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The boat, with two men relaxing beneath their drying life jackets, represents a local variation from a standard type of craft (see the introduction).

The mixture of power-driven ships, barques and other craft indicates the trend at the turn of the century in marine transport from sail to steam.

Though used by excursion and pleasure craft, the river at Chester was last used commercially in the 1930s when a barge took a cargo of tar from the gasworks to Queensferry.

Whilst doubtless helping moorings to be taken by the man standing in the smaller craft, this boat could well be used afterwards as a tender to take both ashore.

Two heavily laden small craft are ready to set sail (centre).

There is a plethora of pleasure craft in view. The Patent Safety Ladder Co's premises off Oundle Street are just visible beyond the bridge.

It is still Street's community centre, a cafe‚ and a craft shop.

The North Sea tides could prove fatal for small craft, and more than once the Cromer lifeboat was forced out into bad weather to rescue whelkers.

The weather-boarded hut has had a variety of uses as a sweet, craft and gift shop. It is about to be demolished and a house built on the site.

The quay is busy today with pleasure craft, rather than the commercial traffic of the past.

The collection of moored open boats lying inside the jetty, and a few other small craft, make a strong contrast with the crowded waters inside an obviously busy harbour in the previous

The factory site became a Royal Air Force base for operating air-sea rescue craft and bombing range launches during the Second World War.

Here we see an attractive group of sub-Arts and Crafts buildings with steeply-pitched roofs and tile-hung dormer windows over an open timber balcony.

On the left are the Goodwin Almshouses, founded in 1642 but rebuilt by Ferdinand de Rothschild in 1893, and beyond is the full-blown Arts and Crafts style Waddesdon village hall of 1897, also built by

Paisley was the last stronghold of the highly skilled craft of fine handloom weaving, and as late as 1834 there were few if any power looms in the town.

By the end of the 18th century, the Severn north of Bewdley was becoming increasingly difficult to keep open for navigation, and groups of men had to be employed to bow-haul craft between Bewdley and Coalbrookdale

Silting up has made it difficult for large vessels to continue to use Palnackie port, and visits have been restricted in recent years to smaller pleasure craft, and more modest fishing and cockling boats

The old lock has long been derelict, and pleasure craft now moor by the riverside, which is separated from the cottages and village street by meadows.

In the photograph it is occupied by Keegan's shoe shop, but it now houses an art and craft shop.

at Barrow has possessed a watery magnetism which has drawn people from the city to its banks on warm summer days, either to enjoy a picnic, or to venture onto the water in a variety of craft

In the 19th century the quays were still busy, but with coastal craft carrying corn, hauled up the fenland rivers, to be transported on to London. Southgate is a remnant of the old town walls.

With barely enough wind to keep under way, small craft lie just offshore.

Two heavily laden small craft are ready to set sail (centre).

at Barrow has possessed a watery magnetism which has drawn people from the city to its banks on warm summer days, either to enjoy a picnic, or to venture onto the water in a variety of craft