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The lamp on the left lights the alley to Tymperleys, a superb late 15th-century timber-framed house, now a clock museum.

Hendon did not develop as a major shopping centre until well into the 20th century, when the rapid increase in the population made it necessary to provide better facilities for residents

Weymouth's Georgian Esplanade has come through another century unscathed, with only the shingle having retreated since Queen Victoria's Jubilee Clock was erected in 1887.

Another was the thatched-roofed Black Horse.

Another view of brooding Pendle Hill can be had from Whitewell. The wooded area along the river moving towards the Trough of Bowland is said to be reminiscent of Switzerland.

Another was the thatched-roofed Black Horse. In the 1920s the Auto Cycle Union (similar to the AA and RAC) recommended both the George Hotel and Ye Olde White Bear as being suitable for its members.

The brick-built buildings look as if they will last for another century at least. However, the huge Allied Flour Mill now stands on the site and very little of this scene remains.

Another view of Derby Road, Swanwick, a little further north, opposite Willgoose's newsagents shop, on the left.

Another view of the centre of the village, showing the Old Hall Hotel on the right and the raised, walled churchyard on the left.

Behind the 'No Waiting' sign outside Clark's drapery shop (left), we can glimpse the attractive double curved windows of North's, the chemist.

The classical-style building on the left is the Midland Bank, claimed by many to be one of the town's finest build- ings.

The witty monarch remarked that one was good for her soul, another for her body and the third for her goods.

The pier was another Birch-designed affair, his only one in Wales. It opened in 1865, and gained itself a pavilion in 1896.

In these views you can clearly see another weir just beyond the bridge.

Cirencester is another Cotswold town best explored on foot, not least since traffic has increased substantially since this photograph was taken over a century ago.

Another view that clearly shows the 1883 promenade and sea wall. Before this was built, the beach stretched much further inland and sand dunes often formed as far as Regent Street.

Both the Town Hall, the stone building on the right, and the Bolton Hotel on the left, are still here today.

Both privately owned, they later sold out to a major brewery that joined them together in May 1989.

This delightful mill is to be found on the River Blackwater. Few can pass over the hump-backed bridge without pausing to get a better view.

There is a wonderful mixture of timber-framed, Georgian and Victorian buildings here, which line both sides of the road.

This gently curving street is to the east of the town. This view, looking back towards the town centre, shows both the Congregational and parish churches.

A mother is attending to two youngsters, while another child crosses from the boat to the dinghy, a potentially hazardous leap. That was 1965: today the wearing of a lifejacket would be automatic.

Not far distant from the Slaughters are the little villages of Lower and Upper Swell, both situated in an entrancing rural landscape along the banks of the River Dikler.

There are no traffic lights here yet - it was to be another ten years before they appeared. Life was simpler for learner drivers then.