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Fishing cobles on their wheeled trailers are drawn up above the high tide watermark, and two of the familiar old rusty tractors which pull the boats in and out of the sea can be seen.

This photograph shows an interesting row of cars and motorcycles of the period - few will have survived the intervening years. The Middlesbrough Co-operative store is on the right.

The Fearnhead post office on the corner of Fearnhead Lane (right) advertises Sanpic, which 'Destroys Sink Odours'.

The brick school-like building is the former Reading Room of 1888, now appropriately a bookshop. Beyond is the Gothic pinnacled Wrentham Hall of 1862.

The present building was constructed in the 18th century, but on the site of a mill listed in the Domesday survey of 1086.

After the famous invasion of French troops at Fishguard in 1797 the church was used as a prison for some of the captured French troops.

Located nine miles south of Edinburgh, Hawthornden stands high above the river North Esk amid a densely wooded estate.

Killin mill stands on the River Dochart. Not far away is the ruined Breadalbane stronghold of Finlarig Castle. One of its more interesting features is what is thought to be an ancient beheading pit.

A steeply shelving beach on the left-hand side contrasts strongly with the gently sloping mud flats on the other side of this river.

Here we have a panoramic view of this lovely village, whose handloom weavers produced some of England's finest broadcloth in the 18th century.

Here, within the heartland of the majority of commercial and financial institutions, the imposing buildings are still standing, and even the public conveniences, in the right foreground, still exist!

Below the choir is the crypt, part of which dates from 1197 when it was consecrated by Bishop Jocelin. It is well proportioned with fine pillars and vaulting.

The scene of Falstaff's miseries in Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', Datchet stands on the Thames bank, opposite Home Park.

This sublime abbey, scene of many coronations down the centuries, is probably the most famous of English religious buildings, and considered the pinnacle of European Gothic architecture.

The east window, presented by Rev G S Hele in the 19th century, shows St John the Baptist, the emblems of the four evangelists, and twelve small scenes depicting portions of the litany.

Further along the street, and almost a decade later, an early motor car is parked outside the entrance of the Royal Lion Hotel, which was rebuilt in blue lias ashlar after a devastating fire

The rocky knoll of Biskey Howe, rising abruptly above the built-up area of Bowness, has long been a favourite viewpoint—from here a large proportion of the lake is visible.

Above the village of Rockingham lies the splendid castle, built by William the Conqueror on the site of an ancient fortress and at the heart of the great Rockingham Forest.

The 'Mona's Queen', which belonged to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co, eases out of Fleetwood for a summer sailing.

Dunk's Green 1901 Some fine stone and brick cottages and an oast house stand along the road leading towards Mereworth Woods near the village centre of Plaxtol, on the edge of the Ragstone Ridge

Hangman's Cottage, seen here on the left, was the home of the town's resident executioner in the 19th century.

In AD 907, Edward, son of Alfred the Great, embarked on the building of a series of burhs, or fortified towns, as a defence against the Vikings.

There has been a bridge here for hundreds of years, but the present one was built in the early 19th century. 9ft wide, and with a central span of 9 yards, it is typical of moorland bridges

After the death of Frederick Crowley, Ashdell House was acquired by Guy Ferrand, who changed the name to Morland Hall.