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The Boat House is visible at the end of The Parade.

It was a huge success and even carried passengers on packet boats. The development of the railways heralded its decline, but it was not until 1947 that cargo traffic finally ended.

Shortly after, a shipyard also opened, and although some new boats were commissioned, it profited more from repairs and refitting work.

A fisherman's life was hard, even when the weather was kind: in 1872 William Munday, coxswain of the Mullion lifeboat, and his crew of three were lost on a fine spring day when their boat foundered in

In 1736 the Coverack Customs boat caught a smuggler carrying 150 ankers of spirits.

A family group of children enjoy a boating trip on the River Leven at Newby Bridge, at the southern end of Lake Windermere.

The length of the boat is fairly substantial compared to the head of the jetty, so she requires delicate and careful manoeuvring if she is to be handled safely.

The length of the boat is fairly substantial compared to the head of the jetty, so she requires delicate and careful manoeuvring if she is to be handled safely.

The lady is using the rope over the gate to take the last forward movement off the butty boat. Note that the top gate on the second chamber is already open, ready for them.

The deserted pier with its lifeboat station on the opposite side, and the unmanned boats in the foreground, each make their own contribution towards a scene of undisturbed tranquillity, whilst in the

The letters BH on the fishing boat indicate Brixham registry.

A clutter of boat equipment and fishing gear lie in casually haphazard fashion at the end of the stone jetty. Boscastle

At Fairhaven, visitors could take their exercise pulling on the oars of a rowing boat or playing 18 holes on the local golf course.

A Lowestoft-registered fishing boat slips out to sea unnoticed by the anglers on the harbour. In the background is the imposing, if somewhat overpowering, edifice of the Grand Hotel.

The lady is using the rope over the gate to take the last forward movement off the butty boat. Note that the top gate on the second chamber is already open, ready for them.

From a scattered fishing village based around two sandy bays on the southern coast of the Lleyn Peninsula, Abersoch has developed into a busy resort.

Pilchard fishing was also carried on, and a few boats are drawn up on the beach.

It all started when the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race was held here in 1829, but the first Regatta proper was held in June 1839.

On the Windsor bank the non-Etonian spectators watch the Procession of College Boats. In the distance, lined with spectators, is the bridge, nowadays pedestrianised.

Back at the river, this view shows the crowds watching the Procession of College Boats, held every year on 4 June to commemorate George III's birthday.

Here, as we look downstream by the former ferry and towpath, working barges mingle with leisure rowing boats for hire.

An assortment of small fishing and rowing boats has been hauled safely above the high water mark in this picture of the eastern end of the Marine Parade; the famous white cliffs are visible beyond the

As always, a fishing boat draws a small but interested crowd, even though it is empty.

A wheeled jetty facilitates embarkation for a leisurely sail, whilst the more energetic take their exercise in a rowing boat.