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Caption For Neatishead, Backwater

The growing of reeds provides one of the principal industries of the broads area.

Caption For Ryde, Union Street 1913

The shop awnings and broad-brimmed hats provide welcome relief from the glare of the sun as pedestrians stroll up and down to the seashore.

Caption For Plaxtol, Rectory 1901

The old rectory, of warm red brick, with its tall chimneys and light-gathering broad bay windows has creeper running rampant all over it.

Caption For Walton On Thames, The Swan Hotel 1908

Girls pose with shrimping nets outside the Swan Hotel, with its boats for hire.

Caption For Ludlow, The Broad Gate 1923

The very narrow Broad Gate is obviously named for the street rather than the width of the gate.

Caption For Ranworth, The Staithe C1945

The boy in the small boat is quanting, a word used on the Broads for propelling a boat by means of a long pole.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Smithy 1909

Broad Street is the town's most fashionable shopping street, though the busy traffic of today prevents dogs lying down in the road!

Caption For Norwich, The Wensum And Prince Of Wales Bridge 1935

A sailing barge, once a common sight on the Broads and Norfolk rivers, is moored opposite the pleasure boats below the yacht station.

Caption For Scarborough, Foreshore Road 1891

From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.

Caption For Dawlish, The Seafront From The Royal Hotel 1890

A place familiar to all train travellers through Devon, Dawlish nestles across the sides of a broad combe, with the railway line protecting the town from the sea.

Caption For Brundall, Tidecrafts Yard C1960

Boatsheds on the right of the picture are typical of many, with mooring for several boats.

Caption For Hickling, Broad C1965

A tranquil backwater off Hickling Broad shows privately-owned yachts at rest among the reeds.

Caption For Evesham, Bell Tower From The Avon 1892

At the centre of a broad vale, rich in market gardens and fruit orchards, and to which it gives its name, lies Evesham.

Caption For Hythe, The Promenade C1950

The broad expanse of the Promenade stretching east to Sandgate is still as popular with visitors today as it was with the Victorian and Edwardian holidaymakers who visited this Cinque Port, and whose continued

Caption For Littlehampton, South Terrace 1890

Although called a terrace, the houses are by numerous builders and unified by broad style alone.

Caption For Wroxham, On The Bure 1921

Wroxham is at the western gateway to the Broads, and profited greatly from the late 19th-century boom in 'messing about in boats'.

Caption For Bristol, City Centre C1950

St Augustine's Parade is just out of sight on the left, and Broad Quay is seen on the right.

Caption For Ashford, High Street 1901

The broad High Street, once the site of the market established under a charter from Edward I, was, at the turn of the last century, still very much a rendezvous for the cattle and sheep farmers of the

Caption For Broad Chalke, The Lych Gate C1955

This elaborate entrance to the church at Broad Chalke, near Salisbury, has been well-maintained throughout the years.

Caption For Linton On Ouse, The Lock

Linton-on-Ouse is situated north-west of York in the broad Vale of York.