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The area at the front of the town hall had been cleared in about 1862 to make space for a memorial to 'Albert the Good', the beloved husband of Queen Victoria. It was a densely built-up area.

It received its Charter of Incorporation in 1891, and then, of course, needed its own Town Hall.

The horse on the left is waiting to haul the boats, which are 'breasted up' together in the lock.

Bodinnick is a tiny village built on a steep hill on one side of Pont Creek, an estuary of the Fowey River. From here the ferryboats would take the passengers across the fast-flowing river to Fowey.

Here there is a profusion of telegraph wires and power cables, but no TV aerials.

Having been bombed out of their works at Mitcham, Surrey, A C Cossor Ltd were relocated to Chadderton; they were housed in the old Wren Mill which had been converted into a government Shadow factory.

The house was begun by William Cavendish, fourth Earl and later first Duke of Devonshire, in 1687 and completed in 1706; the north wing was added between 1820-30.

In 1848, Dr Goddard's niece and heiress, Martha Gale, pledged money and gave the 1742 house on the left of the picture in return for having the school moved to clear her view of the church.

Woodstock House is a country house hotel nestling in the Downs below the heights of Charlton Forest. We are near Goodwood racecourse, hence the racing scene on the hotel restaurant signboard.

Wrexham stands on a tributary of the river Dee. It has a long history - it was known to the Saxons as Wrightesham or Wrightelesham.

Excavations, however, have revealed nothing of particular interest, other than the fact that it was started in August - the foundations revealed evidence of flying ants!

Pitsea Hall Island—to the left of the creek—has a complex history. Originally pasture and arable land, it was taken over by British Explosives Ltd in 1890.

Here we see the church path leading up to it, with 16th-century cottages on the left and Dorset House on the right.

There could even have been some Frith postcards in the rack; among many other things for sale are ice cream, Coca Cola, pork pies from Pork Farms of Nottingham, Kodak films, cigarettes, newspapers and

Now it is a unique part of Lincolnshire's history.

The car park has gone, and many of the buildings have also disappeared.

The horse on the left is waiting to haul the boats, which are 'breasted up' together in the lock.

One of the sailing barges that used to work the coast and the River Orwell is laid up at the water's edge.

The White Swan Inn on the left is 300 years old; the third house from the right is the old Gilling Club for working men. Twenty years ago it was used by the scouts, but is now a private house.

The building on the right, just before the King Street junction, was the Jubilee Institute.

The short granite cross base with a carved interlace design has inscribed on the other side 'Doniert rogavit pro anima', which translates as 'Doniert ordered this for the good of his soul'.

This is a beautiful photograph of Rutland at its best. Pollarded willows line the stream, which appears to have trapped the wheels from a large cart.

The Cistercians, like the Knights Templar, were not noted for their standards of personal hygiene and rarely washed.

The top of the High Street was known officially as Devonshire Place, but the locals always called it Devonshire Square, even though it only had three sides.