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It is now replaced by an altogether more testing version as part of the Pleasure Beach complex.

The increasing number of these facilities crammed into this popular spot forced the local fishermen to move their boats to the opposite end of the promenade nearer to East Beach.

Hall's name is believed to be derived from 'coal pit haul': before the laying of the railway track in the 1870s, a tramline existed on which coal was hauled on horse-drawn trucks to the beach

The sandy beach stretched for miles in each direction, and the seafront road ran for two miles.

In 1910 the sea breached the sturdy sea wall above Cheyne Beach (centre) and caused a surge which flooded Ropery Meadow and damaged roads.

The bay, with its wide sandy beach, was almost certainly the landing place of the Danish brothers Hengist and Horsa, who came to Britain in 449AD to fight for the British king Vortigern against the

Here we look beyond the licensed donkey ride man, the helter-skelter and beach fun fair, the bathing machines and the booths towards the then splendid pier.

We are on the south-east coast at Cawsand Bay; the twin villages perched above the beach, where fishing boats are drawn up. The fields and woods of the Mount Edgcumbe estate reach down to the water.

Though the photographers' stalls were harmless enough, the beach by this date had acquired a reputation for cheap and tacky sideshows, gambling, brawling and drunkenness.

The village is at the north end of a magnificent two-mile long sandy beach. Until the 1800s this stretch of coast was remote, its splendours familiar only to Ilfracombe fishermen.

The Lincolnshire coast is well known for its sandy beaches, and Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea are outstanding, as this photograph shows.

The well-dressed ladies and children on the beach are most likely to be seasonal visitors to Tenby.

Margate is today a bustling seaside resort on the Isle of Thanet, with many miles of sandy beaches, and typical seaside attractions.

Frith may have been guilty of a little artistic licence in describing these women as 'cave dwellers' - there are indeed plenty of caves on the beach here, but all are sea-washed at high tide with even

Fishing cobles owned by Skinningrove families are drawn up on the beach in the foreground.

In 1884 gas lamps were installed along the route to the beach. Two years later the path was incorporated as a public highway with commensurate investment.

Despite a fine beach and a railway link, only a handful of hotels and guesthouses could be found here.

The nearest carriage waits outside the Great Western Hotel, and behind it a sign directs pedestrians to the cliffs and beach.

There is never a shortage of children to enjoy the sandy delights of Dymchurch beach. This fashionable holiday destination was home at this time to the Great War artist Paul Nash.

At the corner of Bethel Drive is the beach-flint Sailor's and Fisherman's Bethel (left), still functioning as a place of worship.

Years of inertia and neglect needed remedy: a new pavilion was built, and further development of Beach Road was undertaken to provide improved access to the front.

The old town was originally about a quarter of a mile from the sea, but since 1888, a contemporary guidebook tells us, 'the South Beach Land and Building Corporation Limited are building very extensively

From the inter-war years its fine sandy beaches attracted visitors who wanted a sea-side holiday without the distractions that resorts such as Aberystwyth provided, even though it was close to the Ministry

The splendid sandy beach, which is so firm that tennis may be played on it, extends eastward for three miles beneath a range of beautiful cliffs.