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1930s and 1960s styles clash openly with the traditional buildings on the left.

The busy railway station situated just behind the photographer closed after the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, and this part of Somersham quietly faded into obscurity with no new development after the pre-war

Here we have a busy Promenade view with plenty of warm clothing in evidence.

The River Fowey is one of Cornwall's longest rivers, rising 900 feet above sea level on Bodmin Moor and passing through the ancient Stannary Town of Lostwithiel on its way to the sea.

Before the arrival of the hotel in 1894, Carbis Bay was known as Carbis Valley.

Rock lies opposite Padstow (background) on the shore of the Camel estuary.

The scenery around the Nunnery Walks was said to be 'of a most picturesque and sublime description', and the series of cascades and waterfalls here is impressive.

The house was designed in the mid 18th century by Richard, Earl of Burlington.

Not something that would happen today with any degree of safety, a gentleman poses for the camera in the middle of the street.

It is surprising that there were not more accidents in the days when the main road passed through the middle of the Market Place.

South Ockendon's smock mill - seen here across the moat of a long-vanished hall - was built c1829.

Dobwalls now suffers from incessant heavy traffic in both directions, and is in desperate need of a by-pass.

The about-turn view of the last picture, this shows the unmistakable path beaten across The Green to the Queen's Head.

Here we can see the huge size of the magnificent stained glass window above the high altar.

In 1934 Leeds City council embarked on a programme to clear 30,000 slums.

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.

On his shoulders would be placed the responsibility of appointing an appropriate workhouse matron with similar attributes, and any other staff required.

OF ALL the villages in this collection, Nether Alderley perhaps gives us the best impression of what a north-eastern Cheshire village was like before the Industrial Revolution changed both the

This house had been built on the site of The Friars, a private residence that stood where the Dominican priory's tumbledown refectory had once been.

Originally part of the Earldom of Huntingdon, Potton's parish church owes its architectural features to the Norman influence during the 12th century.

The name of the street harks back to the days of the medieval walled town.

A pleasure cruiser - probably MV 'Regal Lady' - lies moored out of use on the muddy bottom of the new (east) Castle Dock.

An eternally popular part of the holidaymaker's Scarborough is the enjoyment of Peasholm Park.

A solitary child enjoys the beach while a group of men stand in front of the Cod and Lobster Inn, looking on.