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The crew in an approaching sail fishing boat, having raised her sails, stand by to clear the jetty, leaving both harbour and fellow craft moored alongside the Stade.

Sailing barges and leisure craft rub hulls in this typical riverside scene, and the more recent development of the marina amply demonstrates that there is still nothing - absolutely nothing

Other steamers were also used as pleasure craft.

The town hosts a museum in what was once a farmhouse, and the Victorian era returns with local people demonstrating bygone crafts.

A strange-looking craft heads southwards towards Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal. The pretty tower of the 14th-century church is clearly visible here.

Major naval bases such as Portsmouth, Plymouth and Malta found employment for a host of small craft - tenders, tugs, lighters, and ferries - not all of them necessarily owned by the Royal Navy

The pleasure craft in the photograph emphasise the failure of the canals for industrial transportation.

Here the workmen are carrying out their highly-specialised craft surrounded by the tools of their trade. Note the bundles of thatch standing to the left of the picture.

The man handling the tiller of the furthest boat moves swiftly away from the nearer craft.

During the latter half of the 20th century the mill was restored and opened to visitors as a craft centre and art gallery.

An excursion craft passes the weir close to Lincomb Lock, now the most northern on the river.

In the mud are various beached craft. Today, Bangor is home to the Royal Ulster Yacht Club's annual regatta.

Overlooking the river Bure stands a large, thatched house in the Arts and Crafts style, typical of many built between the wars. Well-tended gardens lead down to a private mooring and boat houses.

The green now boasts a locally crafted village sign, and no parking is allowed!

On the right is the 1894 School of Industrial Art, built in Arts and Crafts style, with an inscription by William Tooke.

Shipbuilding was also carried on here, the yard specialising in fishing vessels, tugboats and inland waterways craft. Because of the width of the river, vessels were launched sideways.

There were ten locks at the end of the Bridgewater Canal linking it with the docks below; figures for 1883 show that in that year alone 60,300 craft passed up and down.

Two people in the white boat lower sails as they bring their craft alongside the jetty. Ramsey

The ponds have for many years been used for swimming, fishing and sailing model craft. The area is much grown up now, and a fine wildlife preserve.

In front are two Norfolk wherries: the black sail that can be seen on the further boat is a characteristic of these broad-beamed, shallow-bottomed craft.

The harbour was at that time still the preserve of local fishermen, but today the area is monopolised by pleasure craft and luxury yachts.

These pleasure craft are packed to the gunwhales with dignitaries celebrating the great event.

Broadway is a tempting village for tourists, full of antique and craft shops.

A craft heads southwards towards Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal.