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In the summer months it is thronged with pleasure boats, and all is bustle and noise. Here village policemen are directing the summer traffic.

This little group of shops was built in 1908, on the site of a former wheelwright and boat-building business.

On this side of the river, and pulled well clear, is evidence of boating and fishing activity. The craft closer to the water is a twin-hulled catamaran, and more likely to be used purely for pleasure.

The larger sailing vessels of late Victorian days have gone, but fishing boats still leave the harbour to bring home their catch, when the swell of the channel allows them to pass through the narrow

The substantial boat is typical of many used on Windermere both for traditional char fishing and for hire to visitors.

Jerome Klapka Jerome, author of Three Men in a Boat, is buried in Ewelme churchyard.

On the far shore is the renowned Ferry Boat Inn, which has been selling beer since 1068 - in fact there are documents which suggest it was an inn as early as 980, which makes it one of the oldest licensed

Fishing cobles on their wheeled trailers are drawn up above the high tide watermark, and two of the familiar old rusty tractors which pull the boats in and out of the sea can be seen.

By the 1950s, amateur yachtsmen 'messing about in boats' were a common sight.

Here we have a second view of the loaded boats we saw in photograph L122053. Now, the name of the butty can be distinguished: 'Marjorie'.

The following year disaster struck the local herring fleet when the temporary light was somehow dislodged during a storm, leaving many of the boats blind.

In 1965, there were just a few hopeful fishermen here, and some neglected boats, but now the area has been transformed into Watermead Country Park, with its marina, golf range, sports

On the left of this photograph is a large winch: as neither Walmer nor Deal had a harbour, fishing boats had to be winched ashore. Today there is a cycle path alongside the promenade.

There are swimming-baths and assembly-rooms, and a People's Palace … There is a large pier, a tramway, and a kind of Rosherville Garden with a lake for boating.'

Boats were quickly mobilised to evacuate people from the damaged area, and we may be thankful that fatalities were avoided.

A motorised narrow boat tows its butty along behind – on the open canal, the 'snubber' or towing rope was normally 60 feet long. They are heading south on the Grand Union Canal from Braunston Tunnel.

Lines of boats moored in the river have become more streamlined, particularly the nearer of the larger sailing yachts and the cabin cruiser moored off her port bow.

The pubs on the corners of this cross-roads reflect the canal, with names like the Packet Boat, the Bridgewater, and the Navigation.

Pleasure boats could be hired for trips and picnics on the river bank, and further north, Rye House was a popular weekend venue for east Londoners seeking respite from the smoky capital.

Fishermen have to be tough, not only to ply their trade at sea, but also to have the strength to haul their heavily laden boats by hand up the steep shingle beach.

Beyond, on the horizon, is the distant shape of Shipton Hill, resembling the hull of an upturned boat (left of centre).

Below, in the foreground, are the fishing boats, net drying sheds and nets drying in the open air; the net shops are unique reminders of the fishermen of the town. The resort starts beyond them.

By this time the fishing boats were growing larger, but no trawlers had yet appeared.

The foundation of Folkestone's prosperity during the 19th century, these packet boats conveying passengers across the Channel to the coast of France some twenty-six miles away transformed Folkestone