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The sailing fishing boats are beginning to be replaced or converted to motor power at this date.

Sawley Bridge Marina, on the Sawley Cut of the River Trent, south of Long Eaton, was already starting to cater for the ever-increasing boating trade when this photograph was taken in the mid-50s.

Once a canal feeder, Chasewater was developed for recreational purposes in the late 1950s offering sailing and boating.

The boat-shaped cap is characteristic of Norfolk mills. The mill was built in 1859, replacing an earlier one that had been destroyed by fire.

The lock gates to the right allow the passage of boats between the two.

A pleasure boat crowded to the gunwales chugs serenely up the river at Fulford, just south of York on the Ouse.

Given the state of the roads in 1889, it is interesting to ponder whether the photographer was using the little boat in the foreground as his means of transport.

A good deal of boat build- ing and repairing used to go on here, but by now the main industry has gone, and the cottages in the area are more likely to be holiday homes.

Sharpham Point and nearby Bass Rock were important fishing spots - Stoke Gabriel, on the opposite shore, had twenty salmon boats working at the end of the 19th century.

Today, the harbour is used by fishing boats, and in summer the 'Oldenburg' ferries visitors to Lundy.

Many of the sailing boats and a steam yacht are dressed overall with flags, suggesting that it is regatta time.

Children playing on boats and beach evoke a scene typical of the fascination of British people with maritime matters from an early age.

The only attractions on offer here are boat trips and donkey rides; to the far right, on the water's edge, are a number of wheeled bathing machines.

Along the southern boundary of Pulborough lies the River Arun, popular with Edwardian fishermen and boating enthusiasts.

Whilst the lock alongside is teeming with boats, a small skiff makes its way up the elevator to the upper river level. The sign indicates that this will close at 9pm.

The lake at Crookes Valley Park is in fact one of Sheffield's older reservoirs, converted for use as a boating lake and for fishing.

Given the difficulties with bathing, the sea front was given over to recreational use; it was a place to sit and relax, watch the ships in the Solent, hire a boat to explore the coastline or seek

A typically ramshackle fishermen's scene, with boats drawn up on the shingle, which is littered with maritime paraphernalia.

For years, the service was worked by two boats, the 'Progress' and the 'Wyresdale'.

Notice the ghostly boat below the right-hand side of the bridge, evidence of the slow exposure of the photograph.

The rivers are very popular for boating and their banks are an ideal site for a picnic.

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.

This view, with well-clad visitors strolling along the beach and sailing boats drawn up on the shore, shows a south coast beach before development and formalisation changed its character.

The boat in the picture was no doubt carrying many Edwardian passengers on their first trip to Boulogne in Nord Pas de Calais - a mere twenty miles away.