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An interesting view showing the sharp contrast between the original or 'old' Saltburn and the 'new' or Victorian Saltburn which was built upon the west cliff opposite the original cluster

The smaller bathing machines seen here are bearing advertising posters for Pears Soap, one of the most popular and widely advertised Victorian retail products.

This view was taken from the building at the very end of Morton Crescent.

The Stag Inn dates back to the 18th century, and the elm tree on the right reputedly marked the centre of Windsor Forest.

The ornate fountain and clock tower forms the centrepiece of the Market Place, but it looks as though Willenhall will soon have another attraction, the Zorba Grill—no doubt inspired by the film starring

The summer entertainment, 'Bubbles', is advertised on the Pier Pavilion. Those walking on the pier have a good view of the activities below.

It has always been at the centre of town life, hosting hunt balls and providing accommodation for the Sheriff and his men when the Assizes were in session.

It has always been at the centre of town life, hosting hunt balls and providing accommodation for the Sheriff and his men when the Assizes were in session.

A wide variety of wildlife and plants are to be found around the undercliff. This family has the beach all to themselves; what are they searching for? Perhaps crabs or small fish left by the tide.

The large building on the left is The Talbot Hotel, a common name for pubs and hotels in the Welsh Marches.

The Borough Hotel is on the right of our picture; this was a Dutton House. Woolworth's is a little further up the street.

The ships tied up at the seaward end show the original function of seaside piers.

In 1923 the town commemorated its dead of the Great War by building this fine war memorial. The water pump has gone, and the Norfolk Arms hotel apparently has a side line in motor car repairs.

The Girls' School (left) was originally called Oroolong, and was home to Captain Henry Wilson, discoverer of the Pelew Islands.

An imitation Norman doorway in the porch entrance of the south-west tower may have been based on an original piece.

The three commodious docks, the largest of which was opened in 1892, remained busy until the eventual decline in trade.

A view looking south round the sweep of the bay to the little harbour, once used by the mail boats to Portpatrick in Wigtownshire. Boats are drawn up on the pebbled beach, where girls are playing.

Once a common sight on the beaches of the south-west, they have long since disappeared. The distant headland is Godrevy Point, with Godrevy Island just visible to its left.

St Anthony-in-Meneage is a tiny hamlet at the mouth of Gillan Creek. It has a beautiful 12th-century church reputed to have been built by shipwrecked Normans in thanks for their lives being spared.

The reservoir occupies a pleasant, tree-lined site in the valley of the River Amber.

This photograph shows a quiet corner of the village just beneath the parish church, where the unusual war memorial in the centre stands on an old granite church pillar.

It was, unusually, a diesel-electric paddle-boat, with a capacity of 32 cars (current ferries on this route carry twice that amount).

This was the period when few supermarkets existed and those that did were built in town centres, as most people relied on public transport.

Local people believe that Flookburgh got its name from the fluke, a fish caught in Morecambe Bay, and a representation of one is on the weather vane.