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Another popular place in the winter months was George Scott's blacksmiths shop. The forge lit up the whole street at night-time.

Most had two large driving wheels with a stabilizing wheel at either the front or back, or in some cases, both. Some tricycles were made to seat two people, either side by side, or in tandem.

The cinema closed in 1969 (the year that also saw the closure of Pitsea's original market—another fondly-remembered institution).

At one stage, there were piers at both St Anne's and its close neighbour, Lytham. The latter's pier, however, was pulled down in 1960.

Shopkeepers were not long in seeing the business potential of catering for both residents and tourists.

The ferry boats, one of which could take a horse and cart, were rowed across to Malpas Passage, a narrow peninsula at the confluence of the Tresillian and Truro Rivers, both long branches of the Fal estuary

The walls once surrounded both the castle and Clifford's Tower.The site of the old gate is now a car park.

A 32-acre site adjoining the Botanical Gardens at Old Trafford was chosen, as it had both rail and tramway connections. Note the mock-up of the cathedral tower.

There is now suburban infill on both sides of the lane.

Another wide street, and also laid out as a market, it has many good stone houses, including almshouses of 1877 on the left and several pubs.

Only 30 years later, it has become just another branch of suburbia. Some picturesque cottages were destroyed to widen these roads and create the roundabout, which now dominates the view.

Two helmeted local 'bobbies' stride towards the camera in another view of the Market Place in Chesterfield, looking up the High Street towards the famous Crooked Spire of the parish church of St Mary

This is another small bay with good shelter and fine sands - here only two boats were built. Until the 1850s there was just an inn and a cottage in the bay, with a limekiln nearby.

The old flaming torch sign (left) marks the approach to the village school in Holmfirth Road, Meltham, another Pennine edge town founded on the textile industry.

Hence comes the expression a 'Derby game' when two local teams play one another. The school has a charter dating back to the 16th century.

Moving north to the end of Milsom Street, we see George Street, another good street laid out around 1761.

Shortly afterwards the bandstand was removed to this spot from its position on the promenade. It was refurbished and re- opened in July 1990.

The Jew's House is another of Lincoln's surviving early medieval stone houses: the city has more than most.

Here we have a wonderfully evocative sign of the times: a beach scene in high summer and not a glimpse of bare ?esh. Cleethorpes liked its helter-skelters, as it had another on the beach.

A wealth of timbers, tiles, gables, chimney-stacks and a thatched gateway make another attractive High Road house north of Ruffetts Cottages. It is now obscured by trees and hedges.

Heavy bombing during the Second World War led to the redesign of the traffic system and yet another rebuilding of the pub.

Opposite is the swinging sign of another inn—the Nelson's Head.

Another wide street, and also laid out as a market, it has many good stone houses, including almshouses of 1877 on the left and several pubs.

This excellent view of the shops on the side opposite the Market Hall shows an attractive variety of architecture.