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Motorcycles with sidecars were a popular and economical means of getting about for ordinary people.

Aylesford is a perfectly sited village by the River Medway and the scene of many battles in ancient times.

Upstream from the lock at Sonning, the 18th-century bridge spans the river, and the recreational use of the water is plain to see.

Brunel used Neyland as a terminus to connect to Ireland and the Atlantic, and his imprint remains everywhere, such as the name Brunel Avenue.

We are looking from the Nag's Head Island side towards Bridge Street and the town.

Full of quaint old Georgian houses and historic buildings, Arundel has long been an obvious destination for tourists and visitors.

This view looks south from the bridge over the River Medway. The lofty tower of the 14th-century All Saints church rises behind the Archbishop's Manor House and grounds.

The Wye River is viewed here looking downstream from the Kerne Bridge. Within a short distance, the river becomes the border between Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.

Full of quaint old Georgian houses and historic buildings, Arundel has long been an obvious destination for tourists and visitors.

Across the toll bridge from Batheaston, the road crosses the A4 dual carriageway Batheaston bypass into Bathampton, a village now linked by development to Bathwick and Bath.

The area south-east of the city was marshy and virtually undeveloped until its draining after the Witham Act of 1812.

Here were clipped green lawns and exquisite quadrangles.The fortunate few could enjoy a few precious moments away from the bustle of the city streets above.

Here, at Belmont Hill, we are looking out of the village, towards the former toll bridge over Wicken Water.

The only real change to this scene is that now there are no cars - the whole of Bridge Street up to Cathedral Square has been closed to traffic and paved over.

The meeting of the rivers with their tiny bridges adds to the charm of the village and its thatched cottages. In the foreground are Closewool sheep, typical of Exmoor.

Bridge Street was clearly Warrington's shopping centre in the 1950s. The west side offered some of Warrington's finest shops.

The first structure was a toll bridge; today the river is spanned by various busy roads and a motorway - a far cry from the days centuries ago when this river and many others like it on the south coast

The Bere Stream, seen looking eastwards from Southbrook Bridge, towards Bedford and Jesty's watercress beds with a glimpse of Woodbury Hill (top left).

Often referred to by locals as the 'Flower Gardens' here is the same scene some 35 years after that shown in 38714 (above) and a new concrete bridge is in place.

This section of Bridge Street has changed drastically since this view towards Market Gate was taken.

The £8 million suspension bridge was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in September 1966 to carry the new M4 motorway from England across the Severn Estuary to South Wales.

Motorists speeding through Duffield on the A6 miss this view of the fine buttressed bridge across the River Ecclesbourne.

She had a wooden clinker- built hull and was powered by a grasshopper engine. Her steering position was on the main deck foreword of the bridge.

Bridge Street was one of four main streets intersecting at Market Gate. All were not only shopping streets, but a key part of the regional road network.