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Yet another clothier's church, St Mary's at Steeple Ashton had a steeple, as the village name implies, but it was blown down in 1670. Stone vaulting in the nave has been replaced with wood.

The village store is on the right halfway down the road. The scene is similar today.

The organ tuner's candle fell down inside the mechanism while he was tuning the organ!

In this picture we can see the small stream that runs down from Waddington Fell and the Moorcock Inn as it runs right through the centre of the village to join the Ribble.

It rises on the border with Yorkshire, and tumbles down the hillsides to meet up with the River Hodder and the River Calder to gather strength before pushing on to Preston and the coast.

Another fair was held on Bank Holiday Monday, and one elderly lady remembered collecting discarded ginger beer bottles to exchange for the refund of one penny after the fair had closed down for the day

It has since been filled in and closed down. Wisbech is the capital of the Fens. It was once a strategic seaport, where coasters transhipped their cargoes into fenland lighters.

On 21 October, bombs rained down, damaging 400 homes. German prisoners helped clear up the damage. Air raid shelters were not foolproof, but they gave a sense of security.

The thirty-five mile long Manchester Ship Canal works as one great harbour, and ships moving up and down the canal have to register each movement with the control centre at Eastham.

We are in the Cuckmere Valley, with fine views of the scarp side of the Downs.

The town clock has been given a number of nicknames, including `the Iron Duke of Tredegar`, because of the small profile of the Duke of Wellington on the base.

Down in the harbour, the tall ship is moored just in front of the Angel Vaults, still here as a waterside inn.

We are looking down on The Square from Middle Row at the bottom of Broad Street. The shot is north-eastwards, along Bridge Street (centre) to the roofs of Coombe Street.

At one time the churchyard wall decayed, rainwater washed the soil away from the graves, and bones were taken down the hill, even into the water.

Centuries ago the pulpit had a large leather funnel with a pipe going down to a pew for a particularly deaf member of the congregation.

All the needs of a developing small town are in evidence - the Bedford lorry loaded with builders materials, Charles Love & Son's ironmongery and radio/TV engineer's (right), Lisles petrol station (near

This is now an extremely busy road, and there is a host of traffic lights where five roads meet at the bottom of Lindum Hill, just about where the car is coming down the road.

Many of the Manchester Ship Canal workers settled here, where there was plenty of work to be had in the ever-spreading town.

The road heading into the distance is Boltro Road, which leads down to the railway station - the railway line is off to the right of this photograph.

The Princess is lies dead on a ledge, covered entirely by a heavy sheet; only the fingers of one hand hang down from under it.

compare with that of Oakham Castle of c1180, some twenty miles east of the city, as an example of Norman architecture; but as part of the extensive remains of Leicester Castle and its town

Sixteen days later it was burnt down, and was rebuilt by John Johnson to re-open in 1875. It was never a great success; part was leased to the BBC in 1934, and television broadcasts began in 1936.

We are looking down Oxford Street, with the market cross on the left. The tower of Tower House can be seen at the junction with Cross Hayes Lane (right).

The almshouses we see behind the pump (centre) were taken down in 1964. We may be thankful that Mere Cottage (right), dated 1756, remains.