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We can also see the remains of the breakwater, which by 1870 had become the subject of a wrangle between Tynwald and the Imperial Government that was not resolved until 1879.

The house has now gone, and the bridge has been replaced by another. This photograph was taken in Lower Monk Street near the weir in Swan Meadows.

with a brass plate on it on which the following was inscribed: 'Whoso is hungry, and lists well to eat, Let him come to Sprotbrough, for his meat, And for a night and for a day, His horse shall have both

Taken a few years after photograph 34748, this splendid view shows both flight and boats. The furthest boat is a steam-powered tug, which will move the immaculate coal-laden barge.

The Victoria Club for Working Men in the west corner of Kingsbury is another benefaction from the Rothschilds, in this case Baron Ferdinand of Waddesdon.

King John ordered new kitchens to be built both here and at Marlborough. 'In each kitchen shall be made a hearth for the cooking of two or three oxen'.

The Ulverston Canal was opened in 1796 to connect the town with the Leven Estuary, and to enable trade, both exports and imports, to be increased.

The bypass on the south side of town was opened in 1926; it was much needed to relieve the narrow streets of both local china clay and through traffic.

The prosperity of the North Wales coastline grew steadily during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Here we see another reconstructed church, this time the responsibility of the Luftwaffe.

Another view of Slapton Sands, this time looking north. The sea wall is a little more substantial today, otherwise the view is unchanged.

Another harvest from the fen was buckthorn, vital for charcoal, which was used in making explosive fuses during the Second World War.

Here on the left is the old post office before it moved to the Green. The library beside it has now expanded to fill the whole building.

On the right is a half-timbered building that houses a bank.

This is another nostalgic picture of steam in the Peak District. It has gone now: but for how long?

The camera is looking along Church Street, which curves away uphill to the village square of Ticehurst, another Wealden iron-making village.

brass plate on it on which the following was inscribed: 'Whoso is hungry, and lists well to eat, Let him come to Sprotbrough, for his meat,And for a night and for a day, His horse shall have both

Both thrive to the present day. The first hotel, built about 1851, still stands to the east of the old railway station, and is used by British Rail as offices.

The house has now gone, and the bridge has been replaced by another. This photograph was taken in Lower Monk Street near the weir in Swan Meadows.

Both are long gone, although smaller firms and businesses occupy those same sites today.

At the opening of the first motorway bridge thirty years earlier, Enoch Williams was reported to have said to an interviewer that traffic would increase to such an extent that another bridge would

Another harvest from the fen was buckthorn, vital for charcoal.

Another view of the High Street at a less congested point and on a very hot and sunny summer's day: the shopkeepers have lowered their sun-blinds to protect their wares, and the lady on the left has

Often you can walk for miles in its foothills without meeting another person.