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In this busy scene beached boats occupy most of the shingle. However, mothers and children manage to find space and the boats form useful back-rests. The promenade is well used by walkers.

A few yards from the site of photograph L122026, a pair of loaded boats head south towards the Trent & Mersey Canal. They were owned by Horsefield Ltd.

There are boats of every description on this busy part of the river.

Boating pools could be found in many parks in the 1950s. Here a number of children show interest in the launching of the boat. Behind the wall, lined with seats, is the River Thames.

The boat yard on the far bank - now under different ownership - offers 'Launches and Boats Built to Order'. The steam launch in the foreground is a particularly elegant shape.

As well as fishing boats, there are many little boats and yachts available to take visitors for a cruise round the bay.

The Godalming Navigation, the extension of the Wey Navigation added in 1760-2, can be explored from Farncombe Boat House either by boat or by walking along the agreeable towpath.

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

The boating business is still there; it is now called Hearts Cruises, and has a wider range of boats than in 1919.

This view is looking towards the town centre, and the boat ('BN3', a Boston-registered boat) is heading out to the Wash and the North Sea.

The large boat SA113 alongside the pier is a fishing trawler from Swansea. Wearing his flat cap and standing on the smaller craft, the Victoria built by Gorgy Wickland, is Billy Richards.

This boating lake has survived as part of the present-day Exmouth Fun Park.

Girls pose with shrimping nets outside the Swan Hotel, with its boats for hire. The coal lighters are discharging coal at the Old Town Wharf.

There are plenty of rowing boats for visitors at the Bowness Boat Station in this photograph, taken just six years after No 20451.

Given that this part of the coast had a small number of harbours, the coastal pleasure boats were moored alongside Bournemouth's Pier.

Girls pose with shrimping nets outside the Swan Hotel, with its boats for hire. The coal lighters are discharging coal at the Old Town Wharf.

A few fishing boats once worked in the area, but there are no signs of them in this photograph, just a small pleasure boat.

The punts and rowing boats have long since disappeared, and the Boat House has been demolished, though the landing stage is still used by Thames pleasure steamers from Oxford.

The boat yard is a hive of activity, with cranes, men and a vessel drawn up for repair. Amongst the boats in the foreground are two Dutch fishing vessels.

Men returning from the war had only old boats, and the price of fish collapsed. In 1919 there were 120 boats, but by 1936, just six.

Rowing boats offering trips around the bay, boat shops drawn up on the beach and donkey rides were some of the attractions on offer at the Island.

Motor boats can be seen in the foreground but the pool was split in two.

The punts and rowing boats have long since disappeared, and the Boat House has been demolished, though the landing stage is still used by Thames pleasure steamers from Oxford.

Billy Moore's Boat Station - across the water - was built on a raft which floated up and down with the tide.