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Newlyn was the first Cornish town to attract the attention of artists.

To the left, overlooking the beach, stands the lifeboat station and, on the right, one of the town's two lighthouses.

This is a great place for a seaside holiday, with golden sand serviced by the growing resort of Newquay, with hotels and boarding houses built literally to the cliff edge.

The ship on the beach is typical of the two-masted coastal schooners that plied their trade in the days before motor vehicles came to be used for the moving of commodities.

A steeply shelving beach on the left-hand side contrasts strongly with the gently sloping mud flats on the other side of this river.

It is afternoon milking time, judging by the shadows, at Seatown Farm in Sea Vale Lane, which leads from Chideock to a beach beside the Anchor Inn.

The low coastal cliffs below the village provided a pleasant walk above the beach. Hidden by the trees is St Peter's Church, believed to have been founded in 967.

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

The tall building with a flag flying at the top (right) was the Beach House Temperance Hotel.

Here we see the bare central beach of a century ago, with no Embassy Centre, fairground car park, Marine Walk and Esplanade, shops, arcades or cafés.

During the Second World War villagers were evacuated from many villages around the South Hams so that the district could become a D-Day training ground for American soldiers, who would practise troop

Extensive and beautiful sandy beaches brought ever- increasing numbers of visitors to the North Wales coast.

This scene has hardly changed for many years; the beach at Polridmouth is still only accessible on foot.

The extensive curtain walls of 12th-century Scarborough Castle crown the headland in the background of this summertime view of Scarborough's East Pier.

Llangranog has a small, sheltered bay with a sandy beach on which about 20 ships were built during the 19th century. Like Tresaith, it became popular with holidaymakers from the 1930s.

Its miles of long sandy beaches, gently sloping sands, and safe bathing offer all that is needed for a perfect seaside holiday.

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

The village stands on the skyline above the approach to the popular golden sand of Crantock Beach.

Swings and donkey rides were available for the children; note the striped bathing huts and (left) a temporary stage for the concert party, Carlton's Cosy Corner, higher up the beach.

A number of people, on the beach by the bathing machines in the distant back ground, enjoy the mirror-calm water.

Shops and a post office overlook the junction in the centre of the village by the railway station. Just along Station Road, on the left by the chemist is the Marine Café.

This pier was without rival in the country. Whit Monday crowds came thick and fast.

By 1918 Margate Council had become envious of Pettman's monopoly of bathing at Cliftonville and made a charge for the bathing rights and the hiring of deckchairs on the popular Cliftonville beaches

In the centre of this photograph is the rail terminus of the line from Faversham.