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This evocative beach scene shows be-hatted little girls in wind-blown skirts digging the sand, watched by two boys with heavy nets - possibly two fisher-lads?

Aldeburgh lifeboats have always been launched straight from the shingle beach. Four years earlier, an Aldeburgh lifeboat suffered its worst disaster, capsizing with the loss of seven lives.

The only section to be built was a 1,100-yard single line from the terminus at Lytham to East Beach.

The safe beaches and plentiful accommodation ensured Sandown's popularity as a family resort throughout the 20th century.

The low white cliffs at Broadstairs shelter this bay, and people are making use of the tents on the beach to change for a dip in the sea.

Here we have a good view of the beach, sea wall and the grassed-over area where trippers could sit and relax. Beyond are the Esplanade shops and cafes.

E J Beach, Proprietor, boldly announces the board above the pony and trap, apparently hired for a drive during one of those Edwardian summers that never seemed to end.

Here the 'minstrels' seem to be collecting money from the crowd standing on the beach waiting for the show to begin.

This picture shifts the scene down to the beach; we are looking east to the castle and the chalk cliffs.

Cars pass by today where boats were once pulled up on the beach.

A boat is being beached to the right beyond the slipway and other boats in the centre.

A solitary child enjoys the beach while a group of men stand in front of the Cod and Lobster Inn, looking on.

Summers days on the beach, sand castles, swimming in the sea ... all timeless British preoccupations ... and fine views across the Milford Haven.

For many years it was the famous antiquarian bookshop Beach's, which survived until 1999.

The attraction of Studland is not only the attractive beach and picturesque coastal scenery, but also the wild heathland around the village.

We can see tents in the distant field, and although there has been more housing since, the beach and its surf remain as magnificent as ever.

The Porthminster Hotel, overlooking Porthminster Beach, was opened in 1894 to accommodate the increasing number of visitors arriving in St Ives since the opening of the railway.

Beach huts and bathing tents cater for those who love to bathe or just lie on the sands in the sunshine.

The beach could be reached by a series of steps known as 'The Hundred Steps'.

This splendid view shows part of the fishing fleet and a spritsail sailing barge beached in the shallow waters at low tide. White painted bathing machines are visible behind the barge.

A typical late Victorian beach scene, with donkey rides, a complete absence of skin exposed to the sun, and a photographer's equipment - a tripod and a cart for storing the glass plates - to the left of

The bathing huts of the Ladies' bathing beach can be clearly seen in the bottom left of the picture.

Margate's famous Jubilee clock tower is prominent in this picture of the beach.

We are looking north-west across Towan Beach towards the harbour, one of the more sheltered on this exposed coast, built in the lee of Towan Head which protects it from the brunt of the ferocious Atlantic