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This early picture of the beach at Ramsgate shows the benches that were precursors of the modern deck chair and a few bathing machines. Ramsgate Sands Station is in the centre of the picture.

The bathing stage at the lake's eastern edge reminds us of how popular swimming once was. Up to 35,000 bathers per season made use of the supervised facility.

Dressed for sports, a group of boys check the noticeboard which is in the colonnade under the Big Schoolroom.

Wasdale and Wastwater can be said to have seen the birth of the sport of rock climbing, and climbers from all over Britain stayed at local hostelries such as the Victoria Hotel.

The miniature railway at Cofton Wood was nearly as popular as the tea room, though one cannot help wondering if the adults in this picture are not just the teeniest bit embarrassed.

The hotel on the left here is The Fox and Goose, one of several large pubs on the main road at Penn, a reminder that this has for centuries been a major line of communication.

Swings and donkey rides were available for the children; note the striped bathing huts and (left) a temporary stage for the concert party, Carlton's Cosy Corner, higher up the beach.

If you think something is missing amongst the buildings overlooking North Pier you are right, for Blackpool Tower was not begun until 1891.

Situated on Southampton Road, this is rumoured to be the oldest pub in Great Britain. Following a recent make-over, it now has slate and oak floors, leather furniture and oak tables.

This imposing building is impressively situated on the shores of Southampton Water.

The Romans quickly absorbed the local Celtic goddess, 'Sul', into the cult of Minerva, and built a temple here in Sul-Minerva's honour as patroness of the baths.

Hayes department store on the right, now expanded from the one shop in this view, and on the left the picturesque Walcot Parade of about 1770, with its vaults for coal cellars and stores beneath the curving

Climbing out of Limpley Stoke, head west through Hinton Charterhouse with its fascinating remains of the 13th-century Carthusian priory, Hinton Priory, to the village of Wellow, four miles south of Bath

This walnut tree was reputed to be the largest in the country. Unfortunately, the apparent care taken in its preservation came to nought when it eventually succumbed to honey fungus.

Overlooking the Square is what appears to be the tower of a church. Actually, it is a bell tower, described by Arthur Mee as 'the glory of Evesham'.

Its church disappeared from the cliffs into the ever-encroaching sea in the reign of Richard II. Another was built, and that too was a ruin for a number of years - it has since been restored.

The fresh air took care of itself; the romance was provided by Charlotte Bronte, a glimpse of whom was enough to make the local rector Henry Nussey lovesick.

Copper was extracted by the Romans here, but the present mines in Parys Mountain, near Amlwch, date from the 18th century, and were claimed to be the largest in the world during the Industrial Revolution

The recent news is that spa water has been found about six hundred feet down, and the Golf Hotel is about to resurrect the spa baths sometime during 2005.

Cromer's 500ft-long pier was built in 1901 to replace a landing jetty destroyed by gales in 1897. In the storms of 1953 it was damaged again.

The 120-foot tower of St James' dominates this view from the south-east. The church is notable for its 15th- century frontals, which are said to be the earliest set in the country.

There is safe bathing for children at high tide, protected from the open sea and its waves, behind the North Wall of the harbour.

After the baths closed in 1981, officially for refurbishment, the council decided that the demand for a new pool could not justify the cost of extensive repair or replacement, and a search began

A bustling shopping scene of the early fifties, taken when the row of shops was fairly new. Many of these now await new lessees, but the surmounting clock and its cupola are still present.