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Rowing and paddle boats were a common sight on the upper lake from the 1930s through to the 1970s.

Racing boats are drawn up outside the establishment of Mr C Shore - an appropriate name that was much punned upon by his contemporaries.

As with many seaside resorts, one of the popular attractions was a trip in a boat.

Here we see Maldon’s famous promenade— now Promenade Park—with a fine array of fishing boats; the tower of St Mary’s church, with its landmark little white spire, can be seen in the background.Today

From the bottom of Valley Road the camera captures a crowded South Beach scene, and a bay full of sail-driven fishing boats.

A flying boat rests on the calm waters of the Medina, in the peaceful days of the 1950s.

At the time the pier extensions were constructed, some locals claimed that they had been built in the wrong direction, giving boats a rough passage over the harbour bar.

Here pleasure boats can be hired in the summer months.

But boats still set out on fishing expeditions, and the old ferry bumbles across the Exe estuary to Starcross.