and strictly run by Andrew Buchan - there was another similar

Originally it was the site of an Iron Age camp, then a Roman temple, and later an Armada beacon.

The baths were donated in 1914 by Sir William Gray, the famous local shipbuilder who had also founded the South Durham Steel and Iron Company in 1898.

The whipping post has iron manacles of three different sizes to fit all comers!

The war memorial commemorating the First World War fallen is visible by the church tower, but the adjacent wrought iron gate, railings and lantern have vanished, probably during the scrap metal drive

The clock, the ball and the iron weather vane were all added in 1746.

The 236ft single span cast-iron bridge was built between 1793 and 1796, and was considered to be one of the engineering masterpieces of the day.

The railway network serviced the iron and steel furnaces, and the railway wagons were unloaded directly into the furnaces.

Notice the corrugated iron boathouse on the right.

During one year there would be other changes; a zebra crossing was later removed, and the older lamp posts with wrought iron branches would be discarded in favour of tall concrete poles.

Middle right (just off the picture) was the site of the Union Iron Works, the first in the area, built in 1802 at the Garn.

In fact the air quality here was so atrocious there was great concern about its affect on the bridge's iron frame.

In 1902 the Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co leased land from the Earl of Scarbrough, and in 1906 the Maltby Main Colliery Co was formed.

Under the two awnings on the left are Foster`s bakery (advertising Hovis above) and Clunas the chemist (advertising Iron Jelloids). Further down, on the pavement, is the town`s pump.

In the distance beyond the trees is the site of Anstiebury Camp, an Iron Age hill fort. Excavations have revealed that it had two ramparts.

Here, iron ore deposits colour the water bright orange. There were two canal and tunnel systems, one set higher than the other.

Market House was built in 1859; it was converted to a Public Library in 1972, but the facade was kept with its three archways, iron gates and clock.