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On one occasion, the boilers backfired and they had to escape because of all the black smoke.

It is seen here in its former glory, for it was burned down in 1934; it has since been rebuilt in brick - a copy of the stone original.

The bank was built in 1894 as the Wilts & Dorset Bank on the main road to Bournemouth at the Church Road cross- roads at the bottom of Castle Hill. Today it is Lloyds TSB.

This panoramic view of Hythe shows St Leonard's Church in the foreground. The Royal Military Canal stretches parallel with the coast, hidden by the furthest trees in the middle distance.

Before the development of Crawley New Town, the Hazlewick Mill path and bridge was a renowned beauty spot.

Like other villages that are found along the course of the River Evenlode and its tributary streams, Ascott-under-Wychwood's function was milling.

Wychwood is an ancient deciduous forest in the North Cotswolds, and a string of picturesque villages take their names from it: Milton-under-Wychwood, Shipton-under-Wychwood and, glimpsed here as it was

Dated 1928, the upper part of Tarpots Hall was used by 1341 Thames Estuary Squadron ATC. The lower storey contained a dance floor, popular with young people at the time.

For centuries it thrived as a fishing port, but it lost out with the rise of nearby Newlyn in the 19th century.

Fishing boats, still all sailing craft at this date, are moored in the shelter of the two piers.

The Big Wheel can be seen in the playground to the right of the picture, with The Golden Hind to the left.

Woolbridge Manor is another Dorset building with Thomas Hardy associations, for it was here that Tess of the D'Urbervilles spent her short and disastrous honeymoon with Angel Clare.

This straggling village has spent much of the last fifty years being dominated by a structure that proved to be as controversial - the Winfrith Atomic Energy Station.

Nott Square leads down to the Guildhall and Law Courts, with the South African War Memorial in front of the classical and dignified Guildhall facade.

St Andrew's Church c1960 St Andrew's is the old parish church of Hove. It dates from Norman times, but became ruinous during the 18th century and was entirely rebuilt in 1836.

The town's old graveyard behind the Town Hall had become very badly neglected by the beginning of the 20th century, so the gravestones were removed to line a boundary wall and the area

This later view shows that the gardens have been replaced by lawns and a central pathway; this leads to the 1939-45 War Memorial Library, opened by HRH Duke of Gloucester in 1955.

Cliftonville's rectangular-shaped cliff-top open space, with its bowling greens and seats high above the sea, is shown here some ten years after picture 60374 was taken, possibly in the last summer of

facilities (see R84059, above), an athletics track, tennis courts, soccer pitches and a bowling green are all available at the sports centre, which occupies a semi-rural site not far from the ruins of

St Paul's Church, together with Holme Island, in the centre of the picture, are still to be seen from here.

The doorway on the side of the Town Hall has now been made up into a window, with the new stone looking considerably cleaner than the original.

The Bourne Stream was rapidly transformed into an attractive water feature forming the centre point of the town. The Square was created on its banks.

Here we see the rolling sea effect of a good-sized Severn Bore.

Basildon's spherical clock remains an impressive example of 1960s design, but it has been superseded by Rowland Emmett's 'Pussiewillow III' clock outside SavaCentre.