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Commercial traffic on the Thames virtually ceased a hundred years ago, and today pleasure boating is everything.

With the opening of the canal system it was possible to trans-ship at Runcorn directly into narrow boats, and for the clay to be taken direct to the Potteries.

The smartly turned out crew of the boat pulling away from the quayside could be from a private yacht or even a warship.

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

By the time of this photograph, the river was being used more and more for pleasure: streamlined boats are moored by the bank, and a canoe with its lone occupant is heading towards Lendal Bridge

This view from the Walberswick side, across the River Blyth, shows some activity, including boat repair, chandlery sales and services for visitors.

For hundreds of years, the nearness of Purbeck to the coast of France meant that smuggling was a major industry; smuggled goods would often be hidden in the caves and quarries of the Isle.

A large pleasure boat beaches to unload its passengers, and a bandstand could still attract an audience in this university town cum resort in West Wales.

The landing stage and boats were part of the Naval Training Establishment HMS Ganges. Originally this was a training ship, but it became land based from 1905 until 1976.

This photograph somehow conveys the feel of a picturesque West Country creek, with its thickly wooded shore and little boats stranded at low tide. The scene has changed little today.

Until the 1930s flying boats left here for the Channel Islands.

The loch itself was served by the steamers of the Loch Lomond Steam Boat Company, whose first ship, the 'Prince of Wales', was built at Port Glasgow in 1858.

The small huts are where vistors hired boats for by-the-hour rowing trips around the bay.

The river basks in afternoon sunshine, with swans and a hired rowing boat on the water.

There is a large pier, a tramway, and a kind of Rosherville Garden with a lake for boating.

In 1903 fishing boats lie at the quay or tack towards the open sea. Francis Frith's Sussex A Century Ago

The beautiful village is thronged with visitors in summer, and the river full of small boats and canoes.

In earlier days The Strand was a threatening neighbourhood, and many travellers preferred to take a boat rather than pick their way along the ill-paved street and be jostled by pickpockets.

It was unwise to touch bottom either, especially when the boat was low in the water and loaded with freight.

An empty pair of boats head towards Manchester, probably to collect coal. Unusually, the butty has no steerer, although the tiller is in place.

Boating is still popular here, although these days it is usually rowers, singly and in groups, that one sees racing up and down the river. The house is called Ferry Farm.

The central swing boat was popular with younger children, and the little girl in the centre seems to be anxiously waiting her turn.

The Boat House was built in 1911, before the Meare was completed. The houses on the left, built 1911-18, were to be the start of The Netherlands.

During the reign of Elizabeth I this little port also maintained about twenty small sailing boats, locally called 'hoys', which carried passengers along the coast and on the Thames.