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Instow grew as a resort town at the mouth of the Torridge in the 1830s, and most of the terraces and villas on the shore in this picture date from then.

This was one of the principal cab ranks in Manchester, and licensing, fares and conditions were regulated by the local authority.

Opposite the well-known Miller of Mansfield hotel and pub, mainly Georgian with older parts, is the Goring Free Church, dated 1893, on the corner of Manor Road, still looking pretty fresh in this view

Cinema in 1960 was still a popular form of entertainment, though television and the opportunities opened up by private car ownership were both beginning to make inroads.

From early Victorian times, Punch and Judy shows moved away from the fairgrounds and streets and on to the beach in pursuit of lucrative new audiences.

River Barle appears here little more than a placid stream, but in 1953 a devastating flood swept through Dulverton from the hills above, inundating the bridge and destroying the cottages at the far end of

Sir William's grandson built a keep which was enlarged by the third Earl of Orkney in the 1440s.

Further west along Main Street, looking towards Lyme Regis, the plateau of Langdon Hill forms the skyline (centre).

Here we see some horse-drawn carriages, including a street cleaner's cart, parked outside the Parish Church of St John Baptist.

A landmark on the Bawtry-Thorne road, the Blue Bell Inn stands at the crossroads of the Doncaster-Epworth road in the heart of the low-lying Hatfield Moors, close to the RAF station at Finningley.

Besides being a market centre and wool town, Fairford was on an important coaching route in the days of horse-drawn travel, as it straddled the road from London to the south-west.

It is a fine example of early 20th-century architecture, with echoes of the past in the corner oriel window.

The reservoir was opened in September, 1945 by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, who unveiled a memorial tablet and opened the two overflow shafts, one of which is seen to the right

When this picture of the High Street was taken, there would be plenty of outlets from which it was possible to buy tobacco products.

The curve of the river forces bargemen to make a skilful manoeuvre into the lock, which allows boats to travel past the weir.

Beyond is St James's Roman Catholic church of 1840, built in Norman style by Pugin, later a passionate advocate of Gothic architecture.

The tower of the church is 13th-century, but the unusual copper cupola was added in 1769 - it was designed by Anthony Keck.

This ruinous Jacobean manor house, about half a mile north-west of Forest Row, was built in 1631 for Sir Henry Crompton, MP for East Grinstead.

Despite encroaching development, there is still the hint of a quaint old village here at Ferring.

At the top of the hill behind the trees stands the Territorial Army building and the town centre.

There is more sand on the resort's beaches today, and it is a favourite sun trap on long summer days.

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church was built during 1867 to accomodate the increasing number of Catholics in the area, and to replace St Oswald's Church on Hyndburn Road.

Tregenna Castle was built as a house for John Stephens in 1774 to the designs of John Wood the younger, the well- known architect of Georgian Bath.

Trams were an efficient form of transport, which lasted for a great many years in Poole.They harnessed the power of the newly-introduced electricity as the driving force, as we can see from the power