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This photograph shows the statue of King Edward VII, the eldest son of Queen Victoria, at the corner of Union Street and Union Terrace.

Two carefully-posed groups of young girls are a feature of this photograph of the village of North Nibley, with the 111 foot- high memorial tower to the martyr William Tyndale on the knoll

In the parish churchyard at Cowley lies the body of William Dodd, novelist, religious author and social celebrity.

One of the unfortunates who was burnt at the stake was Mary Lamont.

Grimsby is a major port, lying at the southern entrance of the River Humber.

At this time, about 35 Swansea vessels were engaged in the copper-ore trade, sailing regularly to South America.

The church is worth a visit, if only for its early 16th-century black rood screen, the only surviving example of the work of Thomas Drawsword.

This imposing, ornate gateway once stood where the Strand becomes Fleet Street, and was erected in 1672 to a design by Wren.The effigies portray Stuart monarchs.

Only small changes in 70 years, the Railway Hotel at the far end of the street is now the Whistle Stop.

It is sale time at G T Thompson's, Maltby's local department store. Here locals could spend their money on furniture, boots and shoes, children's clothes, and ladies' and gents' outfitting.

The busy port is seen from almost from the same viewpoint as No 79886, above, but looking to the right.

It is a nice sunny day; there are people about, and there is time for a leisurely chat, while some seem interested in the beach just out of shot.

At the height of the season, Peel harbour was often full of fishing boats - Manx, Cornish, Irish and Scottish - as they followed the migrating herring into Scottish waters.

By the banks of the Dee. Though used by excursion and pleasure craft, the river at Chester was last used commercially in the 1930s when a barge took a cargo of tar from the gasworks to Queensferry.

This is Old Durrington windmill, photographed at a time when the site was used as a tea garden. Only two sails were on the mill at this time.

We can see a tower of Stephenson's 412ft-long tubular railway bridge in the centre of the picture. This structure was built on the line of the old L & NWR Railway in 1848.

On 18 July 1844 the London and North Western Railway Company began work to extend the railway from Lancaster to Carlisle.

The church of St Lawrence originally belonged to the Abbey of St Mary at York and income from it was used to support the Priory at Wetheral.

St Augustine landed here in AD597, and a St Augustine cross and well can be found at Cliffsend.

At this point the main Leominster to Hereford road starts to climb the steep hill. Stagecoaches would have been forced to stop here to pay their toll at the toll house overlooking the junction.

The cellars are situated in one of the oldest parts of town; we see it here on a busy day at the height of Poole's mercantile past.

The village lies at the confluence of the River Anton and the Pillhill brook.

Here we see workers leaving the Great Western Railway yard, which, at one time, employed 12,000 people. The uniformity of dress amongst the men is striking.

A view of the pier showing the North Sea in one of its more dramatic moods. Refreshments can be sought at the pavilion at the end of the pier.