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It was formed by the Arkle Beck, which rises high on Sleightholme Moor and passes through some lovely hamlets such as Arkle Town, Whaw and Langthwaite, where The Red Lion (centre) is a welcome hostelry

While Salcombe is an old settlement - its name derives from Saltercombe, a reference to the saltings that are recorded in the Domesday Book - Holy Trinity Church is a relatively recent addition, dating

In the middle distance is the Exeter Inn, and to the left is P J White's grocer's shop and mini- market - supermarkets were a relatively new concept in the 1960s.

Castleton's war memorial cross in the Market Place was still a relatively new feature when this photograph was taken.

Here we see a vanished scene.Two draught horses are led over the old bridge by the ford on the river Chelmer.The photographer appears to have left his car parked up the road on the left and walked

A stone pillar remains as a relic of the old hall.

A number of troopships set out from here in June 1944 to play a role in the D-Day landings.

Inside the main window a displayed poster warns 'Don't Help the Enemy, Careless Talk Costs Lives' - no doubt a relic from the Second World War.

Further up the Arkle Beck is the pub-less hamlet which glories in the entirely-inappropriate name of Booze.

The whole complex was a focal point of entertainment, with a theatre, ballrooms, a roller-rink, snooker rooms, a skating rink, a menagerie, various refreshment stalls, an aviary, a monkey house and a lake

A relative of the author once divulged that is should have been called 'The Gossip House' for obvious reasons.

Launching from here is a relatively simple matter.

The medieval grid pattern remains, but here the shops and houses are late Georgian and Victorian.

South of the bypass are late 19th- and 20th-century housing and a large industrial area leading down to Eling creek.

The tramway had a relatively short life-span - it was closed in 1926.

Here we see a relatively quiet harbour for the time - the fleet numbered around 200, and the crews 1600.

But this port, too, soon suffered from silting, so that todayNeston is once again a relatively quiet town.

Glyn Ceiriog remained a relatively unspoilt place, even after the Prime Minister's recommendation.

The concert pavilion was later used as a theatre and cinema and survived into the early 1960s; the conservatory was relegated to a roller-skating rink before being demolished in 1933.

The statue in the centre of the Square is the town's war memorial – Crewe was a new industrial town with a relatively youthful population, so that many of the town's men were called up to serve in both

The concert pavilion was later used as a theatre and cinema and survived into the early 1960s; the conservatory was relegated to a roller-skating rink before being demolished in 1933.

Our photographer now proceeds east along the High Street, a relatively narrow street with a mix of 17th-century and later fronts, now pedestrianised.

The old water pump, seen to the right with its ornate shelter, is a reminder that mains water, something we now take for granted, is a relatively modern luxury.

Two troopers are led out of the stables ready for a turn at guard duty in the sentry boxes facing the main street.