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This view looks south down Dunstable Street from Market Place; the Moot Hall is on the right with its slender iron-glazed casements.

The cyclist on the extreme right is about to pass the Hippodrome cinema, which burned down in October 1955.

This view from Skerton Bridge looks back down the River Lune to Lancaster.

This was the second palace on the site: the first, built originally for the 1862 International Exhibition, burnt down just two years after being opened in 1873 as north London's rival to the south's Crystal

Among the market traders who used to draw the crowds were Mrs Gee, who literally sold crockery at knock down prices by shouting out the price and banging on an old tea chest.

The Savoy Café is on the right, and further down hill across the road Mazda lamps are for sale close to the inn sign.

Between the two world wars Jack Perrin, who lived in the nearby Hagg Cottages, used to sit by the entrance and sell half candles to people who wanted to go down the mine.

This view looks south from the Michelham road towards the South Downs in the distance.

Next to the church is the old manor house, with gardens running down to the river.

While many of the buildings on the right remain, several were pulled down in the 1980s and their sites now form part of a supermarket car park.

In December 2000, it was estimated that 400,000 cubic metres of earth was slowly moving down the side of Leith Hill.

The majestic sweep of the fertile fields down to the coast is also marked by the workings and spoils of man's need for the stone that is quarried from the mountain on this stretch of the coast.

Much of the life of the town revolves around the Saturday influx to the weekly market.

The striped cabin (right) supplied cigarettes, and down the main street was the Eagle and Child inn.

The Buttertubs Pass leads dramatically down to this village, which is 9 miles west of Muker. It was hit by a natural disaster in 1898, the result of a cloud burst.

The view is north-westwards to West Down (top left).

A crowded WSV 'Tern' prepares to embark on a trip down Windermere from the Waterhead pier on a summer's day.

A crowded WSV 'Tern' prepares to embark on a trip down Windermere from the Waterhead pier on a summer's day.

Visitors beautifully attired in the finest Edwardian summer wear enjoy the cliff top promenade and the gentle slopes and steps down the cliff side.

The hillside town of Ruthin retains its medieval origins, although the aggressively black and white mock-Tudor half-timbering of the bank and outfitters' buildings on the left is perhaps a little over

A crowded WSV 'Tern' prepares to embark on a trip down Windermere from the Waterhead pier on a summer's day.

This would have been dusty in summer and a quagmire in winter, especially with the heavy horse-drawn traffic that would have moved up and down this street to load and unload the vessels moored along the

The stag that sat above the doorway was taken down during renovations and mysteriously disappeared, never to be seen again.

The old windpump at Turf Fen, its sails now still, offers testament to man's battle with the rising waters down the centuries.