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The town hall not only housed the council: there were law courts, facilities for lectures, public meetings and for music festivals.

Lobster pots dry in the fresh air outside one of the tiny cottages that cling to the dramatic cliff swooping down to the sea. Coastal erosion is a constant peril around Runswick bay.

The town hall not only housed the council: there were law courts, facilities for lectures, public meetings and for music festivals.

The journey to Studland Bay was probably the favourite excursion for tourists from Swanage, who could either get there by walking along the cliff tops or by taking a carriage or charabanc along the

The shops along the Causeway, facing the Ouse basin, have changed very little.

This unidentified ford is possibly located where the A55 expressway now passes the town. The water level seems very low, which is fortunate for the lady wearing the long skirts.

The bridge was designed by the splendidly named Marriott Ogle Tarbotton, the Corporation Engineer, to succeed a medieval stone bridge, itself a successor to the first wooden one built in

The pebble beach beside Lyme Bay acts as a dam at Charmouth, and prevents the River Char from having a conventional estuary.

Note the signal box in the centre of the picture with the signals to its right.

This view looks across the Main Bay from the pier, with two Thames sailing barges in the centre of the picture. Note the line of bathing machines under the cliffs.

These are the gaunt Victorian lines of the Coastguard Station at West Bay, looking eastwards towards East Cliff, with Rocket Houses seaward from it (right).

The partly-restored, moated, 13th-century castle was once one of the regular residences of the Scottish kings.

Delightfully neat and compact in appearance, the buildings that jostle shoulder to shoulder along the street are deceptively older than they look.

The centre part of the house is Georgian.

Ships from South Wales carrying lime and coal were once regu- lar visitors to the town.

The Lydstep caverns are only accessible at low tide, with the exception of the Smuggler's Cave, which was probably so named because of the high incidence of smuggling along the rocky

A lone elderly oarsman reflects on life on the still waters of the little bay below Wray Castle and its impressive ornate boathouse.

With such a fine view across the bay to St Ives, it is little surprise that holidaymakers should have come to camp at Hayle Towans.

The lane also led to Jenny Brown's Point, where an old lady of that name lived in the 18th century.

At one time Bardsea was part of Lancashire, and could only be reached by boat or by a dangerous route over the shifting sands of Morecombe Bay.

Bright yellow bands of geological strata known as the Bridport Sands make Burton Cliff one of the most distinctive landforms of the Dorset coast.

The crowd in this picture look as if they are waiting for the trader on the corner to open his doors for business.

Along with the Ambulance Service, the Fire Brigade has earned and retained public respect.

The fine bay windows of this house have been filled in with concrete and adorned with graffiti, while other windows have been boarded up.