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It was the early use of bathing machines that made Weymouth such a popular resort for sea bathing.The larger machines ran down into the water on rails and consisted of a number of cubicles.

Mercifully, some might say, it burned down in 1926. A new Memorial Theatre opened in 1932, incorporating surviving parts of its predecessor. It was renamed the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1961.

The view is from Lockyers School looking down Blandford Road North.

The landlords of the Bridgend Inn, the rear of which is on the left, were George and Betty Dobson, and the busy boat hire business operating from the hut further down the towpath was owned by a Mr Price

Originally, Grove Street was the turnpike road to Manchester, and there was a toll bar at this junction, a great annoyance to Wilmslow people who objected to having to pay to go down their

One would not now dream of walking down the centre of this road. The line of the paling on the left marked the boundary of the old Borough of Petersfield.

The post office is four doors down on the left. It still has a date stone of 1901 beneath the roof. The first car on the right is a 1956 Ford E83W Utility.

The village of Emery Down is reached by turning right at Swan Green after leaving Lyndhurst on the A35 Bournemouth road.

The others are Bailey, Bull Hill, Portmore, Sandy Down, Walhampton, and Boldre itself.

At the head of the pier we can see the cliff lift, still operating today, transporting passengers from the town down to the sea front.

The impressive and imposing ruins of Malmesbury Abbey look down on the river Avon 60 feet below.

The church is unusual because the slope of the ground down to Puddingmore meant that the tower had to be built on firmer ground to the south-east of the building.

From the High Street, Ferry Lane leads down to the river and the former ferry point. We are looking back up the lane with the river behind us.

The town grew up at the gates of the abbey on a low island amid the surrounding marshes, receiving its charter in 1142.

Collingham village has a fascinating mixture of houses - down past the parish church of St Oswald are the Old Rectory, the Manor House, the Dower House and some well preserved artisans' cottages.

Down Briar Hill on the road from Glaisdale we come to the delights of Danby. The wide, open green provides space for visitors.

Beside the church is the Three Tuns Hotel owned by David Beatton, which burnt down in January 1925. Lord Nelson and Charles Dickens are reputed to have stayed there.

Further down the street is the gable of the Methodist chapel. In the distance is the sign of the Wheatsheaf. The building on the left is dated 1883, and the two shops have now become offices.

Down the street the King's Head has closed, but retains its Lacon's sign on the wall. Set back is the Vine Church, a Baptist Chapel rebuilt in 1868.

Behind her is a small steam tug which was making ready to tow several barges down the Trent to Nottingham. The steamer in the background is the locally-built (1896) and registered 'Dido'.

This continues a bizarre, centuries-old tradition, in which participants race down a precipitous slope in pursuit of a Double Gloucester cheese.

The building falling down was Well's butchers, since cleared for the Loders Arms car park.

Because the difficult alkaline downland soil yielded indifferent crops, for centuries the South Downs were vast sheepwalks; by the 18th century there were 400,000 ewes grazing between Eastbourne and Hampshire

This is the view down Hockerill Street towards the River Stort, where the spire of St Michael's Church rises above the trees and houses.