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By the 20th century, Goudhurst has quietened down considerably compared to earlier times, when the iron smelting and cloth making industries were at their peak.

Just down the road to the west is a Carmelite friary, which is much visited by those in search of tranquillity and meditation.

An Edwardian gentleman in his straw boater gazes down on this little group of thatched cottages surrounding the creeper-clad Castle Inn, whose turnover must have benefited enormously from the hordes

The tower looks down over the attractive village with its timber-framed cottages and Georgian houses.

Note the Golden Leg just down from Brinsmead Pianos - what better place to sup some ale after a hard day's graft in Westgate Street.

Unfortunately, it burnt down in 1926, and during the fire six people were killed trying to save artworks from the building.

The town comprises two villages, Upper and Lower Sheringham, the former more peaceful and retaining its fishing and farming traditions.

Resorts from Morecambe down the coast through New Brighton to Llandudno in Wales provided the wide walk-ways where holiday-makers could stroll and pass the time of day with family and friends away

The cows are lying down, a sure sign of rain, the old saying goes, but whether this is true or false they add a picturesque finishing touch to a watery scene.

The terrace stepping down the hill on the left is dated 1880. The pump (just visible to the right of the steps) has now been joined by a Coronation seat.

The buildings that run on down Abbey Street have long since been demolished and replaced by The Abbey Centre and a new leisure complex.

It looks peaceful enough, but it is just two miles from the coast, and down by the dunes the sea blows unrelentingly.

Unfortunately, this lovely old building was pulled down and cleared away as recently as the 1930s.

The Long Man of Wilmington stands on the northern slope of the South Downs, today marked out in white bricks. Who he is and when he was originally cut into the downland turf is not known.

The road system has changed: today there is a one-way system where cars travel down the High Street towards Beaulieu, Southampton, Brockenhurst and Christchurch.

This view of the 1935 Silver Jubilee seat is taken from outside the King's Head on the A12, looking down the High Street.

In 1741 the mill was blown down in a storm killing a man and a boy - perhaps because the sails were 'back winded'. The mill has been in the care of the Cambridgeshire Preservation Trust since 1932.

The Kentish miners earned themselves a reputation for being among the most militant members of their arduous profession, before the local branch of the industry was shut down in the 1970s.

Beyond the lock gates the Thames will carry the boats down to Laleham and Chertsey.

Long queues of traffic build up here as cars approach the traffic lights at the junction further down the road, roughly at the point where the cart can be seen on the right.

At this time, local industry was closing down; Bacup, which was off the beaten track, was looking for residents to commute to work in Burnley, Manchester or other towns.The town stands on the young

The Epsom Downs railway line was opened in 1865, and branched south from Sutton station to its first stop, which was Belmont.

It was the second Anglican church in the town and is situated high on the moor side of town.

North-west from Kingsbury we go down Buckingham Street, passing the Wesleyan Church, now Aylesbury Methodist Church.