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Such lamps were often removed during the summer months and were often left unlit on moonlit nights in winter, an impressive example of early civic cost-cutting.

Danny Howell writes about it in 'The Warminster & District Archive', Winter 1988.

It was once known as Clachan Dubh, (the dark village) because its mountain setting offered two hours less sunlight during winter evenings.

In 1960 there were fine views from here across north Buckinghamshire; now trees obscure this completely in summer, but in winter we can look north-west over the new city of Milton Keynes, and

Here, in freezing winters, Londoners enjoyed skating on the pond.

Looking north towards the pier, the photograph shows the promenade before the Winter Gardens were built.

A concert is taking place at the bandstand at The Fort, a few seasons before massive construction work took place here to create the new Pavilion and Winter Gardens.The tram running along Fort Crescent

The cost isn't helped by the fact that each winter around half a million starlings roost on the bridge!

In the same year they purchased the glass Winter Garden from Torquay, dismantled it and erected it beside the pier entrance.

The Winter Gardens to the left have been compared to a giant greenhouse where summer could be enjoyed the year long.

The banks of the Bure here are pitted with artificial basins, where boats lie up in safety during the long months of winter.

There has been a tradition in the village (which started as long ago as 1577) that a curfew bell should be rung at 8pm each evening during autumn and winter.

The white shed on the left stands next to the village pond where the villagers skated in winter.

The town was cheery enough in holiday weather, but winter could bring disasters.

Defoe records that he saw 'perhaps two hundred sail of ships' lying by the town during the winter months, 'as safe as in a wet dock'.

Now the view is clearer, and any fine day will give a view across to Winter Hill and the Pennines.

The ford was replaced by a bridge over the beck in the winter of 1966/67.

We can assume that it is winter by the look of the tree.

Despite the grand appearance of the building, the acoustics in the Winter Gardens pavilion were suspect.

Built next to the Winter Gardens in 1896 in an attempt to compete with the Tower, the 220ft Gigantic Wheel was a financial disaster.

Thorngate, a philanthropic grocer and tea merchant who donated money for local housing, the Thorngate Hall was regularly used for public meetings until it was gutted by an incen- diary bomb in the winter

William Thorngate, a philanthropic grocer and tea merchant who donated money for local housing, the Thorngate Hall was regularly used for public meetings until it was gutted by an incendiary bomb in the winter

During the winter, the strip of land known as the Ouse Washes in between is allowed to flood, and is consequently a major haven for wildlife.

The most disastrous was the winter storm of 1808, which destroyed most of the stone pier and the neighbouring sea front.