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In the 1920s, the owner of a chain of grocery stores had two carved cats placed on the upper front of his shop - they were supposed to frighten the rats away from the river bank.

The Prince Albert stands further south on Horley Road, actually in South Earlsfield rather than Salfords, and north of the junction of Horley Road with Woodhatch Road.

The covered stalls and amusement tents are huddled together in the shelter of the cliffs.

The lights have been hung ready for the summer illuminations.The pier was always a spectacular sight at this time of year.

This is the second public house of the village, and a lot less famous than the Maypole. It was originally a beer house, which was established as the village grew.

The Museum housed a collection of fine art, drawings, rare books and geological specimens aimed at awakening an appreciation of art in Sheffield's skilled tradesmen.

A large hoarding advertising Fry's Chocolate on the side of the building replaces the signwriting.

Many of the houses along this stretch of the cliff top have decorative balconies overlooking the sea.

Between is the flat farmland running inland from Porlock Bay between the wooded northern edge of Exmoor's sandstone hills and the hills west of Minehead.

The village takes it name from Smallfield Place, an estate given to John de Burstow in the reign of Edward III for services rendered during the French wars.

The pier, one of the few surviving Victorian piers in the country, has recently undergone extensive restoration.

The town developed in the 19th century as a suburb of Manchester for those who could afford to live away from the smoke and grime, and could also spare the time to travel.

Some claim that the grandeur of its design vershadowed that of the Coal Exchange prompting the latter's overhaul and refurbishment in 1911.

Wiltshire & Sons (left of photograph) opened their first supermarket in the 1960s, which later became Gateway in 1973.

A quay has been constructed in front of Quay House on the left, where there appears to be a good fire burning in the grate. In the background is the Royal Arms Hotel.

Little has changed since picture No 33024 was taken, save for the building of a lifeboat station. St Mary's was rebuilt in the 1830s, replacing the church built by Bishop Thomas Wilson in 1701.

The older part is naturally more interesting, with its quaint old buildings clinging to the banks of the Hamble.

The long promenade to the pierhead - about a third of a mile - had continuous seating each side; the tube forming the top rail of the backrest on the south side doubled up as a gas pipe to provide lighting

Behind the Cow and Calf rocks is this desolate valley from where most of the stone to build the town was quarried.

This photograph is taken from the spot where the Job Centre now stands, or the car park just down the hill.

The church of St Winwalloe is hidden below the cliffs in the foreground.

Looking across the lake in St Stephen's Green to the portico of the Royal College of Surgeons. It was designed by Edward Parke in 1806 and completed in 1829.

With its colourful display of carefully tended flowers, spreading chestnut tree and white picket fences, this scene makes for an archetypal illustration of what most people visualise when thinking of

In the background is the ruined tower of the chantry church founded in 1327 by Sir Guy de Bryan, one of the first Knights of the Garter.