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With the removal of both the main shopping and administrative areas of Runcorn some miles away these photographs show a town that, in the last 40 years, has changed enormously.

This charming village straddles the banks of the River Bure amidst beautiful marshland.

Until the beginning of the 19th century the only crossing of the Hamble was by ferry.The first structure was a toll bridge; today the river is spanned by various busy roads and a motorway—a far

Until the beginning of the 19th century the only crossing of the Hamble was by ferry.The first structure was a toll bridge; today the river is spanned by various busy roads and a motorway—a far

At the time of this picture, Broadstairs was 'especially in high favour with family parties who find quite a little paradise in its sheltered beach'.

Mini cars appear to be flavour of the month with the drivers of Brierley Hill.When introduced in 1959 the Mini was radical in its design.

Long before the holiday boat industry took off, a trip behind a horse-drawn boat in Llangollen was a popular outing.

The zoo opened at the north end of Regent's Park in 1828, and two years later the Royal Menagerie was added, to be joined by the animals which had formerly been kept at the Tower of London.

The fitst Tate Gallery containing British art opened in Jubiliee Year 1897 on the site of a prison known as the Millbank Penitentiary.

Lansdowne House, the elegant building on the left, was home to local doctors for about 100 years. Jane Austen came with Miss Beckford of Chawton House to visit Dr Newnham here in 1811.

Husseys Farm itself can just be seen in the distance on the left.

Gone from here are the men, horses, buildings and stables of the Royal Dragoon Guards.The site is now the Divisional Headquarters of the North Yorkshire Police.

Boar Lane bissects Briggate and runs along the southern edge of the commercial heart of the city between Kirkgate and Park Row.

The bank on the right was Simonds Bank, opposite Princess Street, now called Princess Way.

To the left of the man coming up the road is the building which was the town's first station, but it could not handle through traffic following the opening of the Ulverston and Lancaster

Following the Reformation, it ended up in the hands of a local squire. Later, it was owned by the Braddyll family, who did much reconstruction work before going bankrupt.

The road running beside Newlands Bottom is to the left of the valley at this date, unlike the present road, and is now a bridleway.

When cars were rarer here, the village children used to sit on the green and hold sweepstakes, guessing on the number-plate of the next vehicle to pass through.

Two motor coasters lie in the harbour, including the 311-ton Antiquity in the foreground, one of a familiar fleet of vessels owned by F T Everard & Sons.

Continuing along the road containing the spa building, this parade of shops is to be found on the right-hand side.

The larger sailing vessels of late Victorian days have gone, but fishing boats still leave the harbour to bring home their catch, when the swell of the channel allows them to pass through the narrow

Pike 'o' Stickle (2,323 ft) is the thimble-shaped peak prominent on the skyline in this view taken from near the head of Great Langdale.

The Normans followed, but the base of their tower is all that remains.

By the 1650s Lionel Copley had become one of the leading ironmasters in South Yorkshire, thanks to a leasing arrangement with the Earl of Shrewsbury which gave him access to Shrewsbury charcoal woods and